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Wiley Consumer Protection Download (April 24, 2023)

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Welcome to Wiley’s update on recent developments and what’s next in consumer protection at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and Federal Trade Commission (FTC). In this newsletter, we analyze recent regulatory...more

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Company’s NFT gamble goes bust

On April 13, 2022, the Texas State Securities Board and Alabama Securities Commission issued separate emergency cease and desist orders (C&Ds) against Sand Vegas Casino Club and its two co-founders (Respondents). The C&Ds...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Top 10 International Anti-Corruption Developments for February 2022

Designed for busy in-house counsel, compliance professionals, and anti-corruption lawyers, this newsletter summarizes some of the most important international anti-corruption developments from the past month, with links to...more

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SEC’s Investigation into Wells Fargo Concludes with Actions Against Senior Executives

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On Friday, November 13, 2020, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC” or “Agency”) followed up its February 2020 action against Wells Fargo & Co. (“Wells Fargo”) with actions against two senior officers—former...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Wells Fargo Settlement: Part 1 – It’s Even Worse Than Imagined

I did not think that the Wells Fargo fraudulent accounts scandal could get worse for the bank. Boy was I wrong. Last week, in a Press Release, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced a that Wells Fargo & Company and its...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Frosty the Snowman, the Eyes of Dr. Eckleburg and Leissner – Lessons Learned

I thought Frosty was a good analogy to consider the disgraced Goldman Sachs Group Inc.’s former partner Tim Leissner, as he is certainly back again. Yesterday, I begin a two-part blog post series on Leissner’s settlement with...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Panasonic FCPA Enforcement Action: Part I – Background

Those bemoaning the lack of Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) enforcement activity can cease. With the Dun & Bradstreet Inc. (D&B) declination last week and this week’s enforcement action involving Panasonic Avionics...more

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SEC halts “Decentralized Consumer Bank” Initial Coin Offering (ICO) Labeling it a “Scam”

On Monday, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced it had obtained a court order suspending AriseBank’s (Arise) initial coin offering (ICO) whose public sale began in late December. According to the SEC, Arise...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

First ‘Trial of the Century’ and the SQM FCPA Enforcement Action – Part II

Today I conclude my two-part series on the recent Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) enforcement action involving the Chilean chemicals and mining company Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile (SQM), which agreed to pay a...more

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2016 – A Bad Year For Bad Guys in Energy

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Let’s look back at a cavalcade of crooks, criminals and miscreants who met up with justice in 2016. We do it to be reminded of the others who will be lurking in the 2017 shadows....more

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NEW UPDATE: Is Your Workers’ Compensation Program Unlawful?

In two previous posts, on April 19, 2016 and June 21, 2016, we reported on the EquityComp workers’ compensation program offered by Berkshire Hathaway subsidiaries Applied Underwriters (Applied) and California Insurance...more

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SEC Applies Advisers Act Provisions to Nonadvisor Fund Service Providers

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The SEC continues to expand the scope of responsibilities and standards applicable to gatekeepers. In an application of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (Advisers Act) to the actions of a nonadviser fund service...more

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SEC Brings Two Financial Fraud Actions

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Financial fraud has long been a staple of SEC enforcement. In the wake of the market crisis the agency has attempted to once again focus on the area creating, for example, a financial fraud task force two years ago. Last...more

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Appellate Court Notes

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Appellate Court Advance Release Opinions: AC38454 - In re Daniel N. AC36701 - State v. Adams - AC36701 Dissent - State v. Adams - AC37362 - Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. v. Thompson - ...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

More FCPA Grief Involving Gifts, Travel & Entertainment: PTC in China – Part II

Yesterday I began a (now) three-part series on the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) enforcement actions involving PTC Inc. (PTC), Parametric Technology (Shanghai) Software Co. Ltd. and Parametric Technology (Hong Kong)...more

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SEC Files Settled Financial Fraud Action

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One of the key products of Monsanto Company is weed killer Roundup, sold to retailers and distributors but not directly to growers. After the product came off patent generics began to erode its profits. ...more

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This Week In Securities Litigation

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The SEC’s apparent preference for administrative proceedings as a venue for its enforcement actions continues to draw criticism. H.R. 3798 is now pending in the House of Representatives. The bill is tilted the “Due Process...more

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This Week In Securities Litigation

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The SEC prevailed on two summary judgment motions. One centered on a manipulation action. The other was against an attorney who facilitated a prime bank fraud. The Commission also filed: An action against UBS tied to its...more

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UBS Puerto Rico, Others Tied to SEC Fraud Action

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When the bond market collapsed in Puerto Rico many clients at UBS Financial Services Incorporated of Puerto Rico had significant losses. Many had purchased shares of UBS PR closed-end funds or CEFs. UBSPR had been selling...more

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SEC Files Settled Financial Fraud Action

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Financial fraud actions have traditionally been a staple of SEC Enforcement. During the market crisis, however, the number of those cases waned. Following the formation of a task force focused on financial statement fraud,...more

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The SEC, Gatekeepers and Saying Something

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The SEC has long sought to enlist professionals as the advance guard of its Enforcement Division. The point is understandable: auditors, attorneys and other professional consultants are typically at the company long before...more

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SEC Issues Settled Enforcement Action Against Investment Adviser, its President and Senior Officers for Compliance Program...

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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC or Commission) issued a cease and desist order (Order) on June 23, 2015, against Pekin Singer Strauss Asset Management Inc. (Adviser), an investment adviser registered under...more

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SEC Files Financial Fraud Actions, Mired In Controversy

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In the wake of the market crisis and the formation of a task force, the SEC has sought to focus in part on financial fraud actions. The action filed at the close of last week against Computer Sciences Corporation and seven of...more

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