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Supreme Court Declines To Hear Constitutional Challenge To FINRA’s Enforcement Powers

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On June 2, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear a challenge brought by a member firm against the enforcement power given to the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”). The Court’s decision to turn away...more

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U.S. Supreme Court Denies Alpine’s Petition Challenging Constitutionality of FINRA Enforcement Proceedings

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On June 2, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court denied a petition for writ of certiorari filed by Alpine Securities Corp. in Alpine Securities Corp. v. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority. In doing so, the Supreme Court declined...more

Harris Beach Murtha PLLC

Syndicated Loans are Not Securities, Court Rules

In a win for banks and private credit lenders, the U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit recently ruled a $1.8 billion leveraged loan was not a security. The United States syndicated loan market had been anxiously...more

Hinch Newman LLP

Another U.S. Supreme Court Ruling Erodes Traditional FTC Enforcement Authority Amounting to a Win for Digital Advertisers

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On April 14, 2023, the U.S. Supreme Court afforded defendants the ability to directly challenge the structural constitutionality and existence of the Federal Trade Commission (and the Securities and Exchange Commission) in...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Second Circuit Limits Scope of SEC Whistleblower Incentives

A recent decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit has implications for whistleblowers under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (“Dodd-Frank Act” or “The Act”). In Hong v. SEC,...more

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Investigations Newsletter: Ramesh “Sunny” Balwani, Former Theranos President and COO, Found Guilty on All Twelve Fraud Counts in...

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Ramesh “Sunny” Balwani, Former Theranos President and COO, Found Guilty on All Twelve Fraud Counts in High-Profile Trial - On July 7, 2022, a federal jury in the Northern District of California found Ramesh “Sunny”...more

Foley Hoag LLP

U.S. Supreme Court Vacates Second Circuit’s Expansion of Criminal Insider Trading Liability

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On January 11, 2021, the U.S. Supreme Court vacated the 2019 decision of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in United States v. Blaszczak, which substantially broadened the scope of criminal insider trading...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Top 10 International Anti-Corruption Developments For May 2020

In order to provide an overview for busy in-house counsel and compliance professionals, we summarize below some of the most important international anti-corruption developments from the past month, with links to primary...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Skadden's 2020 Insights

Despite political and economic uncertainties, markets and deal activity were resilient in 2019, and strong fundamentals remain in place heading into 2020. Companies continue to face a challenging litigation and enforcement...more

White & Case LLP

United States v. Hoskins & Scoville v. SEC: DOJ & SEC extend their extraterritorial reach for FCPA & securities fraud charges

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The SEC and DOJ recently received positive news in two enforcement actions that had been challenged on grounds of extraterritoriality. These cases illustrate the ongoing judicial efforts to define the extraterritorial reach...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Cross-Border Investigations Update - September 2019

This issue of Skadden’s semiannual Cross-Border Investigations Update takes a close look at recent cases, regulatory activity and other key developments, including a review of the first year of GDPR enforcement, analysis of...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Cross-Border Investigations Update - January 2019

This issue of Skadden’s semiannual Cross-Border Investigations Update takes a close look at recent cases, regulatory activity and other key developments, including DOJ guidance on the use of corporate monitors in criminal...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Red Notice Newsletter - August 2018

ANTICORRUPTION DEVELOPMENTS - $34 Million SEC Settlement for Legg Mason - On August 27, 2018, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced that Legg Mason Inc. will pay more than $34 million to settle an...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Second Circuit Curtails Use of Conspiracy and Complicity Statutes in FCPA Actions

In a decision with implications for the extraterritorial reach of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit held in United States v. Hoskins that a person may not “be guilty as...more

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Second Circuit Rejects DOJ's Attempt to Expand Reach of the FCPA

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The Situation: In United States v. Hoskins, the United States Department of Justice ("DOJ") charged a foreign national who worked in France for a British subsidiary of a French company with conspiring to violate the Foreign...more

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Second Circuit Limits Reach of FCPA

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On August 24, 2018, in a rare appellate decision interpreting the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (the FCPA), a three-judge panel for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issued a long-awaited decision in U.S....more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Red Notice Newsletter - August 2017

ANTICORRUPTION DEVELOPMENTS - MTS Receives DOJ and SEC Declination Letters Concluding FCPA Investigations - On August 7, 2017, MTS Systems (MTS), a Minnesota based maker of test systems and industrial position...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

Seventh Circuit Upholds First-Ever “Spoofing” Conviction

On August 8, 2017, a three-judge panel of the US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit unanimously upheld the first-ever criminal conviction of a New Jersey futures trader for the manipulative trading practice known as...more

Farella Braun + Martel LLP

Revenge of the Whistle-blower: Possible Consequences of Compliance Failures

In a company with a robust compliance culture, potential whistleblowers can express their concerns without fear of retribution. By contrast, the penalty for a culture that silences whistleblowers just got steeper. Companies...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Eleventh Circuit Defines “Instrumentality” Under the FCPA

In a case of first impression for the US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, the court interpreted the term “instrumentality” of a foreign government in the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA). The court used the...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Federal Court of Appeals Addresses Oft-Debated Definition of "Instrumentality" Under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act

On May 16, 2014, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals was the first federal appellate court to weigh in on the controversial definition of "instrumentality" under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA). In United States v....more

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Federal Appeals Court Defines “Instrumentality” Under FCPA

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Federal appeals court provides a two-step “control” and “function” analysis for determining whether an entity qualifies as an “instrumentality” under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. On May 16, the U.S. Court of...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

"Eleventh Circuit Addresses Scope of FCPA Coverage of Activity Involving State-Controlled Business Enterprises"

On May 16, 2014, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit provided the first appellate court interpretation of the reach of the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) to conduct involving...more

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