On April 7, the Deputy Attorney General (DAG) Todd Blanche issued a memorandum entitled “Ending Regulation By Prosecution,” detailing a significant shift in the US Department of Justice’s (DOJ) approach to digital assets....more
4/24/2025
/ Criminal Prosecution ,
Cryptocurrency ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Digital Assets ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Executive Orders ,
Financial Regulatory Reform ,
Fraud ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Securities Regulation ,
Stablecoins ,
Trump Administration
On March 10, US District Judge Jed S. Rakoff of the Southern District of New York issued a decision in United States v. Tavberidze, holding that section 3E1.1(b) of the US Sentencing Guidelines, which provides a one-point...more
On August 28, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued a final rule establishing anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) compliance obligations for US Securities and Exchange...more
11/4/2024
/ AML/CFT ,
Anti-Money Laundering ,
Audits ,
Bank Secrecy Act ,
Compliance ,
Due Diligence ,
Employee Training ,
Exempt Reporting Advisers (ERAs) ,
Final Rules ,
Financial Institutions ,
FinCEN ,
Internal Controls ,
Investment Adviser ,
Policies and Procedures ,
Popular ,
Risk Assessment ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
On May 13, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the US Department of the Treasury’s (USDT) Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) jointly released a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) which, if...more
6/13/2024
/ Bank Secrecy Act ,
Customer Identification Program (CIP) ,
Data Collection ,
Documentation ,
Exempt Reporting Advisers (ERAs) ,
FinCEN ,
Investment Adviser ,
Money Laundering ,
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NOPR) ,
Policies and Procedures ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Terrorism Funding ,
U.S. Treasury
On April 5, 2014, after an eight-day trial and a few hours of deliberation, a federal jury entered a verdict for the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and found that Matthew Panuwat had engaged in insider trading...more
On February 13, the US Department of the Treasury’s (USDT) Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) which, if adopted, would sweep Security and Exchange Commission-Registered...more
3/7/2024
/ AML/CFT ,
Audits ,
Bank Secrecy Act ,
Compliance ,
Employee Training ,
Exempt Reporting Advisers (ERAs) ,
Financial Institutions ,
FinCEN ,
Investment Adviser ,
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NOPR) ,
Patriot Act ,
Proposed Rules ,
Recordkeeping Requirements ,
Risk Assessment ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs) ,
U.S. Treasury
On January 10, when announcing his office’s new Whistleblower Pilot Program, Southern District of New York United States Attorney Damian Williams told potential cooperators “[c]all us before we call you.” But should...more
On November 20, 2023, the Northern District of California denied summary judgment for the defendant in SEC v. Panuwat, an enforcement action being brought under a novel theory of insider trading law that is being referred to...more
12/27/2023
/ 10b5-1 Plans ,
Breach of Duty ,
Chief Compliance Officers ,
Compliance ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Insider Trading ,
Materiality ,
MNPI ,
Non-Public Information ,
Scienter ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ,
Summary Judgment
In a welcome change in approach to financial market regulation, the United Kingdom’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is requiring market participants to deliver good outcomes for consumers.
On July 27, 2022, the FCA...more
1/25/2023
/ Consumer Protection Laws ,
Enforcement ,
Fair Valuation ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Financial Crimes ,
Financial Markets ,
Financial Stability Acts ,
Governance Standards ,
Private Right of Action ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Suitability Requirements ,
UK