The US Attorney’s Office in the Northern District of California recently settled an enforcement action against Ripple Labs Inc., a Delaware corporation providing virtual currency exchange services. According to the settlement...more
In This Issue:
- FINRA's NAC Strengthens Sanction Guidelines Related to Fraud and Suitability
- CFTC Revises Interpretation on Forward Contracts with Embedded Volumetric Optionality
- CFTC Requests Public...more
On January 7, Texas-based surgical instrument maker ArthroCare Corp. entered into a deferred prosecution agreement (DPA) to resolve a six-year-long US Department of Justice (DOJ) investigation into allegations of a $400...more
On November 26, the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Securities and Exchange Commission announced an agreement with three subsidiaries of Swiss oil services company Weatherford International Ltd. to settle Foreign Corrupt...more
On November 14, the Criminal Division of the Department of Justice and the Enforcement Division of the Securities and Exchange Commission released long-awaited guidance on the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA)...more