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Ropes & Gray LLP

SEC Speaks 2025: Key Takeaways from Division of Enforcement Panels

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The SEC’s Division of Enforcement intends to remain a “cop on the beat,” and will refocus on traditional core enforcement areas, such as insider trading, accounting and disclosure fraud, market manipulation, and breaches of...more

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Crypto Brief - Lowenstein Crypto Newsletter - May 15, 2025

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On May 15, the SEC withdrew the joint statement previously issued by the Division of Trading and Markets and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (FINRA) regarding broker-dealer custody of digital asset...more

Freiberger Haber LLP

Enforcement News: SEC Brings Enforcement Action Involving an Alleged $70 Million Pre-IPO Fraud Scheme

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Pre-IPO investing involves buying a stake in a company before the company makes its initial public offering of securities. Many stock promoters invite potential investors to invest in a pre-IPO offering by providing an...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

CFTC To Reorganize Task Forces and End ‘Regulation by Enforcement’

On February 4, 2025, CFTC Acting Chair Caroline D. Pham announced that the agency was reorganizing the Division of Enforcement’s nine task forces “to combat fraud and help victims while ending the practice of regulation by...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Top 5 SEC Enforcement Developments for December 2024

Each month, we publish a roundup of the most important SEC enforcement developments for busy in-house lawyers and compliance professionals. This month, we examine: •Insider trading charges against a professor overseeing...more

Guidepost Solutions LLC

How Corporations Can Protect Themselves by Conducting Supply Chain Due Diligence

In today’s complex global market, companies face significant risks when it comes to managing their supply chains. The recent criminal complaints against major tech firms like Apple, Dell, and Microsoft for allegedly using...more

American Conference Institute (ACI)

The DOJ’s New Pilot Programs: A Bane for Compliance Programs

For years, Department of Justice officials have stressed how important chief compliance officers are as the first line of defense in fighting corporate crimes. While that’s true, compliance programs now have a competitor in...more

Paul Hastings LLP

DOJ Criminal Division Announces New Voluntary Self-Disclosure Pilot Program for Individuals

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On April 22, 2024, the Acting Assistant Attorney General for the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) Criminal Division (“Acting AAG”) Nicole M. Argentieri offered commentary in a blog post regarding the Criminal Division’s newest...more

Farella Braun + Martel LLP

A Primer for Corporate Directors: Maximizing Internal Investigation Effectiveness and Efficiency

In corporate America and across the globe, allegations of wrongdoing within companies are increasingly common, and the high cost of internal investigations continues apace. In 2021, in an anonymous survey of more than 1,330...more

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Responding to the Increased Global Risk of Financial Crimes

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Ankura's Nova O sits down with Mark McGrath, Ayana Murphy, and Elif Cinar to discuss the current anti-money laundering (AML) landscape in the latest Q&A with our Ankura experts. Learn more about responding to the increased...more

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The Future of Financial Crime and Enforcement is Cyber-Based

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On November 8, 2017, federal prosecutors in the Eastern District of New York indicted Joseph P. Willner—a securities trader from Pennsylvania—for securities fraud, money laundering, and associated conspiracy charges related...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

China Shuts Down ICO Market

For the past few months, issuers of token sales or “initial coin offerings” (ICOs) have known that they were, to some extent, sailing in unchartered waters. Those waters have just gotten a bit murkier with an announcement by...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

This Week In Securities Litigation

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The Commission prevailed on summary judgment in an action against a broker which alleged he misappropriated client funds. The agency also filed actions centered on: an audit failure; the EB-5 immigration program; undisclosed...more

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Financial Fraud Actions – The New SEC Staple?

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With the creation last year of the Financial Reporting and Audit Task Force, the Commission is returning to one of its enforcement staples – financial statement fraud. Following then Chairman Levitt’s “Numbers Game Speech” in...more

The Volkov Law Group

Revisiting The Corporate Top-10 FCPA Enforcement Actions

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We all like organized lists. Short and sweet is easier to understand and ignore nuances. Even in our FCPA world, we track settlements by a top-10 lost. The concept of a top-10 predated David Letterman’s top-10 lists, and...more

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SEC Settles Financial Fraud Case

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Two senior executives at Veolia Environmental Services Special Services, a U.S. subsidiary of Paris based multi-national Veolia Environment S.A., were named in and resolved a financial fraud case with the SEC. SEC v. Hohol,...more

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