The UK and US enforcement agencies have been actively pursuing insider dealing (“insider trading”, in US parlance) since the COVID-19 pandemic ended. The UK and US have different securities enforcement regimes, but both have seen recent developments expanding the scope
On June 27, 2024, the Supreme Court issued its opinion in Securities Exchange Commission v. Jarkesy. The Court held that the Seventh Amendment entitles a defendant to a jury trial when the SEC seeks civil penalties for securities fraud,
At Global Investigations and Compliance Review, we’ve been keeping close tabs on the fallout from the Supreme Court decisions at the end of June. We mentioned in a previous post that the SEC v. Jarkesy opinion may have consequences beyond the
In this article, we summarize the trends that have emerged from enforcement actions published between 2022 and the present day by the Dubai Financial Services Authority (the “DFSA”).
In May 2024, the US Department of Defense (DoD) published the long-awaited DoD Instruction [1] (FOCI Instruction) expanding the FOCI review process from solely US government contractors that access classified information to all US government contractors performing on certain unclassified
Join #TeamSPB’s Ben Glassman and Keith Bradley for a timely webinar on the major decisions recently issued by SCOTUS. The panel will cover each of the recent decisions (Loper Bright v. Raimondo, SEC v. Jarkesy, Ohio v. EPA, and Corner
With its second of two landmark decisions impacting the future of federal agency enforcement, SCOTUS struck down the Chevron decision last week. In a 6-3 decision in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo, the Court shifted enforcement power away from agencies
SPB’s Keith Bradley authored an article for Bloomberg Law covering a recent SCOTUS decision with significant ramifications: SEC v. Jarkesy. We believe that Jarkesy will decidedly shift the landscape of agency adjudication and regulatory enforcement. For the background and possible
With the recent SCOTUS decision overturning Chevron, lawyers involved in administrative litigation are considering how the decision will affect their matters. Sanctions litigation is one area which will be impacted. Now, when sanctions designations are challenged in court, the government
