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June 21, 2018 | National Law Journal

“I think the SEC should be in the business of getting money back for investors who are subject to that kind of fraud—a Ponzi scheme and whatnot. A possible way to do that is to give us restitution authority in those circumstances,” Clayton told members of a U.S. House committee on Thursday.

By C. Ryan Barber

1 minute read

June 21, 2018 | Legaltech News

What's the agency planning on that front? Self-reflection at the Federal Trade Commission, and other highlights from the agency's new leader.

By Mike Scarcella

2 minute read

June 20, 2018 | National Law Journal

So, what's the agency planning on that front? Self-reflection at the FTC, and other highlights from the agency's new leader.

By C. Ryan Barber

2 minute read

June 20, 2018 | Law.com

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.

By C. Ryan Barber

4 minute read

June 19, 2018 | National Law Journal

Brent McIntosh, a former Sullivan & Cromwell partner who was confirmed as Treasury's general counsel in August, reported two sales of Bitcoin in December, according to records on file at the U.S. Office of Government Ethics.

By C. Ryan Barber

2 minute read

June 15, 2018 | National Law Journal

The government's defense of the charges came at a hearing as the sides quarrel about the scope of discovery and the extent to which lawyers for a charged Russian entity must restrict access to information they learn from the special counsel's office.

By C. Ryan Barber

1 minute read

June 13, 2018 | National Law Journal

The Trump administration is nearing a crucial deadline with the CFPB nomination. The acting director, Mick Mulvaney, can stay until June 22, or longer if the White House has formally announced a nominee. The White House is reportedly considering several potential nominees.

By C. Ryan Barber

2 minute read

June 12, 2018 | National Law Journal

“In general, I would say this is not quite the Rosetta Stone for interpreting DOJ's position on FARA that some might have hoped for,” says Covington & Burling's Robert Kelner, an election and political law expert. “The opinions cover a lot of ground but they do it in some cases at a fairly high level of generality."

By C. Ryan Barber

1 minute read

June 12, 2018 | Law.com

Data-security lawyers are parsing what's next after the FTC lost its big LabMD case in the 11th Circuit. To be sure, there are challenges for the agency. Plus: We've got some early observations about DOJ's foreign-agent memos. And scroll down to see some of the big compliance headlines. Thanks for reading!

By C. Ryan Barber

4 minute read

June 08, 2018 | Litigation Daily

For Ropes & Gray partner Doug Meal, the challenge for his team was deciding where to stop as they built out their brief for LabMD before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.

By C. Ryan Barber

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