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6 Aug 2021, 7:16 am
By Lene Powell, J.D.Following SEC Chair Gary Gensler’s announcement that staff is preparing potential revisions to whistleblower rules adopted last year, the Commission announced new interim procedures for reviewing whistleblower applications. [read post]
23 Oct 2014, 1:21 pm
[This story previously appeared in Securities Regulation Daily.]By Lene Powell, J.D. [read post]
1 Nov 2021, 3:43 pm
By Lene Powell, J.D.The CFTC Whistleblower Office released its annual report for FY 2021, revealing a somewhat lower-than-average total of over $3 million in awards, compared to $15 million in FY 2019 and $20 million in FY 2020. [read post]
31 Aug 2021, 8:37 am
By Lene Powell, J.D.Raising the stakes in an already highly contentious set of lawsuits, 49 top law firms have issued a joint statement that they believe special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) are not investment companies under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (ICA), so long as two commonplace conditions are met. [read post]
12 Mar 2024, 6:28 am
By Lene Powell, J.D.The SEC Investor Advisory Committee (IAC) adopted a recommendation for the SEC to scale back proposed rules on digital engagement practices. [read post]
27 Jul 2022, 7:04 am
By Lene Powell, J.D.The SEC announced insider charges against nine individuals in connection with three separate alleged schemes, including a former chief information security officer (CISO), an investment banker, and a former FBI trainee. [read post]
28 Aug 2017, 5:00 am
By Lene Powell, J.D.Companies and individuals debating whether to self-report wrongdoing to the CFTC should know that they can get a significant reduction in their penalty for doing so, said CFTC Enforcement Director James McDonald. [read post]
28 Oct 2015, 5:30 am
By Lene Powell, J.D.A combination of rules in the U.S. and abroad are, when taken together, depriving financial markets of critical liquidity in times of market stress, warned CFTC Commissioner J. [read post]
3 Jan 2024, 8:21 am
By Lene Powell, J.D.Crypto firm Terraform Labs and its founder Do Kwon sold unregistered securities, a federal district court ruled. [read post]
20 Apr 2020, 7:51 pm
By Lene Powell, J.D.An elderly, ailing prisoner serving time for securities fraud could not bypass administrative exhaustion requirements in attempting to avoid the risk of contracting the COVID-19 virus in the prison setting. [read post]
5 Apr 2022, 6:43 am
By Lene Powell, J.D.In a CFTC oversight hearing of the House Agriculture Committee, members returned repeatedly to the topic of digital assets. [read post]
1 Sep 2021, 12:29 pm
By Lene Powell, J.D.The SEC Investor Advisory Committee has released two draft recommendations scheduled to be considered at its September 9 meeting. [read post]
11 May 2023, 5:22 am
By Lene Powell, J.D.The SEC is seeking to destroy the crypto industry, an industry association said in a strongly worded comment letter on the SEC’s recent proposal on safeguarding advisory client assets. [read post]
25 Jul 2019, 7:12 am
By Lene Powell, J.D. [read post]
5 Aug 2022, 6:17 am
By Lene Powell, J.D.A group of 86 chief financial officers at major companies around the world signed a statement of support for proposed IFRS Sustainability Disclosure Standards, while making recommendations for further development.Aimed at standardizing disclosures by providing a global baseline, the proposals set forth requirements for the disclosure of material information about a company’s significant sustainability-related risks and opportunities.Also responding to the… [read post]
26 Sep 2019, 6:51 am
By Lene Powell, J.D. [read post]
14 Jan 2019, 5:00 am
By Lene Powell, J.D.A new study by ISS finds that California’s new law requiring public companies to include female directors on their boards could have “significant reverberations” for the entire U.S. market, potentially increasing the number of women on U.S. boards by 22 percent. [read post]
6 Feb 2017, 5:00 am
By Lene Powell, J.D.The CFTC settled charges against The Royal Bank of Scotland plc (RBS), finding that certain of the bank’s traders attempted to manipulate U.S. [read post]
10 Apr 2024, 7:02 am
By Lene Powell, J.D.In the SEC’s big jury trial win against Terraform Labs PTE Ltd. and its former CEO, Do Kwon, the jury found that false or misleading statements were reckless or intentional, happened "in the offer or sale" of crypto tokens, and were distributed via the mails or an instrumentality of interstate commerce. [read post]
Commissioner Quintenz warns “grim” budget situation threatens CFTC functioning, may cause staff cuts
10 May 2018, 7:03 am
By Lene Powell, J.D. [read post]
