Episode 335 -- The New DOJ Whistleblower Program
Navigating Emerging Privacy Issues in Financial Services — The Consumer Finance Podcast
Implications of the SEC Cybersecurity Disclosure Rule
Corruption, Crime and Compliance: SEC Suffers Dismissal of Claims in Solarwinds Securities Fraud Case
Episode 334 -- District Court Dismisses Bulk of SEC Claims Against Solarwinds
The Woody Report: The Solar Winds Dismissal
In That Case: Securities and Exchange Commission v. Jarkesy
Corruption, Crime and Compliance: Deep Dive into The SEC’s Settlement with R&R Donnelly on Cybersecurity Controls
Episode 332 -- Deep Dive into SEC’s Internal Controls and Cybersecurity Settlement with R&R Donnelly
The Justice Insiders Podcast: Jarkesy’s Implications for the Administrative State
DE Under 3: OFCCP Must Shut Down its Administrative Court Prosecutions as a Result of SCOTUS’ SEC Jury Trial Case Decision
Dogecoin’s Day in Court
Unpacking the Lummis-Gillibrand Payment Stablecoin Act: Implications for the Digital Asset Industry — The Crypto Exchange Podcast
Podcast: Is Cryptocurrency a Security (like an orange grove)?
Navigating the Regulatory Waters: The SEC's Wells Notice to Uniswap and its Impact on DeFi — The Crypto Exchange Podcast
Will Resiliency Carry the Digital Asset Sector Through 2024: Federal Legislative Developments and OFAC Consent Orders — The Crypto Exchange Podcast
Compliance into the Weeds: The WACKO Enforcement Action Involving BF Borgers
Meeting the Proposed SEC Climate Disclosure Requirements
Understanding the Whistleblower Pilot Program in the Southern District of New York
2 Gurus Talk Compliance: Episode 26 – The Compliance Week Wrap Up Edition
The Senate is in session this week, and the House has a committee work period. The Senate plans to vote on nominee confirmations, on U.S. Postal Service reform legislation, and on the House-passed continuing resolution (CR)...more
The House and Senate will reconvene Monday at 6:30 p.m. and 3 p.m., respectively - What to Watch - Last week, congressional Democrats released 1,684 pages of legislative text mirroring portions of the budget...more
On September 27, 2021, the Build Back Better budget reconciliation legislation was introduced in the House of Representatives (the Legislation), which includes numerous revenue raisers and other tax-related changes. While...more
A unanimous SCOTUS ruling this week curbs the FTC’s “longtime practice of seeking to recover ill-gotten gains from companies and individuals who cheat or mislead consumers,” with the justices finding that the 1973 law that...more
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The CBO sent shivers down the spines of deficit hawks yesterday with its latest forecast that shows federal cost overruns hitting $1 trillion for fiscal 2020, an increase of more than $100 billion from projections just 3...more
Ford announced major cuts to its European workforce yesterday, announcing that it would reduce its overall headcount there by 1/5 (or about 12,000 workers), roughly half of whom are salaried employees. Ford first revealed the...more
In this report, members of Dechert’s multidisciplinary permanent capital team provide a round-up of legal and business considerations for private credit, BDCs and everything in between. Topics covered include: -...more
During 2018, the SEC issued rule updates and guidance that are intended to ease certain public reporting requirements and clarify the SEC’s position with respect to the shareholder proposal process. While the SEC is taking...more
In light of recent SEC Rule changes, and aggressive enforcement, municipalities entering the bond market in 2018 and beyond should expect to see a heightened level of attention placed on continuing disclosure compliance. ...more
Hard to imagine that any financial news could come close to making headlines on Thursday, and yet, the SEC and Elon Musk came close. Specifically, the SEC filed suit against Musk, accusing him of “making false public...more
The Senate convenes today at 3 p.m. The House is back in session on Sept. 25 at noon. The Senate Judiciary Committee is expected to meet on Thursday, Sept. 27 to hear from Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh and his...more
IRC §162(m) limits a publicly held corporation’s ability to take a tax deduction for compensation paid to covered employees in excess of $1 million. As mentioned in our January 2018 Client Advisory, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act...more
The IRS recently released Notice 2018-68, providing long-awaited initial guidance on amendments made to Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (TCJA). While the Notice only addressed...more
The IRS recently released guidance regarding the 2017 Tax Act amendments to Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code, which generally apply to taxable years beginning or after Jan. 1, 2018. IRS Notice 2018-68 provides...more
On August 21, 2018, Treasury and IRS released Notice 2018-68, their initial guidance on the application of Code section 162(m) after Tax Reform (including the operation of the grandfather provision for compensation required...more
More trouble for Wells Fargo, as news emerged yesterday that some employees in the company’s business banking wholesale unit “altered information on documents related to corporate customers” without customers’...more
Editor's Note - Consumer Finance 2017 Year in Review. Year 2017 brought leadership change at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), turnover at various regulatory agencies, the continued rise of state-level...more
Global Regulators Increasingly Shifting Focus to Cryptocurrency - After years of allowing cryptocurrency transactions to fly under the radar, financial market regulators are beginning to turn their attention to virtual...more
ECB Chief Mario Draghi’s having none of the US Treasury Secretary’s recent weak-dollar talk, accusing the US official, in not so many words, of “violating agreements among nations against starting currency wars”....more
Editor's Note - “Humility and Prudence” at the CFPB. In a memo to employees of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) later turned into a Wall Street Journal op-ed, Acting CFPB Director Mick Mulvaney articulated his...more
Editor's Note - In This Issue. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced that it would take another pass at the “Payday, Vehicle Title, and Certain High-Cost Installment Loans” (Payday Rule); the Financial...more
On December 22, 2017, the Office of the Chief Accountant (the OCA) and the staff of the Division of Corporation Finance (the Staff) of the Securities and Exchange Commission published guidance relating to financial accounting...more
The end of a year and beginning of the next generally starts the countdown to the public company proxy season. But before moving into 2018, registrants would be well served by first looking back to the guidance that came out...more
Editor's Note - A Busy Holiday Season. We hope that all of you had a happy holiday season and wish everyone a happy, healthy and prosperous new year. While the Roundup has been on hiatus during the holidays, the federal...more