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Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

SEC Enforcement: 2022 Year in Review

On the heels of record-breaking enforcement in 2022, expect continued aggressive pursuit of Chair Gensler’s priorities in 2023. The SEC will continue to bring its considerable resources to bear to address ESG-related...more

Proskauer - Corporate Defense and Disputes

Review of the SEC Whistleblower Program: At the Crossroads of Securities Law and Whistleblower Protection

Fiscal year 2020 marked the ten-year anniversary of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act establishing the Securities and Exchange Commission’s whistleblower program. Since its inception through the...more

King & Spalding

Q4 2020: Latin America Enforcement Review

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As 2020 drew to a close, enforcement authorities throughout the United States and the Americas continued to investigate fraud, corruption, and other misconduct across the region. Below, we highlight some developments from...more

Cozen O'Connor

Airline Passengers’ Rights | Fake COVID-19 Cures | Unlicensed Debt Collection Agency Sued

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COVID-19- NAAG: Airline Industry Customers Deserve Stronger Consumer Protections- •The National Association of Attorneys General (“NAAG”) sent a letter to congressional leaders urging Congress to strengthen consumer...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

Legal Alert: DOJ and CFTC team up on spoofing enforcement

On September 16, 2019, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) indicted three precious metals traders for allegedly violating six criminal statutes, including the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act...more

Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP

Whistleblowers Now Actually Have to Report to The SEC For Dodd-Frank Protection

On February 21, 2018, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that provisions of the 2010 Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act that protect whistleblowers from being fired, demoted, or harassed by their employers...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Supreme Court Narrows Dodd-Frank Definition of Whistleblower

On February 21, 2018, the Supreme Court held that to sue under the anti-retaliation provisions of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (the “Dodd-Frank Act”), a person must first report a violation of...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

Federal Courts Take Divergent Approaches to Jury Trials for Whistleblower Plaintiffs Under Dodd-Frank and Sarbanes-Oxley

A recurring question under the federal whistleblower laws is whether plaintiffs suing their employers for retaliation have the right to a jury trial. The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act1 appears...more

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