The U.S. Supreme Court on June 22, 2020, issued its decision in Liu v. SEC, a case in which the petitioners, Charles Liu and Xin Wang, challenged the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) authority to pursue the...more
6/26/2020
/ 15 U.S.C. § 78u(d)(5) ,
Administrative Authority ,
Business Expenses ,
Calculation of Damages ,
Corporate Misconduct ,
Disgorgement ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Equitable Relief ,
Kokesh v SEC ,
Lack of Authority ,
Liu v Securities and Exchange Commission ,
Net Profits ,
Remedies ,
SCOTUS ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
A coalition of 34 state attorneys general announced on May 19, 2020, that it had secured a settlement with one of the nation's largest subprime auto financing companies for alleged violations of state consumer protection...more
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) sent letters on March 27, 2020, and April 3, 2020, to several Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) service providers warning them that routing and transmitting illegal robocalls, including...more
The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in Liu v. SEC, a case in which the petitioner challenged the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) statutory authority to pursue the remedy of disgorgement in federal court....more
3/13/2020
/ Administrative Authority ,
Certiorari ,
Disgorgement ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Equitable Relief ,
Kokesh v SEC ,
Lack of Authority ,
Liu v Securities and Exchange Commission ,
Penalties ,
Petition for Writ of Certiorari ,
Regulatory Agencies ,
SCOTUS ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Violations ,
Split of Authority ,
Statute of Limitations
Holland & Knight, the Florida Chamber of Commerce and the Miami-Dade Beacon Council hosted the Second Annual Florida Enforcement Summit on Nov. 20, 2019. The half-day program focused on informing the business community how to...more
12/5/2019
/ Anti-Money Laundering ,
Chief Compliance Officers ,
Compliance ,
Consumer Fraud ,
Cooperation ,
Cybersecurity ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Public Procurement Policies ,
Qui Tam ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Strategic Enforcement Plan ,
Whistleblower Protection Policies
• The U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) has released an opinion concluding that the Wire Act, 18 U.S.C. §1084, restricts not just sports gambling but certain activities related to non-sports gambling...more
1/31/2019
/ Casinos ,
Criminal Prosecution ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Gambling ,
Lottery ,
Online Gaming ,
Online Platforms ,
Sports Betting ,
Sports Gambling ,
Wire Act ,
Wire Transfers