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Independent Fed Inspector General assigned to CFPB investigating administration’s actions at the CFPB

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The independent Office of Inspector General (OIG) for the Federal Reserve System (FRS) and Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is investigating the bureau’s workforce reductions and its canceled contracts, according...more

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UK Financial Conduct Authority publishes its revised Enforcement Guide

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The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published Policy Statement PS25/5, Our Enforcement Guide and greater transparency of our enforcement investigations, setting out the changes it is making to its Enforcement Guide...more

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FCA policy statement on finalised ENFG for the publication of enforcement measures

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The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published policy statement PS25/5 accompanied by a press release, outlining final revisions to its Enforcement Guide (now abbreviated as ENFG). The revisions follow a two-part...more

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SEC Engages in “Targeted, Common-Sense” Reorganization

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It has been reported that the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently reduced head count by an estimated 12% due to the Trump administration’s effort to rapidly downsize the federal government. Particularly hard-hit...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

And Then There Were Nine: Disappearing OHRP To Join Enforcement Agency; NIH Cuts Outlined

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When it comes to changes roiling the federally supported research landscape, April offered no letup from the first three months of the year; if anything, the pace and magnitude increased. In one instance, an agency—the HHS...more

Alston & Bird

U.S. Government Steps Up Its Enforcement in the Digital Assets Space

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Our Blockchain & Digital Assets Team offers a snapshot sample of significant recent developments by a panoply of federal agencies and departments that represent the expanding array of enforcement tools used by federal...more

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CFPB Director Testifies Before Congress

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This week, CFPB Director, Rohit Chopra, appeared before the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs and the U.S. House Committee on Financial Services in conjunction with the CFPB’s submission of its...more

Holland & Knight LLP

SEC to Keep Watchful Eye on Digital Asset Trading Platforms - Commission's Focus on Securities Exchange Laws, Reg ATS and Expanded...

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In July 2017, the SEC issued its landmark DAO Report, which clarified, among other things, its view that digital tokens with characteristics akin to those of an "investment contract" as established in SEC v. W.J. Howey Co....more

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Antitrust Scrutiny Heating Up in Oil and Gas Industries

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President Biden recently wrote a letter to FTC Chair Lina Khan urging the Commission to immediately investigate potential anticompetitive behavior in the oil and gas sector. The President noted that gas prices have been...more

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PPP Oversight: Congress Turns Its Focus to the Agency Diligence

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On March 25, 2021, Chairwoman of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform Carolyn Maloney and the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis released a staff memo highlighting "new evidence" of the Trump...more

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