2015 proved to be a year of continued focus on anti-corruption enforcement. We have distilled key aspects of the year’s enforcement trends and resolutions to offer you succinct summarie...
To be guilty of insider trading, a tipper of inside information must receive a “personal benefit” in exchange for his tips. On January 19, 2016, the Supreme Court granted certiorari i...
On December 8, 2015, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit overturned the conviction of Jesse Litvak, a former Jefferies & Company (“Jefferies”) bond trader, for charges r...
On November 16, 2015, Deputy Attorney General Sally Quillian Yates gave a speech regarding the implementation of the Department of Justice’s recent policy initiatives to facilitate the ...
On Friday, November 13, NYU Law’s Program on Corporate Compliance and Enforcement hosted a roundtable discussion featuring the Department of Justice’s Criminal Division Fraud Chief An...
Yesterday, Deputy Attorney General Sally Quillian Yates gave a speech concerning the Department of Justice’s guidance memorandum issued on September 9, 2015 that further underscores DOJ...
The United States Department of Justice has petitioned the United States Supreme Court to review a recent Second Circuit opinion that clarified what the Government must prove to establish...
The New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) has published its final “BitLicense” rule for virtual currency businesses, as announced by outgoing NYDFS Superintendent Lawsky i...
The SEC, which has recently been investigating workplace agreements out of concern that they may impede whistleblowing activity protected by the Dodd-Frank Act, announced yesterday its fi...
On December 10, 2014, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit held that to obtain an insider trading conviction against a tippee, the Government must prove that the tippee knew b...
