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The OCC finalized a rule clarifying that national trust banks may engage in non-fiduciary activities but left open the question of whether a national trust bank must engage in a minimum a...
On February 24, 2026, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York announced a new policy to incentivize companies to self-report financial crimes. Companies could b...
In this issue, we discuss proposed amendments to Form N-PORT reporting requirements, the SEC enforcement director’s first public remarks and a recent enforcement action involving compli...
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency issued a notice of proposed rulemaking that would change its supervisory appeals process. We compare the OCC proposal with the recently final...
Over the past several weeks, the post-Maduro sanctions landscape in Venezuela has begun to take shape, with tightly controlled relief focused on the Venezuelan oil industry and broad sanc...
The Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network continues its efforts to modernize the U.S. AML/CFT compliance framework, providing covered financial institutions excepti...
A federal district court in Texas yesterday vacated FTC rules that went into effect last year revising the information parties must submit to the antitrust agencies in merger filings subm...
Director Margaret Ryan recently gave a speech describing her “guiding principles” and enforcement priorities. She balanced the need for toughness with a focus on fraud that harms inve...
On February 4, 2026, a Ninth Circuit panel affirmed in part and reversed in part the dismissal of a securities fraud action alleging that a toy company misled investors about inventory ma...