Last week, TZP Management Associates, LLC (TZP), a New York-based private equity investment adviser, agreed to pay more than $680,000 in monetary relief to settle charges brought by the Securities and Exchange Commission...more
8/22/2025
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Civil Monetary Penalty ,
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Disclosure Requirements ,
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Fiduciary Duty ,
Fund Managers ,
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Investment Advisers Act of 1940 ,
Investment Funds ,
Management Fees ,
Partnership Agreements ,
Private Equity ,
Private Funds ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Regulation ,
Securities Transactions
We are pleased to share with you our latest publication, “Navigating Change: First 100 Days under the Trump Administration,” authored by our Digital Assets + Blockchain team. This retrospective examines the pivotal...more
5/29/2025
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Cryptocurrency ,
Digital Assets ,
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FDIC ,
Federal Reserve ,
Financial Regulatory Reform ,
FinTech ,
Government Agencies ,
Investment Opportunities ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Securities Regulation ,
Trump Administration
On May 19, 2025, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced the launch of a Civil Rights Fraud Initiative, which will use the False Claims Act (FCA) as a basis for investigating the diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI)...more
5/23/2025
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Civil Rights Act ,
Colleges ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Diversity and Inclusion Standards (D&I) ,
Educational Institutions ,
Enforcement Actions ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Federal Funding ,
Students for Fair Admissions v Harvard College ,
Title IV ,
Universities ,
Whistleblowers
On February 10, President Donald J. Trump signed an executive order and accompanying fact sheet directing U.S. Attorney General (AG) Pam Bondi to pause the initiation of new investigations and enforcement actions, and to...more
2/18/2025
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Cooperative Compliance Regime ,
Corporate Counsel ,
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Executive Orders ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Non-Prosecution Agreements ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Regulatory Freeze ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Trump Administration ,
Whistleblowers
On January 17, the District of Columbia Circuit issued a pivotal opinion regarding the Fifth Amendment rights of a defendant-appellant compelled by the FBI to unlock his cellphone using his thumbprint. The D.C. Circuit’s...more
1/30/2025
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Cell Phones ,
Constitutional Challenges ,
Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Criminal Prosecution ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Evidence ,
FBI ,
Fifth Amendment ,
Fingerprints ,
Personal Data
On November 22, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced its enforcement results for fiscal year (FY) 2024. As compared to FY 2023, the Division of Enforcement (the division) reported a 26% decline in the total...more
On October 24, the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania issued a pivotal ruling regarding the public release of investigatory grand jury reports and the due process rights of individuals named in such reports but not charged with...more
On June 11, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced the first settled case in its ongoing review of collaborations between investment advisors and short publishers. The SEC fined affiliated investment advisors...more
In a long-awaited decision in SEC v. Ripple Labs, Inc., U.S. District Judge Analisa Torres of the Southern District of New York held that Ripple Labs, Inc.’s (Ripple) XRP token is not, in and of itself, a security requiring...more
On October 12, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) voted to adopt new electronic recordkeeping requirements for broker-dealers, security-based swap dealers (SBSDs), and major security-based swap participants (MSBSPs)...more