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As a former SEC Trial Attorney, I was always particularly mindful of the trading rules imposed on SEC staff. While I always understood that the rules were intended to prevent conflicts of interest, misuse of nonpublic information for personal gain, and appearance problems—all important goals—the restrictions often stood in the way of profitable trades available to other market participants.  Well,

On June 6, 1944, the 82nd Airborne Division went to war, dropping infantrymen from the skies above France. On the sixth of June of ’23, the SEC waged its own version of war against the cryptocurrency industry. In perhaps its most aggressive move against the industry to date, the SEC filed an enforcement action against Coinbase for acting as unregistered

SEC Chair Gary Gensler testified before the House Financial Services Committee on Tuesday and was unexpectedly tight-lipped about whether XRP, a digital currency, is a security. In response to Committee Chairman Warren Davidson’s question, Gensler said that the question of whether XRP is a security is currently “in court, and [there are] active discussions and litigation on that matter.” For

El 3 de marzo de 2023, en la Conferencia sobre Delitos de Cuello Blanco de la American Bar Association, Kenneth A. Polite, el Fiscal General Adjunto de la División Criminal del Departamento de Justicia (DOJ, por sus siglas en inglés), anunció que el DOJ publicaría, por primera vez, la Guía de Recursos FCPA en español. El DOJ cumplió su promesa

On March 3, 2023, at the American Bar Association White Collar Crime Conference, Kenneth A. Polite, the Assistant Attorney General of the Criminal Division of the Department of Justice (DOJ), announced that the DOJ would–for the first time–publish the FCPA Resource Guide in Spanish.  The DOJ followed through with its promise and released the Spanish language Guide in March 2023.