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SEC Sued Over Private Fund Adviser Rule
The Managed Funds Association and five other industry groups have sued the SEC over its new private fund advisers rule, saying the agency has overreached its statutory authority and interferes with contracts.
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DOJ Calls On Companies to Incorporate Data Analytics In Anti-Corruption Compliance Programs
This article explains the DOJ's recent emphasis on robust data analytics in anti-corruption compliance programs, outlines how data analytics can and should be used in these programs, and suggests an approach to help legal counsel and companies determine if corporate programs will pass muster with the DOJ.
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White-Collar Practitioners Weigh In On Defending Trump Indictments
They say every defendant deserves an attorney, and that surely includes a former president, but how does a lawyer defend someone facing multiple indictments in multiple districts all while they're running a campaign to return to the White House? Several white-collar defense attorneys who spoke with Business Crimes Bulletin's ALM sibling The National Law Journal have some ideas.
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SCOTUS: Courts Should Avoid Assigning 'Breathtaking' Scope to White-Collar Crime Statutes
The Supreme Court's Dubin decision is another worthy entrant in the long running series of SCOTUS decisions applying judicial restraints where prosecutors seem unable to restrain themselves.
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FTC and DOJ Proposed Merger Guidelines Eye Effect On Competition
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) have proposed merger guidelines that reflect the Biden administration's aggressive enforcement approach to corporate acquisitions that considers not only their effect on competition but on the labor market, antitrust attorneys said.
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Crypto Winter Leads to Explosion of Regulatory Activity
In the past year, following the Crypto Winter, there has been an explosion of activity by United States regulators and enforcers. Crypto companies, for their part, have complained that it is not clear what digital assets, if any, are securities, and that they have not been given clear regulatory rules of the road.
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Recent DOJ Losses In Antitrust Cases Don't Tell the Whole Story
Many of the Biden Administration's antitrust enforcement actions have involved attempts to regulate anticompetitive conduct in labor markets by means…
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Biden Administration ESG Initiative Draws Scorn from Republican Lawmakers
The Biden administration's efforts to establish environmental, social, and corporate governance requirements on corporations has drawn scorn from Republican lawmakers even as companies learn to navigate the ESG initiative with an unclear regulatory framework.
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Regulators Put Pressure On Fintech Platforms to Improve Customer Disclosures
Regulators cranking up scrutiny of digital-payment platforms after fund-access and customer service problems in recent years are now broadening their gaze into what happens if they collapse. That's placing additional pressure on these fintech platforms to improve customer disclosures and possibly even find new ways to backstop against potential insolvency.
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The Message Is Clear: Assess Your Information Governance Practices In Light of DOJ and SEC Crackdown on Use of Personal Devices and Messaging Apps
Regulators increasingly are scrutinizing employee use of personal devices and third-party messaging apps. This article summarizes the DOJ's recent guidance and the SEC's enforcement trends and priorities in this area, and it provides information governance best practices companies can implement now to ensure they are meeting regulators' expectations and recordkeeping rules.
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