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This Week in FCPA-Episode 56
On March 27, 2025, the Senate Banking Committee (Committee) held Paul Atkins’ confirmation hearing for Chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC or Commission). Below are some highlights, observations, and...more
On April 9, 2025, the U.S. Senate voted 52-44, along party lines, to confirm the nomination of Paul Atkins as chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)...more
Yesterday, the Senate confirmed Paul Atkins as the new SEC Chair. Acting Chair Mark Uyeda will continue at the SEC serving as a SEC Commissioner. Paul is a former SEC Commissioner, serving in that role from 2002 to 2008 and...more
February 10, 2025 U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), ranking member of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, Senator Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Finance, and other...more
Each week of the first 100 days of the new Trump Administration, we will publish updates on key federal financial services regulatory and related developments. This week, we review the following developments as of Wednesday: ...more
August 3, 2022- U.S. Senators Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), Chairwoman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, and John Boozman (R-AR), Ranking Member, along with Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ) and John...more
The U.S. Senate confirmed Jaime Lizárraga and Mark Uyeda to serve as SEC Commissioners on June 16, 2022. With these appointments, the SEC will return to a full slate of five Commissioners. Uyeda fills the position most...more
Federal Agencies- Federal Reserve Bank of New York - Business Leaders Survey - June 16, 2022- The Federal Reserve Bank of New York released the June 2022 Business Leaders Survey....more
Congress- U.S. Senate- Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs- Hearing: Considering the Index Fund Voting Process-...more
Federal Agencies- U.S. Department of the Treasury Treasury- Releases Report on Macroeconomic and Foreign Exchange Policies of Major Trading Partners of the United States-...more
Congress- U.S. Senate- Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs- Committee Advances Fed and SEC Nominees-...more
Federal Agencies- Securities and Exchange Commission- SEC Investor Advisory Committee to Discuss Non-Traditional Accounting and Climate Disclosure on June 9-...more
Federal Agencies- U.S. Department of the Treasury- U.S. Treasury Severs More Networks Providing Support for Putin and Russia's Elites-...more
Major Developments- Federal Agencies- Federal Reserve Board Speech: Responding to High Inflation, with Some Thoughts on a Soft Landing- ...more
On April 14, 2021, the U.S. Senate confirmed Gary Gensler as the new Chair of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Over the last few years the SEC has taken an assertive position in considering many digital assets to...more
UK regulators are probing ties between disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein and Barclays CEO Jes Staley. The bank’s board is so far standing 100% with Staley, who has expressed “regret” over his relationship with Epstein....more
Allison Lee has finally been confirmed by the Senate as an SEC Commissioner. As a result, the SEC now has a full complement of Commissioners. Lee fills the Democratic seat formerly occupied by Kara Stein and, in fact, was...more
The FBI and OCC have each launched inquiries into pricing practices within American Express’s forex unit with an aim to determine “whether the foreign-exchange international payments department misrepresented pricing to...more
Following yesterday’s US/Mexico trade announcement, Canada’s wasting little time in getting back to the table with the US on revised Nafta talks...more
On Thursday, August 23, 2018, the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs approved by unanimous voice vote the nomination of Elad Roisman for Commissioner of the Securities and Exchange Commission....more
A lot of the furor over Elon Musk’s recent “going private” tweets has centered on whether he actually had the financial backing needed to pull it off. The Times sets aside that initial inquiry to explore the why and how,...more
OMB official Kathleen Kraninger is likely to face serious questions as she takes to the Hill today to begin confirmation hearings for her surprise nomination to lead the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Why? Her lack of...more
Bitcoin surged to over $11,000 yesterday before falling 20% later in the day, prompting this look from the Journal at the widespread lure of Bitcoin mania....more
This week, Jay and I have a wide-ranging discussion on some of the week’s top compliance related stories. We discuss: 1. The Kokesh case at the US Supreme Court is significant for SEC enforcement of the FCPA around profit...more
ICE Futures U.S. Settles Disciplinary Actions Against Three Respondents For Alleged Block Trade Violations For US $325,000 Combined Fine - ICE Futures U.S. settled two related disciplinary actions against three persons for...more