In SEC v. Jarkesy, the Supreme Court held that the SEC must bring fraud claims seeking penalties in federal court instead of administrative proceedings because defendants are entitled to ...
The SEC expanded the scope of the Safeguards Rule, which already required broker-dealers, investment advisers and investment companies to have reasonably designed policies and procedures ...
A new proposal would require U.S. companies to comply with U.S. government cybersecurity standards before transferring bulk data to, or accepting investment from, companies based in targe...
DOJ recently announced that it will launch a pilot program to pay individual whistleblowers who report wrongdoing to the DOJ. The initiative supplements existing SEC, CFTC and other such ...
The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York (SDNY) announced the creation of a Whistleblower Pilot Program applying to individuals who provide information regarding...
SAP agreed to pay $220 million to resolve a long-standing foreign bribery investigation with the Department of Justice and the Securities and Exchange Commission involving improper paymen...
The recently enacted Foreign Extortion Prevention Act, meant to serve as the mirror image of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, criminalizes the solicitation and receipt of bribes by fore...
2023 was an active year in public company enforcement by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, with several first-of-their-kind actions. The SEC looked past traditional financial p...
To help navigate what has been an active year of new SEC disclosure mandates, we have prepared an overview of key considerations for preparing your 2023 annual report on Form 10-K.
In a recent speech, Acting Assistant Attorney General Nicole M. Argentieri laid out how the DOJ is increasing its use of data analytics to proactively identify FCPA cases, deepening its c...
