The much-heralded end to prosecutions brought pursuant to the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) never materialized during the first Donald Trump administration, but Trump 2.0 has the potential to bring major change to the...more
It is a dramatic understatement to describe 2023 as a busy year in the United States for asset management regulation. With 24 rules adopted and 18 new rules or rule amendments proposed, the US Securities and Exchange...more
1/22/2024
/ Asset Management ,
Beneficial Owner ,
Capital Markets ,
Compliance ,
Digital Assets ,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Investment Adviser ,
Investment Company Act of 1940 ,
Investment Management ,
Liquidity ,
Money Market Funds ,
Private Funds ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Regulatory Standards ,
Risk Management ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ,
Swing Pricing ,
Whistleblowers
INTRODUCTION - On 22 December 2023, President Biden signed into law the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), the annual defense spending bill for 2024. Buried hundreds of pages into the NDAA is the new Foreign Extortion...more
White collar practitioners Neil Smith, William Semins, Nicole Stockey, and David Peet discuss their key takeaways from this year’s 37th International Conference on the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act....more
12/9/2020
/ Anti-Corruption ,
Bribery ,
Cooperation ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Criminal Investigations ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Government Officials ,
Risk Management ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Voluntary Disclosure ,
White Collar Crimes
INTRODUCTION - On 3 July 2020, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) released the second edition of the Resource Guide to the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (Resource...more
In a speech to the Economic Club of New York on September 9, Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) Chair Jay Clayton lamented foreign regulators’ inconsistent enforcement of their own anti-corruption laws that impose...more
At the 34th International Conference on the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act held last week in Washington, D.C., industry executives, members of the defense bar, and regulators examined developments in the enforcement of the...more
12/8/2017
/ Anti-Bribery ,
Anti-Corruption ,
Bribery ,
Compliance ,
Corruption ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Federal Pilot Programs ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Foreign Official ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
White Collar Crimes