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Regulatory Roundup for August 2024

More Flack on WhatsApp, Hypothetical Performance SmackDown, A Timely Warning on the Pay-to-Play Rule, and Updates to Qualifying Venture Capital Fund Exemption - This month's big news from the SEC was more piggy-bank breaking...more

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Update on UK Cryptoasset Marketing Rules: What Do Firms Need to Do by 8 October?

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From 8 October, firms wishing to make a “financial promotion” relating to a “qualifying cryptoasset” can only do so legally if: The financial promotion is communicated by an FCA- or PRA-authorised person....more

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District Court Denies Payday Lender's Bid To Dismiss SEC Enforcement Action

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District Court Denies Payday Lender's Bid To Dismiss SEC Enforcement Action; Delaware Chancery Court Dismisses Camping World Insider Trading Derivative Suit; California Federal Judge Certifies Class Of Apple Common-Stock...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Sculptor Capital Management Inc. agrees to pay fine to resolve a Foreign Corrupt Practices Act case

Compliance Today (October 2020) - In a case that has remained unresolved for almost a decade, Sculptor Capital Management Inc., formerly Och-Ziff Capital Management, agreed to pay investors in a Congolese mine, who were...more

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SFC Takes Enforcement Action Against Private Equity Firm, a Director and Investment Manager

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The Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has announced that it reprimanded and fined a Hong Kong private equity firm, SEAVI Advent Ocean Private Equity Limited (PE Firm), for employing or appointing unlicensed...more

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Landmark decision suggests a tough approach by the FCA to information exchange and its enforcement of competition law in the UK

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In a landmark decision on 21 February 2019 (the "Decision"), marking the first use of its enforcement powers under the Competition Act 1998 ("CA 1998"), the Financial Conduct Authority ("FCA") imposed fines on three asset...more

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Yahoo Fined $35 Million for Failing to Report Data Breach

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On April 24, 2018, the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) announced a $35 million fine against the company formerly known as Yahoo! Inc. (now known as Altaba, Inc.) for failing to disclose a massive cyber data breach to its...more

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HSR Act Violations Continue Trend of Heightened Enforcement, Increased Fines in 2016

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The past year was a challenging one for investors purchasing voting securities in public corporations with respect to compliance with the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act....more

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No KIIDing - Hefty Fine from UK Regulator Underlines Importance of Compliance by UCITS

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A fine of over £18 million was recently imposed by the UK regulatory body, the Financial Conduct Authority (the “FCA”), on a fund manager for a range of compliance breaches, including failing to ensure that its KIIDs were...more

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