False Claims Act Insights - Beyond Adversarialism: How to Steer FCA Investigations
Episode 381 -- Cadence Design Pays $140 Million to Settle Trade Violations
Fierce Competition Podcast | Antitrust Collusion in Labor Markets: Enforcement Trends on Both Sides of the Atlantic
Podcast - An Overview of State Attorney General Consumer Protection Enforcement
LathamTECH in Focus: Move Fast, Stay Compliant
Compliance Tip of the Day: Key M&A Enforcement Actions
Compliance into the Weeds: A Deep Dive into Cadence Design Systems’ Export Control Violations
Daily Compliance News: August 1, 2025, The All AI Edition
From the Editor’s Desk: Compliance Week’s Insights and Reflections from July to August 2025
Everything Compliance: Episode 158, The No to Corruption in Ukraine Edition
Mid-Year Labor & Employment Law Update: Key Developments and Compliance Strategies
Disparate Impact & Enforcement Rollbacks: What’s the Tea in L&E?
CSC Guidance Unveiled: NIL Enforcement and Implications for Collectives — Highway to NIL Podcast
Episode 379 -- Update on False Claims Act and Customs Evasion Liability
PODCAST: Williams Mullen's Trending Now: An IP Podcast - Cease and Desist Letters: Protecting Your Intellectual Property the Right Way
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Data Driven Compliance: Understanding the UK’s New Failure to Prevent Fraud Offense with Sam Tate
Daily Compliance News: July 25, 2025, The New Sheriff in Town Edition
Quick Guide to Administrative Hearings
Compliance into the Weeds: Sanctions Compliance Failures: Lessons from Harman International and Interactive Brokers
We hope everyone has a relaxing, safe, and enjoyable Fourth of July. Despite some personnel changes at the CFTC, the current administration seems to be hitting its stride in terms of enforcement actions and regulatory...more
While there was some—albeit limited—Enforcement activity in May (click here for last month’s enforcement actions), in this month’s Round-Up we want to highlight some updates that suggest the Enforcement front may continue to...more
Katten's Financial Markets and Funds Quick Take is a monthly newsletter highlighting key noteworthy developments potentially affecting financial markets and funds....more
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission's (CFTC or Commission) Market Participants Division (MPD) issued Letter 25-09, which effectively eliminates the pre-trade mid-market mark (PTMMM) disclosure requirement for uncleared...more
March is over and all of our brackets are busted. We hope you have been enjoying, Moore & Van Allen’s very own, Jay Bilas’ coverage on ESPN. In this month’s newsletter we will walk you through the CFTC’s continued updates on...more
On March 11, acting Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Chairman Caroline D. Pham offered insight into the regulator’s February 25, 2025 advisory in a keynote addressed delivered at Boca, the annual International...more
Coming off a busy 2024, we expect that 2025 will be a landmark year for the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC or Commission). Rostin Behnam’s resignation as Chairman on January 20 marked the end of the Biden...more
On February 27, 2025, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s Division of Corporation Finance issued a formal Staff Statement on “meme coins.” In this statement, the SEC staff took the position that typical meme...more
In other news from last month, we found out that Brian Quintenz was nominated by President Trump to serve as the next CFTC Chair. See our synopsis on Quintenz below. If and when Quintenz is confirmed—TBD on when the Senate...more
On February 7, 2025, newly confirmed Office of Management and Budget (OMB) director Russell Vought replaced Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent as acting director of the CFPB....more
This week’s Crypto Policy Tracker highlights major developments, including a crypto executive order from the new Trump administration and the launch of a new SEC Crypto Task Force led by Commissioner Hester Peirce, signaling...more
SEC's and CFTC's Enforcement Actions Against Multiple Firms - In its continued pursuit of rooting out and penalizing broker-dealers and investment advisers for their failure to prevent unapproved communication methods, the...more
The concept of the shadow financial system rose to international prominence in the aftermath of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. In an interview with a Pakistani newspaper a month later, Osama bin Laden stated that Al Qaeda were...more
In recent years, regulated industries, particularly broker dealer firms like Wells Fargo and Morgan Stanley, have faced increased scrutiny from regulatory bodies due to their lack of compliance in policing messaging apps. The...more
To keep you informed of recent activities, below are several of the most significant federal and state events that have influenced the Consumer Finance Services industry over the past week...more
In an increasingly digital world, financial firms need to be mindful of the variety of electronic communication channels that their employees use for work. Even where firms require employees to use firm-managed email networks...more
Over the past year, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission continued moving its focus away from practices like spoofing, instead bringing high-profile actions in the crypto space and reaching significant settlements with...more
Many of the transactions involving qualified financial contracts (“QFC”) with Silicon Valley Bank (“SVB”) and Signature Bank constitute Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) jurisdictional transactions that may be...more
INTRODUCTION - On 7 February 2023, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Division of Examinations (the Division) released its 2023 examination priorities. As expected, the Division’s priorities highlight areas...more
On October 20, 2022, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) released its enforcement results for Fiscal Year (“FY”) 2022, reporting that it had filed 82 enforcement actions. Eighteen of the actions brought in FY...more
The SEC and CFTC recently charged 11 large financial institutions and their affiliates for failing to collect, monitor, and preserve communications over WhatsApp and other messaging services. These settlements follow a...more
Last week, the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) fined 16 Wall Street firms a total of $1.1 billion for recordkeeping violations based on the failure to maintain employees’ electronic communications, such...more
On September 27, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) issued orders to settle charges against 11 major U.S. and international financial institutions and their swap dealer (“SD”) and futures commission merchant...more
CFTC Commissioner Christy Goldsmith Romero recently criticized the agency’s longstanding practice of settling enforcement cases without seeking admissions of wrongdoing (so-called “no-admit/no-deny” settlements). She suggests...more
Financial Firm Launches Crypto Group, MakerDAO Votes to Integrate with Bank - A major multinational financial institution recently “announced the formation of its Digital Assets and Financial Markets group.” According to...more