On April 7, 2025, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche issued a memo (the “Blanche Memo”) announcing the Trump administration’s Department of Justice (“DOJ”) refocus of enforcement policies related to investigations and...more
4/11/2025
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The establishment by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) of a Crypto Task Force and the issuance by President Trump of an executive order entitled “Strengthening American Leadership in Digital Financial Technology”...more
1/29/2025
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On October 17, 2023, during a speech at the Program on Corporate Compliance and Enforcement held at the New York University School of Law, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Director of Enforcement, Ian McGinley,...more
Overall cryptocurrency crime levels are down, according to a report from Chainalysis reviewing crypto crime trends, but this past year has still seen certain categories of crypto crime, such as ransomware, continue to...more
On March 16, 2022, Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) Chairman Rostin Behnam delivered a keynote address at the FIA Boca 2022 International Futures Industry Conference. Behnam called for a “culture of compliance”...more