Morrison Foerster’s State and Local Government Task Force is pleased to provide our bimonthly newsletter summarizing some of the most important and interesting developments from state attorneys general (“State AGs”) across...more
8/5/2025
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Cryptocurrency ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Environmental Justice ,
Financial Fraud ,
Fraud ,
Gambling ,
New Legislation ,
Popular ,
Sports Betting ,
State and Local Government ,
State Attorneys General ,
Unfair or Deceptive Trade Practices
On April 17, 2025, three operating divisions (the “Operating Divisions”) of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) and the Division of Enforcement (“DOE”) provided guidance in CFTC Letter 25-13 (the...more
4/29/2025
/ CFTC ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Financial Crimes ,
Materiality ,
New Guidance ,
Penalties ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Risk Management ,
Self-Reporting
The Advisory sets out factors that the Enforcement Division will use to rate self-reporting and cooperation. This rating places a company or individual within a “tier” used to determine the Mitigation Credit amount available....more
Morrison Foerster partners Kate Driscoll and Nate Mendell, both former federal prosecutors and members of the firm’s Investigations + White Collar Defense Group, hosted the eighth episode of When Your Life Sciences Are on the...more
2/25/2025
/ Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Fraud ,
Insider Trading ,
Internal Controls ,
Life Sciences ,
Mergers ,
Risk Management ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Fraud ,
Securities Regulation ,
Thought Leadership ,
White Collar Crimes
The New York Attorney General (NYAG) is expected to increase enforcement actions in 2025, especially with the enactment of several new laws designed to strengthen consumer protection and employment. At the federal level, the...more
2/25/2025
/ Antitrust Provisions ,
Climate Change ,
Consumer Protection Laws ,
Cryptocurrency ,
Cybersecurity ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Environmental Policies ,
Greenwashing ,
Popular ,
Privacy Laws ,
State Attorneys General
Morrison Foerster partner Carrie H. Cohen, global co-chair of the Investigations + White Collar Defense Group and State + Local Government Enforcement team, spoke with Edward Imperatore, a partner in MoFo’s Investigations +...more
On April 5, 2024, a jury in California federal court found a former corporate executive liable for insider trading in SEC v. Panuwat, a novel enforcement action involving a theory known as “shadow trading.” In Panuwat, the...more
The year 2023 was a busy one for regulatory, compliance, and enforcement developments in the healthcare and life sciences industries, and 2024 promises to be even busier. We tapped MoFo’s Life Sciences + Healthcare Compliance...more
1/10/2024
/ Anti-Kickback Statute ,
Antitrust Violations ,
Artificial Intelligence ,
CDRH ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Security ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement ,
Enforcement Actions ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
Healthcare Fraud ,
Life Sciences ,
Medical Devices ,
OPDP ,
Popular ,
Ransomware ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) have recently intensified their scrutiny of insider trading under Rule 10b5-1 trading plans. The emerging trend of enforcement investigations...more
11/9/2022
/ CFTC ,
Chief Technology Officer (CTO) ,
Cooling-Off Rule ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Insider Trading ,
MNPI ,
Proposed Amendments ,
Rule 10b-5 ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
On August 9, 2022, in CFTC v. EOX Holdings LLC, the first insider trading trial in a Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) enforcement action, a jury in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas found...more
In January 2022, a federal district court denied a motion to dismiss a novel insider trading enforcement action brought by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission based upon a theory known as “shadow insider trading.”...more