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Compliance and AI: John Sun on Enhancing Compliance Processes with AI Technology
CFPB’s Supervisory Highlights on Auto-Finance and Auto-Servicing — The Consumer Finance Podcast
Compliance Tip of the Day: 5 Practical Steps for Conducting a Culture Audit that Meets DOJ Standards
Everything Compliance: Episode 144, The Q4, Great Women in Compliance Edition
Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: CFPB’s Proposed Mortgage Servicing Rule Amendments: Understanding the Impact on Loss Mitigation, Foreclosure, and Language Access
Business Integrity Innovations: Championing Integrity – Samia Tnani on Driving SME Growth Through Ethical Governance
Daily Compliance News: November 7, 2024 – The Fat Leonard Sentenced Edition
Great Women in Compliance – Episode 248 – GWIC x Everything Compliance
Compliance Tip of the Day: Using Culture Audits to Strengthen Your Compliance Program
Daily Compliance News: November 6, 2024 – The Post-Election Edition
Compliance into the Weeds: Risk-Based Compliance Lessons from a Young Entrepreneur’s Ice Cream Stand
El Salvador’s Bitcoin Nation: A Government Insider’s View
Compliance Tip of the Day: New Questions from the DOJ - Shaping the Future of Compliance
Everything Compliance, Shout Outs and Rants: Episode 144, Q4GWIC Edition
Innovation in Compliance – Anik Singal on His Journey from Digital Marketer to Compliance Advocate
Daily Compliance News: The VOTE VOTE VOTE Edition
Compliance Tip of the Day – The 2024 ECCP is a Game Changer for Compliance and Culture
Adventures in Compliance: The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes – Unveiling Compliance Lessons in The Problem of Thor Bridge
Corruption, Crime & Compliance: TD Bank Agrees to Pay Over $3 Billion for Systemic Violations of Bank Secrecy Act and Money Laundering Violations
A recent decision of the High Court in a strike out application in securities class action litigation has clarified the scope of s90A and Schedule 10A of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 ("FSMA") regarding...more
Our Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation Group reminds plan sponsors to get ready for 2024 IRS year-end amendments and offers year-end action items....more
Our qualified retirement plans agenda outlines current legislative, litigation, and other developments concerning tax-qualified retirement plans. Sponsors are encouraged to be aware of these issues and assess whether any...more
In New York civil actions, where a defendant fails to answer the complaint, the next step is usually a motion for a default judgment pursuant to CPLR 3215. However, in residential mortgage foreclosure actions, the plaintiff...more
I. INDIA’S HISTORY WITH BILATERAL INVESTMENT TREATIES 1. Bilateral investment treaties (“BITs”) are agreements between countries that provide protections to investors from one state investing in the other (the “host...more
The Transition Plan Taskforce has published its final report on the progress achieved and the path ahead. The report marks the end of the TPT's efforts to establish a gold standard for private sector transition plans. The...more
The ELTIF-RTS, the final piece of the puzzle for the ELTIF framework, have been published in the Official Journal on October 25, 2024 and entered into force on October 26, 2024. This marks the end of a long and complex...more
The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) has announced temporary relief measures for reporting companies affected by recent hurricanes in the Southeast, providing additional time to comply with Beneficial Ownership...more
The U.K. Prudential Regulation Authority has published a policy statement to its occasional consultation paper (CP6/24). The statement provides feedback to responses the PRA received to the consultation paper, as well as the...more
This week, Donald Trump claimed a decisive victory in the presidential race, and Republicans picked up Democratic Senate seats in West Virginia, Ohio, and Montana, ensuring that they will flip the Senate and hold at least one...more
The Bank of England has published a speech by Sarah Breeden, BoE Deputy Governor, Financial Stability, on AI and financial stability. In the speech, Ms. Breeden explores the novel features of Generative AI, and how financial...more
The draft Financial Services and Markets Act 2023 (Addition of Relevant Enactments) Regulations 2024 have been published, together with an explanatory memorandum. The Regulations add to the list of "relevant enactments" for...more
The CFPB has reached a settlement with VyStar Credit Union to resolve allegations that its defective new online banking platform violated the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010. According to the consent order, VyStar’s...more
North Korea Sanctions Violations - In a recent enforcement action, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) imposed an $860,000 penalty on Vietnam Beverage Company Limited (“VBCL”), a...more
Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2024/2795 amending the EU Capital Requirements Regulation with regard to the date of application of the own funds requirements for market risk has been published in the Official Journal of...more
November 7, 2024 - The Federal Open Markets Committee decided to lower the target range for the federal funds rate by 1/4 percentage point to 4-1/2 to 4-3/4 percent. November 7, 2024- Securities and Exchange...more
The Department of the Treasury (Treasury) has released a final rule imposing restrictions on U.S. outbound investment in Chinese companies active in developing certain national security technologies (Final Outbound Rule)....more
Attached please find the updated Foreign Listed Stock Index Futures and Options Approvals Chart, current as of November 8, 2024. All prior versions are superseded and should be discarded. Please note the following...more
Through various recent evolutions, the economic situation of the pharmaceutical companies operating in France become increasingly challenging. Various evolutions have recently occur in France: The Ministry of Health is...more
The SPAC market is chugging along with several IPOs and multiple deals being announced and closed. Although it's great to see this kind of activity again, the SPAC market is never without its challenges....more
October was a busy month. COP 16 on Biodiversity was held at the end of the month, the UK Autumn Budget was heard on 30 October 2024, and the UK focused Transition Finance Market Review was published. All this has been...more
I was against Automatic Enrollment before I was for it. When it finally became part of the Internal Revenue Code, plan sponsors got liability protection through using the QDIA. While I like that plan sponsors under SECURE 2.0...more
With the Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCAR) (Regulation (EU) 2023/1114) becoming fully applicable by the end of this year, crypto-asset service providers seeking to offer their services across the EU need to consider...more
On October 23, a group of banking organizations filed a notice of appeal in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas seeking to challenge a decision impacting the CFPB’s Section 1071 rule. The plaintiffs now...more
O’Dell v. Berkshire Bank, 5:24-cv-00652 (N.D.N.Y.) - On October 31, 2024, the Northern District of New York dismissed a putative class action against Berkshire Bank (“Berkshire”) with prejudice....more