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Please join us for a new weekly video series hosted by Baker McKenzie’s North American Government Enforcement Partners Tom Firestone and Jerome Tomas.
Available upon request, this weekly briefing covers cutting edge issues and enforcement activities related to white collar crime and criminal investigations in the US and abroad to provide you with the information you need to start your business week.
As one of the largest global law firms, we will call upon our exceptionally deep and broad bank of economic experts worldwide and particularly in the economic centers of Europe, Asia, Africa and Latin America for our weekly discussion series.
These briefings cover:
- High profile updates and implications of the DOJ case
- SEC Enforcement Developments
- Developments in the enforcement of the CFTC
- Other developments in the business defense industry
May 25, 2021
This week’s discussion will cover the following topics:
- Gary Gensler’s Insight into SEC Enforcement Agenda: SEC Chairman’s Remarks at FINRA Annual Conference 2021
- Discuss the Treasury Department’s plan to increase IRS enforcement and fill the tax gap
- Update on Nord Stream 2 penalties
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May 18, 2021
This week’s discussion will cover the following topics:
- Russian reaction to US sanctions and classification of the USA as an “unfriendly” country
- Trial of the Mayor of Fall River, Massachusetts for extorting marijuana companies
- The Challenges of Adapting Modern Practices to Old Laws: Statement by SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce on an SEC resolution of an index fund
- The Continued Slow Adoption of Crypto Assets by the SEC: Division of Investment Management Statement on ETF Holdings of Crypto Assets and Possible Impact on Asset Enforcement and Possible Impact on Enforcement
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May 10, 2021
This week’s discussion will cover the following topics:
- Crypto Developments: Statement by SEC Chairman Gensler, Dogecoin and Saturday Night Live
- The “Swiss George Floyd Case” (you can find more information on this case in this documentation with Simon Ntah here.)
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May 3, 2021
This week’s discussion will cover the following topics:
- The first voluntary self-disclosure of sanctions and export violations leads to a comparison between the software company and the DOJ
- The Sudden Resignation of SEC Director Alex Oh: What’s Next with SEC Enforcement?
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April 26, 2021
This week’s discussion will cover the following topics:
- Alex Oh, New Director, SEC Enforcement: What It Can Mean For SEC Enforcement
- Minneapolis Police Department DOJ Sample and Practice Exam
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April 19, 2021
This week’s discussion will cover the following topics:
- First Admission Of Guilt In Capitol Attack Cases: What It Means For Future Law Enforcements
- New Russia Sanctions: What They Do and What Not and What Could Come Next
- Comments from the acting director of the SEC’s corporate finance division, “SPACs, IPOs, and Liability Risks Under Securities Laws”: What This Means for SEC enforcement
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April 12, 2021
This week’s discussion will cover the following topics:
- Antitrust prosecution of non-solicitation bans and wage agreements: perspective of a leading antitrust lawyer.
- Enforcement prospects emerging from the SEC’s “Risk Alert” dated April 9, 2021 in relation to ESG products and services offered by investment advisors, registered investment companies and private funds.
- DOJ Priorities Under the Biden Administration: What the Budget Tells Us.
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March 30, 2021
This week’s discussion will cover the following topics:
- SEC Enforcement Sweep investigates SPAC IPOs
- New legal issues in the Capitol Riot cases
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March 15, 2021
This week’s discussion will cover the following topics:
- DOJ / SEC FCPA priorities
- Oath Keepers Conspiracy Case
- New Russian law to protect civil servants from allegations of corruption
- Does SEC Commissioner Crenshaw’s speech on increased corporate fines preclude a possible withdrawal of the SEC’s 2006 financial penalty statement and what can we expect from corporate security enforcement over the next 4 years?
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March 8, 2021
This week’s discussion will cover the following topics:
- This week, Jerome will be joined by his partners Amy Greer and Jen Klass and they will delve into the enforcement issues of the SEC’s Enforcement Task Force Focused on Climate and ESG Issues.
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March 1, 2021
This week’s discussion will cover the following topics:
- The SEC’s Plan to Address Public Company Disclosures on Climate Change: A Perspective for White Collars Enforcement
- Key takeaways from the Merrick Garland confirmation hearing
- Update on Capitol Riot cases
- Statement from Secretary Blinken about anti-corruption champions
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February 22, 2021
This week’s discussion will cover the following topics:
- Possible criminal prosecution of former President Trump for inciting the attack on the Capitol
- The latest SEC announcement after The Market Events: Trading Suspension in In the Matter of SpectraScience, Inc.
- New international corruption report from Transparency
- The SEC’s ICO enforcement initiative lives on: SEC v. Coinseed, Inc., et al. (SDNY February 17, 2021)
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February 15, 2021
This week’s discussion will cover the following topics:
- Update on Capitol riot cases
- The legal definition of “incitement”
- Discussing the reported DOJ and SEC investigations of retailers into last month’s market events
- A reminder of the scope of the U.S. insider trading laws, courtesy of the SEC v. Mark Ahn (D. Mass) (parallel criminal case also filed)
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February 8, 2021
This week’s discussion will cover the following topics:
- An update on the Capitol Riots
- Examination of new sanctions against Russia
- An update on stock market events, including the FINRA notice on broker-dealer game-style trading apps
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February 1, 2021
This week’s discussion will cover the following topics:
- Analysis of the price increases driven by Reddit / WallStreetBets with a special appearance by Jerome’s 15 year old son Sam who has been following the events on Reddit and Discord
- Discuss the Hoskins appeal and the future of the FCPA’s “agency” theory
- Update on Capitol raid charges
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January 18, 2021
This week’s discussion will cover the following topics:
- New SEC enforcement statute of limitations and disgorgement provisions in the NDAA
- New AML whistleblower bounty policy in the NDAA
- Criminal charges against Capitol rioters
- Julian Assange’s extradition case
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January 4, 2021
This week’s discussion will cover the following topics:
- What criminal laws might apply to the attack on the Capitol?
- 18 USC 2383 – Rebellion or Insurrection
- 18 USC 2384 – seditious conspiracy
- 18 USC 1752 – Restricted Building or Grounds
- What, if any, criminal laws could apply to President Trump’s call to the Georgia Secretary of State last week?
- The 25th Amendment – A brief history of the amendment, what the amendment provides and how it could be applied in light of these events.
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December 14, 2020
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December 07, 2020
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23rd November 2020
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November 16, 2020
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November 9, 2020
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October 26, 2020
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19th October 2020
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5th October 2020
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29th September 2020
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September 8, 2020
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August 24, 2020
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17th August 2020
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August 10, 2020
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August 3, 2020
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July 27, 2020
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20th July 2020
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July 13, 2020
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July 6, 2020
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June 29, 2020
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June 22, 2020
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17th June 2020
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June 9, 2020
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May 26, 2020
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