Elections have consequences and the recent midterm elections are no exception. Having won the House majority, Democrats are expected to proceed with an ambitious agenda in January 2019. Much of the focus has been on how the...more
11/26/2018
/ Banking Sector ,
Congressional Investigations & Hearings ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Deregulation ,
Election Results ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Services Committee ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Investors ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Senate Finance Committee ,
Trump Administration
Double jeopardy prevents criminal defendants from being convicted of the same crime twice. Res judicata prevents civil litigants from facing repeated claims by an overly aggressive plaintiff. Unfortunately, in the years after...more
6/15/2018
/ Corporate Misconduct ,
Criminal Penalties ,
Criminal Prosecution ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Double Jeopardy ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Financial Crisis ,
Financial Institutions ,
Fines ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Res Judicata ,
Trump Administration ,
White Collar Crimes
Cyber attacks continue to be a pervasive and destructive threat to all institutions and the legal and regulatory landscape currently in place to address those threats continues be reshaped in an effort to address those...more
3/29/2018
/ Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Protection ,
EDGAR ,
Equifax ,
Federal Funding ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Hackers ,
Initial Coin Offering (ICOs) ,
NDAA ,
NYDFS ,
Popular ,
Ransomware ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Token Sales ,
Trump Administration ,
Uber ,
Yahoo!