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Will the Corporate Transparency Act Smother the Cannabis Industry?
The CTA requires business entities to file information on their "beneficial owners" with FinCEN, which, in turn, may disclose it to domestic and foreign law enforcement agencies, prosecutors, judges and financial institutions.
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California DOJ's Mission: Reinvigorate Criminal Prosecutions Program
California hasn't brought a case for criminal antitrust violations in more than 20 years. But that's about to change, according to California Assistant Attorney General Paula Blizzard.
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FTC Chair Concerned About Dominant Tech Firms
The concentration of dominant technology firms could harm U.S. national interests and global leadership, Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan said in March at a Carnegie Endowment for International Peace event.
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Decoding DOJ's New 'Justice AI' Initiative
The DOJ is likely to face many practical challenges and novel issues as it begins coding its own algorithm for AI-related enforcement. This article briefly examines three areas of AI-related enforcement where such practical challenges and novel issues may arise.
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The FTC and DOJ's New Guidelines Promise Sharper Scrutiny of Mergers
From loosened structural presumptions to unconventional theories of harm such as "ecosystem competition" to consideration of a merger's effects on outside markets, we review some of the most noteworthy changes in the new Guidelines.
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Supreme Court Set to Decide On Competing Interpretations of Federal Corruption Statute
In this article, we describe the competing interpretations of Section 666 and comment on the implications of a Supreme Court decision in United States v. Snyder, where it will decide whether the law criminalizes "gratuities," and not simply "bribes," given to state and local officials.
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The Role of the SEC In Cryptocurrency Regulation and Enforcement
The SEC's cryptocurrency-related actions reached a new high in 2023, jumping more than 50% when compared to 2022. We expect the SEC's enforcement efforts in this area to continue at a high pace in 2024, even though whether or not cryptocurrency should be classified as a security or something else remains uncertain.
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Global Antitrust Competition Enforcers Are Back, According to Report
Labor markets, artificial intelligence and consumer-related issues are going to be under the microscope from antitrust investigators around the globe in 2024, according to a report from Morgan, Lewis & Bockius.
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SEC Keeping Eye On Non-GAAP Financial Disclosures
The SEC's Division of Corporation Finance continues to provide comments to issuers about non-GAAP financial measures, and the SEC's Division of Enforcement continues to investigate the accuracy of such non-GAAP metrics and, when necessary, will enforce charges against a company for providing misleading non-GAAP financial measures.
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Artificial Intelligence: The New Weapon of Insider Threats
It is imperative that every organization acknowledges and takes seriously the potential harm that can be caused by insiders who misuse AI as a weapon for personal gain or to settle scores.
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