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Corporate Transparency Act Declared Unconstitutional: How Does This Impact Your Company?

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On Mar. 1, 2024, a federal district judge in Alabama ruled that the CTA is unconstitutional, holding that it exceeds the powers granted to Congress by the U.S. Constitution. The ruling permanently enjoins FinCEN from...more

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The Hits Keep Coming for FINRA, Closing Out a Brutal Summer

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It’s not just the New York Yankees that wish they could put the summer behind them. We previously wrote about the shocking blow the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals dealt FINRA in early July by enjoining the self-regulatory...more

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SEC v. Ripple: When a Security Is Not a Security

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In a monumental decision that will likely have substantial ramifications for crypto industry developers, securities practitioners, and millions of investors and token purchasers alike, on July 13, 2023, the U.S. District...more

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The Supreme Court Update - June 30, 2023

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Today, in the last day of the 2022-2023 term, the Supreme Court of the United States issued three decisions: Department of Education v. Brown, No. 22-535; Biden v. Nebraska, No. 22-506: These cases addressed suits...more

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Another U.S. Supreme Court Ruling Erodes Traditional FTC Enforcement Authority Amounting to a Win for Digital Advertisers

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On April 14, 2023, the U.S. Supreme Court afforded defendants the ability to directly challenge the structural constitutionality and existence of the Federal Trade Commission (and the Securities and Exchange Commission) in...more

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Court of Appeals Hears Oral Arguments in Case Challenging Nasdaq’s Board Diversity Rules

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On August 29, 2022, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals heard oral arguments in a case against the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) seeking to invalidate Nasdaq’s board diversity rules which were initially proposed by...more

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SEC Settles First-Of-Its-Kind $13m DeFi Tech Action

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SEC Settles First-Of-Its-Kind $13m DeFi Tech Action; NASDAQ Board Diversity Rules Challenged in Fifth Circuit; Delaware Court of Chancery Declines to Enforce Contractual Limitations on Liability to Bar Contractual Fraud...more

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The Perils of Pleading the Fifth in the Corporate Fraud Context

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“Pleading the Fifth” is one of the most commonly known phrases in our legal system, and the right against self-incrimination is one of the Constitution’s most meaningful protections. That said, in the corporate fraud context,...more

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Defending On All Sides: Common Discovery Perils In Parallel Civil And Criminal Cases

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On March 11, 2021, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York granted a stay in the civil case brought by the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) against GPB Capital Holdings, LLC (“GPB Capital”),...more

Dechert LLP

DOJ Antitrust Updates CID Approach: Three Quick Takeaways

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The DOJ’s Antitrust Division announced updates late last week to its Civil Investigative Demand (CID) form, explicitly codifying its intent to potentially use materials received in response to CIDs to launch secondary...more

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Red Notice Newsletter - January 2020

IN THIS ISSUE • Anticorruption Developments • Export Control Sanctions and Customs Enforcement • Export Control and Sanctions Developments • Global Investigations Resources • Writing and Speaking Engagements ...more

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Chris Lazarini Discusses Ruling of Summary Judgment on Issue of Scienter

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Bass, Berry & Sims attorney Chris Lazarini discussed a case brought by the SEC against an individual broker accused of violations of Section 17(A) of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 10(b) of the Securities Exchange Act...more

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DOJ Issues New FCPA Policy Offering Incentives to Encourage Disclosure of Foreign Bribery and Corruption Misconduct

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On November 29, 2017, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein announced that the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) was issuing a new enforcement policy covering its enforcement of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA). The...more

Perkins Coie

Blockchain Week in Review – April 2017 #2

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Below is a summary of some of the significant legal and regulatory actions that occurred over the past week. This alert is not intended to be a comprehensive list of all such developments, but rather a selection of...more

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A Parallel Universe: Navigating Discovery in Concurrent Civil and Criminal Proceedings

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As criminal law has expanded into almost every sector of the American economy, one byproduct is the rise of "parallel proceedings"—lawsuits that proceed concurrently in criminal and civil court based on largely the same...more

Blank Rome LLP

Regulatory Update and Recent SEC Enforcement Actions

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FINRA Bar Results from Assertion of Fifth Amendment Right against Self-Incrimination in Criminal Action - On October 5, 2016, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) barred an indicted investment adviser,...more

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Tilton Tilts at SEC Enforcement, Again

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Having lost her initial suit (and appeal) to enjoin an SEC administrative enforcement action against her, the so-called “diva of distressed,” Lynn Tilton recently filed another lawsuit trying to halt her upcoming October 24...more

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Game of Phones: Employer-Issued Smartphones and Employee Fifth Amendment Protections

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A recent court decision holding that employees can claim the Fifth Amendment and refuse to unlock password-protected smartphones, even though the phones were issued by their employer for company business, demonstrates the...more

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Securities Litigation and Enforcement Newsletter

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In this our second edition of Fenwick’s Securities Litigation and Enforcement Newsletter, we continue to provide you with short insights about timely securities litigation and enforcement developments. This edition’s topics...more

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District Court Rules That Smartphone Passcodes Are Testimonial; Protected by Fifth Amendment

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In Securities and Exchange Commission v. Huang, the district court held that the Fifth Amendment protected two former employees against having to disclose their personal passcodes for company-issued smartphones to government...more

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DC Circuit: No Jurisdiction For Suits Re SEC Forum Selection Choice

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Suits challenging the SEC’s forum selection decisions continue to proliferate. As the trend has unfolded the Commission posted a memo on its website discussing the issue of forum selection and has proposed modifications to...more

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D.C. Circuit Repulses Assault on the SEC’s Administrative Citadel

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The citadel of the SEC’s administrative forum has been under assault from several vectors over the past year or so, as a chorus of dissenting Respondents have mounted increasing challenges to its constitutional legitimacy, as...more

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Court Refuses to Compel Employees to Disclose Passcodes for Employer-Issued Smartphones

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Just this week, in Securities and Exchange Commission v. Huang, No. 15-269 (E.D. Pa.  September 23, 2015), the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania denied the Securities and Exchange...more

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Financial Fraud: An SEC Staple?

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Since the SEC announced the formation of its Financial Fraud Task Force two years ago the agency has struggled to establish this once enforcement mainstay as a current staple. Some commentators have suggested that a trend is...more

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Just How Scary is the SEC? “Fear” Not Sufficient Grounds to Duck Administrative Subpoena

A witness testifying under oath before the SEC recently refused to answer any questions directed to him, not because of any privilege, but rather — as he said, sixty-eight different times – because he was “scared” and...more

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