On March 6, FinCEN announced a historic enforcement action against Canaccord Genuity LLC, a registered broker-dealer, assessing an $80 million civil money penalty for willful violations of the BSA. FinCEN characterized the...more
On March 10, DOJ announced the release of its first‑ever Department‑wide Corporate Enforcement Policy for criminal cases. According to DOJ, the policy draws on decades of corporate enforcement experience and reflects an...more
3/19/2026
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On Feb. 24, SDNY announced its updated Corporate Enforcement and Voluntary Self-Disclosure Program for Financial Crimes. The updated policy follows remarks by U.S. Attorney for SDNY Jay Clayton previewing the “big carrot” of...more
2/27/2026
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In remarks delivered on Feb. 17 at the Texas A&M School of Law Corporate Law Symposium, SEC Chairman Paul S. Atkins outlined a vision for the Commission and U.S. markets as a whole that emphasizes state‑level competition in...more
2/24/2026
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Speaking at the annual Securities Enforcement Forum in Manhattan on Feb. 5, U.S. Attorney for SDNY Jay Clayton outlined the Office’s current enforcement posture toward corporate and financial crime. ...more
2/13/2026
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Under the newly announced pilot program, individuals who fully cooperate and voluntarily provide the Criminal Division with information on certain types of corporate and white-collar offenses may receive an NPA in exchange...more
The new flexible work environment created in the post-pandemic years poses unique challenges for companies and individuals who work outside a traditional office. The SEC knows this and is actively enforcing the securities...more
The newly announced whistleblower policy gives certain individuals who promptly and completely cooperate with prosecutors the opportunity to receive a non-prosecution agreement in exchange for their information....more
The settlements announced by the SEC and CFTC on Monday are a continuation of the regulators’ focus on off-channel communications by employees of registered entities....more
8/11/2023
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The SEC and CFTC settlements with HSBC and Scotia Capital come after years of federal regulators’ and prosecutors’ steadily increasing scrutiny of off-channel communications. Anchoring these settlements are long-standing...more
5/24/2023
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On Wednesday, March 1 the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced its first-ever prosecution of an individual for insider trading based on an executive’s use of 10b5-1 trading plans. Terren Peizer, the executive chairman of...more
3/8/2023
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Monaco’s and Polite’s remarks, and the DOJ’s new policies and guidance, come amid the Department’s increasingly tough on corporate crime approach and emphasis on rewarding companies that have effective compliance programs...more
3/7/2023
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Self-Disclosure Requirements
On Feb. 7, 2023, the Division announced its 2023 examination priorities. These priorities, updated and published annually, provide insights into the Division’s prioritization of certain practices, products and services in its...more
On February 1, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York dismissed a putative class action brought by customers of Coinbase Global Inc. and its subsidiary Coinbase Inc. (together, Coinbase), alleging the...more
On Jan. 17, AAG Polite announced “the first significant changes” to the CEP since 2017. The policy revisions will apply to all corporate criminal matters handled by the Criminal Division and offer companies “new, significant,...more
1/30/2023
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The 2023 Report on FINRA’s Examination and Risk Monitoring Program was published on Jan. 10, 2023. In a statement accompanying the Report, Greg Ruppert, executive vice president of FINRA’s Member Supervision organization,...more
1/19/2023
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