Senior Division of Enforcement (Division) officials from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC or Commission) spoke with SEC alumni, private practitioners, and other professionals at the Securities Enforcement...more
Senior Division of Enforcement officials from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) spoke with SEC alumni, private practitioners, and other professionals at the Securities Enforcement Forum D.C. 2024 (the Forum),...more
11/18/2024
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Cryptocurrency ,
Cybersecurity ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Enforcement Priorities ,
Financial Reporting ,
Fraud ,
Presidential Elections ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Trump Administration
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) officials, private practitioners, in-house counsel, and others in the corporate and securities industry gathered in Chicago on September 26 and 27, 2024, for the Annual Ray...more
Senior Division of Enforcement officials from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) spoke with SEC alumni, private practitioners, and other professionals at the Securities Enforcement Forum Central 2024 (the...more
Senior Division of Enforcement officials from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) spoke with SEC alumni, private practitioners, and other professionals in the field at the Securities Enforcement Forum West 2024...more
At the Practicing Law Institute’s annual SEC Speaks conference, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) leadership highlighted the agency’s current enforcement priorities and previewed its agenda for the year to come...more
The white collar bar “got together” for a virtual discussion on the current landscape of the practice on September 23, 2020. Hosted by Practising Law Institute (PLI), the White Collar Crime 2020: Prosecutors and Regulators...more
10/7/2020
/ CARES Act ,
CFTC ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Fraud ,
Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
State Securities Regulators ,
Steering Committees ,
White Collar Crimes
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has issued an opinion letter (catalogued as FCPA Opinion No. 20-01) stating that it does not intend to take enforcement action under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) against a...more
8/23/2020
/ Anti-Bribery ,
Compliance ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Cross-Border ,
Cross-Border Transactions ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Documentation ,
Due Diligence ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Finder's Fees ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Investment Adviser ,
Opinion Letter ,
Popular ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Third-Party
The U.S. Department of Justice on June 1, 2020, released another update to its “Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs” (the 2020 Update). This update revises guidance that the DOJ initially published in February 2017...more
At this year’s PLI “SEC Speaks” conference held April 8-9, 2019, in Washington, D.C., the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s leadership and staff showcased its 2018 successes and outlined initiatives that the SEC...more
4/15/2019
/ Cross-Border Transactions ,
Cryptocurrency ,
Data Protection ,
Disgorgement ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Kokesh v SEC ,
Lorenzo v SEC ,
PSLRA ,
Retail Investors ,
Rule 10b-5 ,
Rulemaking Process ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Unfair or Deceptive Trade Practices ,
US v Newman
At the annual “SEC Speaks” conference held February 19-20, 2016, in Washington, D.C., the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s senior leadership reviewed the agency’s efforts and priorities in 2015 and previewed upcoming...more
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) touted an expansive regulatory agenda at this year’s “SEC Speaks” conference, held February 20-21, 2015, in Washington, D.C. At this year’s Speaks, SEC representatives...more
The annual “SEC Speaks Conference,” where the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and its senior staff review the major developments from the prior year, and preview the SEC’s enforcement priorities for the upcoming...more
Charles Duross, deputy chief of the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Criminal Division, Fraud Section, offered white collar crime practitioners rare insight into the DOJ’s and the Security and Exchange Commission’s (SEC)...more
The annual “SEC Speaks” conference, in which Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) representatives review the agency’s efforts over the past year and preview the year to come, was held on February 22-23, 2013. A...more
2/25/2013
/ CFTC ,
Citigroup ,
Crowdfunding ,
Dodd-Frank ,
Enforcement ,
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) ,
FSOC ,
Funding Portal ,
Insider Trading ,
Investor Protection ,
JOBS Act ,
Mary Jo White ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Whistleblowers