Topic
Enforcement
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Financial Services Observer
SEC Continues Enforcement Push as Outlined in its Announcement of FY 2016 Statistics
By Jason S. Lewis, Aimee Wildstone
In an announcement this week related to FY 2016 enforcement statistics, the SEC reported another increase and outlined its continued robust efforts. In 2016, the SEC filed 868 enforcement actions…
Securities Law Prof Blog
SEC Announces Enforcement Results for FY 2016
Details available here.
MoFo ReEnforcement: The Enforcement Blog
CFPB and California Announce Enforcement Actions Against Online Lender
By Steven Kaufmann, Crystal Kaldjob
On Tuesday, September 27, 2016, the CFPB and the California Department of Business Oversight (“DBO”) announced separate enforcement actions against Flurish, Inc., an online lender that does business as “LendUp”…
The Energy Law Blog
Offshore Companies Face Surge in BSEE Enforcement Actions and Penalties
In recent years, offshore companies have witnessed a marked uptick in the number of enforcement actions undertaken by the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE).[1] Operators face more BSEE…
Banking, Finance and Securities
CFTC Proposes Rules to Align with SEC Whistleblower Program
On August 30, 2016, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) proposed amendments to the regulations governing its whistleblower bounty program. A number of the changes are aimed at more…
Employment & Labor
The EEOC Is At It Again – New Enforcement Guidance On Retaliation Issued On August 29, 2016
By Beth V. West
On August 29, 2016, the EEOC issued new Enforcement Guidance on Retaliation which replaces its 1998 Compliance Manual section on retaliation. The Guidance also addresses the separate "interference" provision under…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Enforcement and Removal Operations – An Introduction
This video is part of the ICE on YouTube series. Here is another. Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) - An Introduction The videos remind me of Top Gun for Immigration and Customs Enforcement and…
CAFA Law Blog
A Noteworthy Event: ACI’s 2nd National Forum on Data Breach & Privacy Litigation and Enforcement
Mark your calendars for a noteworthy event this fall: ACI’s 2nd National Forum on Data Breach & Privacy Litigation and Enforcement conference, September 29-30, 2016 at the Carlton Hotel on…
International Compliance Blog
New BIS Enforcement Guidance Yields Useful Insight, but Few Practical Changes
On June 22, 2016, the Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), finalized a new enforcement policy for administrative (i.e., non-criminal) matters called the Guidance on Charging and…
Privacy & Information Security Law Blog
FTC Increases Maximum Fines for Violations of Certain Sections of the FTC Act
On June 29, 2016, the Federal Trade Commission announced that, to account for inflation, it is increasing the civil penalty maximums for certain violations of the FTC Act effective August…