Episode 381 -- NAVEX's 2025 Annual Hotline Report
AI and the False Claims Act
Disparate Impact & Enforcement Rollbacks: What’s the Tea in L&E?
What’s in Your Operating Agreement? Legal Tips for Healthcare Providers
A New Brand of Uncertainty? — PE Pathways Podcast
The Rise of OTAs in Defense Contracting: Opportunities, Risks, and What Contractors Need to Know
Breaking the Cycle: Flooding, Infrastructure, and Climate Law in Practice
No Password Required: Former Lead Attorney at U.S. Cyber Command, Cyber Law Strategist, and Appreciator of ‘Mad Men’ Hats
Understanding BBB Ratings: Building Trust and Mitigating Risks — Regulatory Oversight Podcast
Beyond the Bylaws: The Medical Staff Show - Need to Know: How to Manage Medical Staff Confidentiality and Privilege Protections
False Claims Act Insights - The Mathematics of Nuclear FCA Verdicts
PODCAST: Williams Mullen's Benefits Companion - Cost, Care and Captives: A Mid-Size Employer’s Guide to Benefit Trends
Compliance Tip of the Day: Citibank and Continuous Monitoring
Lawyers Beware: There Could Be Serious Ethics Issues With The New AI Browsers
Compliance and AI: Navigating Risk Management in the AI Era with Gaurav Kapoor
Data Driven Compliance: Understanding the UK’s New Failure to Prevent Fraud Offense with Sam Tate
Avoiding a Bored Board
Compliance Tip of the Day: Crowd Sourcing Risk Intelligence
We get Privacy for work – Episode 6: The Potential Privacy Risks Inherent to Mergers and Acquisitions
On 21 July 2025, the UK Office for Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI) published its latest sector-specific threat assessment focusing on UK crypto-asset firms’ exposure to financial sanctions breaches, covering...more
The global crypto-asset market cap has increased from approximately $2.3 trillion on election day, November 5, 2024, to approximately $3.9 trillion today, some eight months later. That rise in demand has been accompanied by a...more
According to a recent press release, a major U.S. bank has entered into a strategic partnership with the largest U.S. cryptocurrency exchange platform. This collaboration reportedly aims to expand access to secure digital...more
In a pivotal week for digital asset policy, federal banking regulators issued long-awaited guidance outlining risk-management expectations for crypto-asset safekeeping activities. The OCC, Federal Reserve and FDIC released a...more
On July 17, 2025, the US Congress passed the Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for US Stablecoins Act (Genius Act or Act) by 308–122 vote, a landmark piece of legislation establishing the first federal regulatory...more
On 21 May 2025, the Hong Kong Legislative Council passed the much-anticipated Stablecoins Bill (“Bill”), now citable as the Stablecoins Ordinance (“Ordinance”), marking a significant milestone in the city’s ambition to become...more
Establish a compliance framework to innovate confidently and avoid regulatory missteps. Use testing licenses and sandbox environments to trial new products under regulatory supervision....more
On July 14, 2025, the federal banking agencies issued a joint statement to clarify regulatory expectations for banking organizations that provide or are considering providing safekeeping for crypto-assets (“Joint Statement”)....more
Just days prior to the passage of the GENIUS Act on stablecoins by Congress, on July 14th, the Federal Reserve, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (collectively, the...more
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published its final guidelines under the Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCAR) specifying the criteria for assessing the knowledge and competence of staff at...more
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has issued a public statement addressed to crypto-asset service providers (CASPs) that offer both regulated and unregulated services under the Markets in Crypto-Assets...more
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published a peer review report assessing the authorisation and supervision of a crypto-asset service providers (CASPs) under the Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation...more
On 10 July 2025, the European Securities and Markets Authority (“ESMA”) published an executive summary of a peer review report regarding the authorisation and supervision of a crypto-asset service provider by the Malta...more
Banking organizations safekeeping digital assets for customers must do so in a safe and sound manner and in compliance with applicable laws and regulations....more
On July 14, the OCC, Federal Reserve, and FDIC announced the release of a joint statement clarifying how existing laws and regulations apply to crypto-asset safekeeping services offered by banking organizations. The statement...more
In Compliance Assistance Release 2025-01 (the “Release”), the Department of Labor (the “Department”) rescinded its prior guidance that cautioned fiduciaries against offering cryptocurrency investments in their retirement...more
On July 14, the OCC, the Fed, and the FDIC issued a joint statement addressing how existing laws, regulations and governing principles apply to banks which provide or are considering providing safekeeping for...more
On July 14, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (the Board), and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) jointly issued a statement addressing the...more
Federal banking regulators continue to promote a more "crypto-positive" regulatory environment through recent joint guidance issued to clarify risk management and compliance expectations for banks providing crypto-asset...more
The European Commission has adopted a Delegated Regulation supplementing Regulation (EU) 2023/1114 (Markets in Crypto Assets Regulation) (MiCAR), regarding regulatory technical standards (RTS) specifying the minimum contents...more
The Federal Reserve Board has announced that it will eliminate reputational risk as a component of examination programs in its supervision of banks. ...more
Following the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) litigation brought against the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) in 2024, on February 5, 2025, the FDIC released hundreds of pages of documents related to its...more
The federal banking agencies have withdrawn previously issued guidance related to banks’ crypto activities, marking a shift in regulatory posture toward digital asset engagement. On April 25, the Federal Reserve Board...more
On May 7, the OCC clarified permissible activities for national banks and federal savings associations regarding crypto-asset custody and execution services by publishing Interpretive Letter 1184. This letter confirmed...more
On May 7, the OCC issued Interpretive Letter 1184, reaffirming that national banks and federal savings associations may provide cryptocurrency custody and execution services, including through sub-custodians. The OCC...more