5/23/2025 2:08:32 AM Think Compliance Got Easier? Think Again—DOJ’s New Era in White-Collar Enforcement (Part 3) By Ryan Meyer Johnjerica Hodge Taylor Stilwell In our prior two posts, we’ve delved into the memorandum issued by the Head of the Department of Justice’s (Department) Criminal...
5/22/2025 3:02:56 PM Regulatory Clarity and Practical Challenges: Unpacking CFTC Letters 25-09 and 25-10 By Carl Kennedy Alex Kim Derivatives market participants continue to process the implications of two significant interpretive letters issued by the Commodity...
5/21/2025 1:06:53 AM Launch of the Civil Rights Fraud Initiative By Johnjerica Hodge Taylor Quinlan Shortly after taking office, President Trump signed the executive order titled, Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based...
5/20/2025 4:12:26 PM Financial Services and Technology: Florida Changes Law to Make Clear that Collection-Related Emails Are Not Included in the Prohibition on After-Hours Communications By Eric Hail Ted Huffman On May 16, Governor Ron DeSantis signed bill CS/CS/SB 232 into law. The bill includes modifications to the Florida Consumer Collection...
5/19/2025 5:46:14 PM Think Compliance Got Easier? Think Again—DOJ’s New Era in White-Collar Enforcement (Part 2) By Ryan Meyer Johnjerica Hodge Taylor Stilwell As discussed in our May 15th post, Matthew R. Galeotti, the Head of the Department of Justice’s (“Department”) Criminal Division, issued...
5/16/2025 9:05:45 PM A Sigh of Relief: SEC Reporting Parties Can Continue Following CFTC Reporting Rules When Reporting Security-Based Swap Data Until 2029 By Carl Kennedy Nicholas Gervasi As a result of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC or the Commission) recently extending relief that the Commission originally...
5/16/2025 7:40:41 PM SEC’s Division of Trading and Markets Issues New FAQ Guidance on Broker-Dealer Custody and Net Capital Treatment of Cryptoassets By Dan Davis Susan Light Wayne Aaron James Brady Alex Kim +2 more... Show less The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has taken a significant step toward permitting broker-dealers to custody digital assets and...
5/16/2025 10:35:06 AM Walking the Talk, Ofcom’s Online Safety Act Enforcement By Terry Green Back in March 2025, we published an article highlighting that Ofcom will be turning up the heat to ramp up pressure on platforms in...
5/15/2025 7:19:45 PM Increased Clarity for White-Collar Clients: The Department of Justice Unveils its Revised Corporate Self-Disclosure Policy By Nicholas Liotta Scott Resnik Alan Brudner Michael Rosensaft +1 more... Show less What should U.S. businesses take from the Department of Justice’s (“DOJ”) revisions to its Corporate Enforcement and Voluntary...
5/15/2025 4:41:03 PM Think Compliance Got Easier? Think Again—DOJ’s New Era in White-Collar Enforcement By Ryan Meyer Johnjerica Hodge Taylor Stilwell Many have speculated as to how white-collar enforcement may change during President Trump’s second term. A recent memorandum by the Head...
5/13/2025 7:49:50 PM Continued Developments in the Anti-Bribery/Anti-Corruption Sector: A Potential Expansion of the International Anti-Corruption Prosecutorial Taskforce on the Horizon By Johnjerica Hodge Taylor Quinlan There have been a number of developments in the anti-bribery/anti-corruption sector following the start of President Trump’s second term....
5/13/2025 12:32:16 PM AI governance remains critical despite political pendulum swings By Michael Justus Businesses increasingly rely on AI and generative AI for myriad uses. A new body of “AI law” is forming—and some legal requirements are...
5/9/2025 3:03:56 PM Second Circuit Sets Precedent Limiting VPPA in Facebook Pixel Cases By Ted Huffman Over the past several years, class action litigants have flooded federal dockets with Video Privacy Protection Act (VPPA) cases against...
5/5/2025 2:42:50 PM UK Cryptoassets: Draft Legislation and FCA Discussion Paper Published By Christopher Collins Neil Robson Carolyn Jackson Nathaniel Lalone Ciara McBrien Sara Portillo +3 more... Show less On 29 April, UK Chancellor Rachel Reeves announced the publication by HM Treasury of near-final legislation to bring cryptoassets within...
5/2/2025 2:01:00 PM Choose your GenAI model providers, models, and use cases wisely By Michael Justus Generative AI (GenAI) vendors, models, and uses cases are not created equal. Model providers must be trusted to handle sensitive data....
5/2/2025 1:31:04 PM US House of Representatives Pass the Take it Down Act By Trisha Sircar On April 28, 2025, the US House of Representatives voted 409-2 to pass S.146, the Take it Down Act. The bill aims to stop the misuse of...