Compliance Hot Spots: Evolution of a CFPB Nominee | Crypto Financial Disclosures | Plus: Who Got the Work
Who's Kathy Kraninger and what's the back story on how she got the nod to run the CFPB? Plus: check out what Venable's doing on the blockchain front. And we've got the latest compliance and financial services moves. Thanks for reading Compliance Hot Spots.
June 20, 2018 at 01:28 PM
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More on Trump's Consumer Bureau Nominee
reports The backstory: Mark McWatters Enter Todd Zywicki. emerged as a leading candidate Zywicki would have been criticized as a conservative firebrand That's the early criticism of Kraninger, were also demanding information What's next: June 22 here here 
U.S. Ethics Agency: Report Your Crypto Holdings
they need to report their holdings reported here >> Which Trump administration officials have—or had—crypto holdings? Brent McIntosh Jessie Liu Sullivan & Cromwell Morrison & Foerster then sold off here More cryptocurrency reading: • New York Law Journal • William Hinman remarks The Recorder • Bryan Cave Leighton PaisnerWho Got the Work: Blockchain Lobbying, and Meet New Theranos CEO
were charged in San Francisco Kevin Downey Williams & Connolly John Cline Jeffrey Coopersmith Davis Wright Tremaine here's a snapshot Munger Tolles ➤➤ Kara Ward Venable LLP disclosure Sullivan & Cromwell Kenneth Raisler here here here Ogilvy Government Relations Karissa Willhite Dee Buchanan ➤➤ Robert Heim Meyers & Heim LLP Wall Street JournalCompliance Corner: Product Safety Board Nominee Heads to Hill
What I'm watching Wednesday in Washington: Peter Feldman Jones Day Dana Baiocco confirmed Geoffrey Starks on Wednesday nominated Mignon Clyburn Williams & Connolly U.S. Chamber of Commerce Business Roundtable Bloomberg Reuters Bloomberg
New Hires and Promotions
Proskauer Rose has hired Karen Garnett Christopher Green Ropes & Gray will become general counsel Sean Doherty picked Rodney Hood named Dana Rao Mike Dillon Got a new move in the compliance and government affairs space? Shoot me a note at [email protected]. That's all for this week! Thanks for reading. And please send me any feedback.This content has been archived. It is available through our partners, LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law.
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Who Got The Work
J. Brugh Lower of Gibbons has entered an appearance for industrial equipment supplier Devco Corporation in a pending trademark infringement lawsuit. The suit, accusing the defendant of selling knock-off Graco products, was filed Dec. 18 in New Jersey District Court by Rivkin Radler on behalf of Graco Inc. and Graco Minnesota. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Zahid N. Quraishi, is 3:24-cv-11294, Graco Inc. et al v. Devco Corporation.
Who Got The Work
Rebecca Maller-Stein and Kent A. Yalowitz of Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer have entered their appearances for Hanaco Venture Capital and its executives, Lior Prosor and David Frankel, in a pending securities lawsuit. The action, filed on Dec. 24 in New York Southern District Court by Zell, Aron & Co. on behalf of Goldeneye Advisors, accuses the defendants of negligently and fraudulently managing the plaintiff's $1 million investment. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Vernon S. Broderick, is 1:24-cv-09918, Goldeneye Advisors, LLC v. Hanaco Venture Capital, Ltd. et al.
Who Got The Work
Attorneys from A&O Shearman has stepped in as defense counsel for Toronto-Dominion Bank and other defendants in a pending securities class action. The suit, filed Dec. 11 in New York Southern District Court by Bleichmar Fonti & Auld, accuses the defendants of concealing the bank's 'pervasive' deficiencies in regards to its compliance with the Bank Secrecy Act and the quality of its anti-money laundering controls. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Arun Subramanian, is 1:24-cv-09445, Gonzalez v. The Toronto-Dominion Bank et al.
Who Got The Work
Crown Castle International, a Pennsylvania company providing shared communications infrastructure, has turned to Luke D. Wolf of Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani to fend off a pending breach-of-contract lawsuit. The court action, filed Nov. 25 in Michigan Eastern District Court by Hooper Hathaway PC on behalf of The Town Residences LLC, accuses Crown Castle of failing to transfer approximately $30,000 in utility payments from T-Mobile in breach of a roof-top lease and assignment agreement. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Susan K. Declercq, is 2:24-cv-13131, The Town Residences LLC v. T-Mobile US, Inc. et al.
Who Got The Work
Wilfred P. Coronato and Daniel M. Schwartz of McCarter & English have stepped in as defense counsel to Electrolux Home Products Inc. in a pending product liability lawsuit. The court action, filed Nov. 26 in New York Eastern District Court by Poulos Lopiccolo PC and Nagel Rice LLP on behalf of David Stern, alleges that the defendant's refrigerators’ drawers and shelving repeatedly break and fall apart within months after purchase. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Joan M. Azrack, is 2:24-cv-08204, Stern v. Electrolux Home Products, Inc.
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