On February 27, 2025, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filed to dismiss its lawsuit against Coinbase, Inc. (“Coinbase”)—an outcome that marks a significant development in the evolving regulatory landscape for...more
This is the final note in a three-part series on the regulation of artificial intelligence in the financial services sector in the United States, the European Union and the United Kingdom. Our first note, we provided a...more
10/21/2024
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Consumer Protection Laws ,
Data Protection ,
Enforcement Actions ,
EU ,
Financial Services Industry ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Liability ,
Privacy Laws ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
UK ,
United States
Rapid and accelerating developments in artificial intelligence have prompted governments around the world to consider how AI should be regulated and used responsibly by businesses, without stifling innovation.
This is...more
10/17/2024
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Capital Markets ,
Data Protection ,
EU ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Financial Services Industry ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
Innovative Technology ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Machine Learning ,
Privacy Laws ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Technology Sector ,
UK ,
White Collar Crimes
Many governments are grappling with the question of how to regulate artificial intelligence to ensure it is adopted safely and used responsibly without hampering innovation. Governments have generally indicated similar...more
10/8/2024
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Bank of England ,
Bergdorf Goodman ,
Data Collection ,
Data Processors ,
Data Selling ,
Documentation ,
EU ,
European Banking Authority (EBA) ,
European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Information Governance ,
Machine Learning ,
MiFID II ,
Personal Data ,
Popular ,
Privacy Laws ,
Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Regulatory Standards ,
Risk Management ,
Third-Party ,
Training ,
Transparency ,
UK
The National Security Division (NSD) of the Department of Justice announced a new self-disclosure policy on March 7, 2024 (M&A Policy) that impacts corporations, private equity firms, and venture capital firms and their...more
4/8/2024
/ Acquisitions ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Investors ,
Merger Controls ,
Mergers ,
National Security ,
Policy Drafting ,
Popular ,
Private Equity ,
Private Equity Firms ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Self-Disclosure Requirements ,
Venture Capital
On March 7, 2024, Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco announced a new 90-day pilot program at the Department of Justice (DOJ) to incentivize whistleblowers. The program is inspired by and generally follows similar programs...more
3/13/2024
/ CFTC ,
Criminal Investigations ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
FinCEN ,
IRS ,
Pilot Programs ,
Qui Tam ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Whistleblower Protection Policies ,
Whistleblowers
On October 5, 2023, Deputy Attorney General, Lisa Monaco, announced a new safe harbor policy for voluntary self-disclosures made in the mergers and acquisitions context. The safe harbor policy will apply Department-wide and...more
1/8/2024
/ Acquisitions ,
Anti-Corruption ,
Antitrust Division ,
Corporate Governance ,
Corruption ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Financial Crimes ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Mergers ,
Private Equity ,
Safe Harbors ,
Self-Disclosure Requirements
On October 5, 2023, Deputy Attorney General, Lisa Monaco, announced a new safe harbor policy for voluntary self-disclosures made in the mergers and acquisitions context. The safe harbor policy will apply Department-wide and...more
10/9/2023
/ Acquisitions ,
Compliance ,
Corporate Governance ,
Corporate Misconduct ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Mergers ,
New Regulations ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Safe Harbors ,
Self-Disclosure Requirements ,
Voluntary Disclosure ,
White Collar Crimes
This week, the Department of Justice (DOJ) agreed to dismiss the last remaining counts of an insider trading case they charged against Robert Olan and others in 2017. After a split verdict at trial, multiple appeals, a...more
In SEC v. Ripple Labs, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) alleges that Ripple Labs, Inc. and two of its executives raised over $1.3 billion through an unregistered and ongoing digital asset securities...more
7/18/2023
/ Capital Raising ,
Cryptocurrency ,
Digital Assets ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Offerings ,
Ripple ,
Securities Act of 1933 ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Litigation ,
Securities Violations ,
Unregistered Securities
The UK/U.S. bilateral agreement for accessing electronic data in cases of serious crime (the Agreement) came fully into force on 3 October 2022....more
Back in August, we flagged that the U.S. Securities Exchange Commission’s (SEC) enforcement action against crypto influencers who promoted Forsage, a USD300 million crypto Ponzi scheme (link), demonstrated that the SEC would...more
The U.S. Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) has filed a lawsuit in federal court against 11 individuals, alleging securities violations related to a USD300 million crypto Ponzi scheme known as Forsage. ...more
On June 30, the US Supreme Court (the Court) issued a key ruling in West Virginia v. EPA that limits the powers of the Environmental Protection Agency (the EPA) to regulate greenhouse gas emissions without explicit...more
We are delighted to invite you to join our webinar taking place on Thursday, March 3 at 12:00 p.m.— 1:30 p.m. EST where we will be discussing the evolving U.S. enforcement priorities in the digital asset space. Our speakers...more
Why The Covid-19 Coronavirus Crisis Might Accelerate U.S. Regulatory Enforcement And Civil Litigation Over ESG Disclosures -
Each day we perform the same morbid mathematical calculations. How many total confirmed Covid-19...more