Crypto Winter Leads to Explosion of Regulatory Activity
August 01, 2023
In the past year, following the Crypto Winter, there has been an explosion of activity by United States regulators and enforcers. Crypto companies, for their part, have complained that it is not clear what digital assets, if any, are securities, and that they have not been given clear regulatory rules of the road.
Regulators Put Pressure On Fintech Platforms to Improve Customer Disclosures
August 01, 2023
Regulators cranking up scrutiny of digital-payment platforms after fund-access and customer service problems in recent years are now broadening their gaze into what happens if they collapse. That's placing additional pressure on these fintech platforms to improve customer disclosures and possibly even find new ways to backstop against potential insolvency.
Antitrust Actions In Entertainment Industry Sectors
July 01, 2023
The growth in size of companies dominating sectors of the entertainment industry has been subject to antitrust challenges with mixed results. What are some notable recent developments in this area?
Despite Rhetoric On Individual Accountability, Recent FCPA Enforcement Has Targeted Entities
July 01, 2023
With ample bravado, in recent years the FCPA unit of the DOJ and the SEC have proclaimed that holding individuals accountable for foreign bribery schemes is of "critical importance," with the FCPA saying "it is unambiguously this department's first priority" to prosecute individuals in corporate criminal matters. Reviewing the enforcement record, however, one sees that the volume of FCPA enforcement activity with respect to individuals has steadily declined in the last three years.