Technological advances, especially in Artificial Intelligence and quantum computing, will continue to amaze in the coming years. They will open up vast new opportunities while presenting profound regulatory, litigation, and...more
3/1/2024
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Business Losses ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Cyber Crimes ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Privacy ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Financial Services Industry ,
NAIC ,
Popular ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
State Privacy Laws ,
Technology ,
Website Design ,
Websites
Senators Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) and Cynthia Lummis (R- WY) introduced new proposed legislation on June 7, 2022, which would classify the vast majority of digital assets as commodities, and empower the Commodities Futures...more
6/14/2022
/ CFTC ,
Commodities ,
Cryptoassets ,
Cryptocurrency ,
Cybersecurity ,
Digital Assets ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
FERC ,
FinTech ,
Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) ,
Investment Contract ,
NIST ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has joined a host of other regulators in doubling down on efforts to protect against the rapidly intensifying cyber threats - with important implications for all SEC-registered...more
On July 24, 2019, both the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced landmark settlements with Facebook. The agreements were significant not only because of the hefty fines...more
8/5/2019
/ British Airways ,
Cambridge Analytica ,
Consent Order ,
COPPA ,
Corporate Fines ,
Data Privacy ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Facebook ,
Facial Recognition Technology ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Mark Zuckerberg ,
Misleading Statements ,
Opt-In ,
Personal Liability ,
Privacy Laws ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Security and Privacy Controls ,
Social Media ,
Unfair or Deceptive Trade Practices
As promoters of cryptocurrencies and digital-asset exchanges face intense scrutiny from tax, securities and other financial services regulators, they will soon have to contend with unclaimed property (or escheat) laws in the...more
On February 21, 2018, the Securities and Exchange Commission issued an interpretive release1 providing important guidance to certain registrants on cybersecurity disclosure. Coming on the heels of dozens of high-profile...more
On June 29, 2017, the New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) issued an information request pursuant to Section 308 of the New York Insurance Law addressed to all life insurers and fraternal benefit societies...more
On May 17, 2017, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (OCIE) published a Risk Alert regarding the “WannaCry” ransomware worm that infected hundreds of thousands...more
On September 22, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced that it had entered into a settlement order with R.T. Jones Capital Equities Management, Inc. (R.T. Jones), a St. Louis-based SEC registered investment...more
Emphasizing the critical importance of cybersecurity to registered investment companies (RICs), including insurance separate accounts and business development companies, and to investment advisers, the SEC’s Division of...more
On February 3, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued a Risk Alert prepared by its Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (OCIE) that summarizes the results of a sweep of more than 100 broker-dealers...more
Confirming that auditor independence continues to be a regulatory priority, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC or Commission) and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) issued orders on December 8,...more
On December 10, 2013, the Federal Reserve Board (FRB), the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the Securities and Exchange Commission, and the Commodity Futures Trading...more
1/15/2014
/ Bank Holding Company Act ,
Banks ,
CFTC ,
Collateralized Debt Obligations ,
Dodd-Frank ,
Federal Reserve ,
OCC ,
Proprietary Trading ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Trust Preferred Securities ,
Volcker Rule
On December 10, 2013, five federal agencies, including the Federal Reserve Board, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the Securities and Exchange Commission, and the...more
In the dog days of August, it would be tempting to put aside challenges created by new Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) rules. But we all know that would be a mistake. Instead, attention needs to be paid now to new...more