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Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

SEC Enforcement Leadership Discusses New Priorities and Expectations

On May 20, 2025, as part of the annual “SEC Speaks” program, the leadership of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) Division of Enforcement publicly discussed the enforcement priorities under new Chairman Paul...more

Carlton Fields

Is SEC Whistleblower Program Topping Out?

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Since its establishment more than a dozen years ago, the SEC’s whistleblower program has grown substantially — in terms of the number of whistleblower tips received by the SEC, as well as the number and dollar amount of...more

Secretariat

When the Whistle Blows

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The term “whistleblower” generally refers to a person who anonymously reports suspected corporate misconduct to their employer or to law enforcement or regulatory authorities. This article focuses primarily on current...more

Fenwick & West LLP

CLE Takeaways: A Public Company’s Guide to Corporate and Securities Law Developments 2025

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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is intensifying its focus on transparency. The agency has its lens trained on insider trading policies, cybersecurity and AI disclosures, and other high-risk enforcement...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Anti-Bribery and Corruption Risks Remain Despite FCPA Enforcement Pause

On February 10, 2025, President Donald Trump signed an executive order directing the U.S. attorney general, Pam Bondi, to pause Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) actions for 180 days until she issues revised FCPA...more

A&O Shearman

Whistleblowing: ensure programs are fit for 2025

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Whistleblowing has become an increasingly critical aspect of corporate governance and compliance, especially for multinational companies operating across diverse legal and regulatory landscapes. We see increased efforts by...more

Moore & Van Allen PLLC

The Desk: January Issue

So, we’ll start off with our familiar and cherished Enforcement Roundup, touch on emergency funding for the CFTC’s Whistleblower Program, talk about the CFTC’s advisory on artificial intelligence, get you ready for updates to...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

The Whistleblower Rules & Revisiting Confidentiality

The Securities Exchange Commission ("SEC") has, in furtherance of its whistleblower program, taken actions recently that have led to lenders updating the confidentiality sections of credit agreements to allow for the...more

White & Case LLP

SEC Enforcement Year-End Overview

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2024 marks the final year of Gary Gensler's term as Chair of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"). The Gensler SEC has been aggressive on both the enforcement and rulemaking fronts. In response, the financial...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Ringing the (Jingle) Bell: Whistleblower Program 2024 Recap

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Whistleblower programs are the gifts that keep giving to enforcement agencies, driving a record number of cases, sanctions and awards across multiple agencies. In this ninth installment of Season's Readings, we revisit some...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

250 Whistleblower Tips: DOJ Official Discusses New Programs with Incentives for Dropping a Dime on Corporate Crime

On December 6, 2024, Principal Associate Deputy Attorney General Marshall Miller provided an update on the Justice Department’s (DOJ) corporate criminal enforcement efforts during his keynote address at the Practicing Law...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

Takeaways from the SEC Division of Enforcement’s FY 2024 Report

On November 22, 2024, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) published its enforcement results for fiscal year of 2024. The report shows a mixed result. The SEC only brought 583 actions in FY 2024, a 26% decrease...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Whistling While You Work is in Vogue, Thanks to the SEC December 2024 - The Whistleblower Rules & Revisiting Confidentiality

The Securities Exchange Commission ("SEC") has, in furtherance of its whistleblower program, taken actions recently that have led to lenders updating the confidentiality sections of credit agreements to allow for the...more

Moore & Van Allen PLLC

THE DESK: MVA’s Swaps and Derivatives Newsletter - December 2024

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With the CFTC still in the early stages of its fiscal year, in the month of November, we did not see a lot of action by way of publicly-released enforcement actions from the CFTC or enforcement-related public statements from...more

Cooley LLP

SEC Announces FY2024 Enforcement Results, Including Record-breaking Financial Remedies

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The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently announced its enforcement results for fiscal year 2024, during which the SEC obtained the highest amount of financial remedies in history—$8.2 billion, representing a 66%...more

Mitratech Holdings, Inc

Turning the SEC Enforcement Results into Opportunity: Historic Penalties Signal a Compliance Shift

The SEC’s fiscal year 2024 enforcement results signal a pivotal moment for U.S. capital markets. Despite a 26% decline in the total number of enforcement actions compared to 2023 (sitting at a total of 583 for this year), the...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Compliance Lessons from Venice – Part 3: Straight from the Lion’s Mouth and Whistleblower Programs

In the final part of the Compliance Lessons from Venice series, we focus on one of Venice’s earliest tools for addressing misconduct: a reporting system predating modern whistleblower programs. Known as the Lion’s Mouth, this...more

Seward & Kissel LLP

SEC Announces Enforcement Results for Fiscal Year 2024

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On November 22, 2024, the SEC released its fiscal year 2024 enforcement statistics.  According to the accompanying press release, the SEC filed 583 total enforcement actions—431 of them standalone actions—while obtaining $8.2...more

Cornerstone Research

SEC Enforcement Actions Against Public Companies and Subsidiaries Drop by 12% in FY 2024; Actions Still Up Nearly 5% Compared to...

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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) initiated 80 enforcement actions against public companies and subsidiaries in fiscal year 2024, marking a 12% decline from FY 2023 but still up nearly 5% compared to the...more

Wiley Rein LLP

Ep. 3 - The Art of Parallel Investigations (Part 2)

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In the second installment of this two-part interview, host Kevin Muhlendorf continues the conversation on the complexities of parallel investigations with Brian Young, Director of the Whistleblower Office at the Commodity...more

Woodruff Sawyer

SEC's Fall Festival: Lessons for Financial Services Companies

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Every year, autumn brings hayrides, changing leaves, family gatherings, sweater weather, the chance to savor a cup of black tea by a roaring fire—and a raft of Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) enforcement actions as...more

Cozen O'Connor

Navigating the Future: Key Takeaways & Insights from the 2024 Securities Enforcement Forum Central

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One of the concerns following the Supreme Court’s ruling in SEC v. Jarkesy was that other agencies may face similar collateral attacks to its administrative proceedings. While the full impact of Jarkesy remains an open...more

Vedder Price

SEC Settles Enforcement Proceedings Against Adviser for Alleged Whistleblower Protection Rule Violations

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On September 26, 2024, the SEC announced the settlement of administrative proceedings brought against a registered investment adviser for various alleged violations of Rule 21F-17(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,...more

Paul Hastings LLP

Public Company Watch: October 2024

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In the October edition of our Public Company Watch, we cover key issues impacting public companies, including a recent SEC enforcement sweep, key takeaways stemming from the SEC’s recent adoption of EDGAR Next, two recent...more

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Securities Enforcement Roundup – September 2024

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In this issue of our monthly Securities Enforcement Roundup, we highlight top securities enforcement developments and cases from September 2024. In September 2024 (the last month of the US Securities and Exchange Commission’s...more

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