Podcast – Introducing the Greenwashing Mitigation Team
In an advisory announced February 25, 2025, the Division of Enforcement of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC or Commission) announced a new regime for assessing cooperation credit in determining fines in the...more
On February 25, 2025, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) signaled a shift in its enforcement approach by releasing new guidance on the role self-reporting and cooperation play in its assessment of penalties. The...more
On February 25th, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC or Commission) adopted a new approach for how the Division of Enforcement (Division) will assess self-reporting, cooperation, and remediation efforts when...more
Organizational conflicts of interest (OCIs) should be front of mind for any federal government contractor. The mere presence of an OCI may cause contractors to reconsider which contracting opportunities to pursue, reshape...more
Federal Communications Commission Initiates Proceeding to Remove Over 2,000 Providers from Robocall Mitigation Database - On December 10, the FCC’s Enforcement Bureau (Bureau) released an Order directing over 2,000...more
EPA Proposes Removing Affirmative Defense Provisions from Eighteen Clean Air Act Emission Standards - In a proposed rule published on June 24, 2024, EPA has proposed to remove eighteen affirmative defense provisions for...more
As the lead agency for the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS or the Committee), the U.S. Department of the Treasury released new proposed rules on April 11, 2024 intended to enhance the enforcement...more
Mitigating climate change impacts is becoming a critical business priority, and the pressure to achieve corporate sustainability objectives is mounting as investment-focused regulations continue to drive companies toward...more
Since the February 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the U.S. has adopted a new, more aggressive sanctions strategy, increasingly going after parties who enable sanctioned businesses and individuals to conduct business and...more
The FCC has released new rules that expand caller ID authentication requirements, impose enhanced robocall mitigation obligations, create new mechanisms to hold providers accountable for non-compliance, and set forth the...more
In what likely portends enforcement actions in the near future, the U.S. Department of the Treasury published its first ever CFIUS Enforcement and Penalty Guidelines (the “Guidelines”)....more
Although announced two years earlier, Enforcement and Penalty Guidelines (the Guidelines) were finally released by the US Department of the Treasury (Treasury) as Chair of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United...more
On October 20, 2022, the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) issued new Enforcement and Penalty Guidelines (the “Guidelines”). CFIUS is an interagency committee that reviews and seeks to mitigate...more
The DOL’s prohibited transaction exemption (PTE) 2020-02 (Improving Investment Advice for Workers & Retirees), allows broker-dealers and their registered representatives (advisors) to receive conflicted compensation resulting...more
Please join us on August 4, 2020 from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. PT for “Key CEQA Compliance Considerations for Vehicle Miles Traveled Analyses.” This complimentary webinar will examine the California Natural Resources Agency’s...more
If you’ve ever wondered whether Big Brother is watching you online, the answer is yes. I’m not just referring to the big data and privacy breaches such as Equifax’s recent $700 million settlement which has been reported in...more
On July 11, 2019, I presented at the American Bankers Association webinar, entitled, “Mortgage Disclosure Cures and Corrections — Mitigating Liability.” Below is a summary of the points presented in the webinar and additional...more
Depending upon how foreign real estate is owned and/or controlled, a number of different tax reporting regimes may be implicated. Each of these has its own corresponding penalties and generally applies to United States...more
Gettysburg, Day 3. What could our subject be other than Pickett’s Charge? ...more