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SEC Proposes to Amend Rules Governing Administrative Proceedings
By Molly M. White, Louis D. Greenstein
On September 24, 2015, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued a press release announcing proposed amendments to its Rules of Practice governing administrative proceedings. The announcement comes at a…
The Capital Commitment
SEC Announces Cybersecurity Enforcement Action
On September 22, 2015, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced the settlement of an enforcement action against a St. Louis-based registered investment adviser brought under Rule 30(a) of Regulation…
MoFo ReEnforcement: The Enforcement Blog
#ThrowbackThursday: CFPB & DOJ Consent Orders with Former GE Capital Retail Bank: Something Old and Something New
In June 2014, Morrison & Foerster published the client alert, “CFPB & DOJ Consent Orders with Former GE Capital Retail Bank: Something Old and Something New.” Summary: Yesterday, the CFPB…
FCA Update
The Health Care Industry and DOJ’s New Corporate Conduct Enforcement Guidelines
By Michael W. Peregrine, T. Reed Stephens
Health care leaders should closely note the new guidelines on corporate conduct released on September 9, 2015 by the Department of Justice (DOJ). These Guidelines reflect a substantially increased focus…
Technology Law Dispatch
FCC Settles First Data Security Enforcement Action
On July 9, 2015, the Federal Communications Commission settled its first data security case with two related telecommunications carriers – TerraCom, Inc. and YourTel America, Inc. – for $3.5 million.…
Property Insurance Coverage Law Blog
Do We Need Better Building Codes, or Better Enforcement?
I got a call this morning from a public adjuster wanting to discuss building code coverage.1 In doing some research for her, I came across an article advocating more stringent…
Corporate Defense and Disputes
New York District Court Preliminarily Enjoins SEC Administrative Proceeding
By Alexandra Skellet, Jonathan Richman
We blogged last week about a New York federal court’s decision in Duka v. SEC conditionally sustaining a facial challenge to an administrative enforcement proceeding conducted by Administrative Law Judges…
MoFo ReEnforcement: The Enforcement Blog
#ThrowbackThursday: The CFPB’s Most Recent Consent Order: Defining “Abusive” Acts and Practices Through Enforcement
In July 2014, Morrison & Foerster partners Nancy Thomas and David Fioccola and associate Jessica Kaufman authored the client alert “The CFPB's Most Recent Consent Order: Defining ‘Abusive’ Acts and…
Sentencing Law and Policy
What accounts for decline in federal white-collar prosecutions (and should we care)?
Main July 30, 2015What accounts for decline in federal white-collar prosecutions (and should we care)?The question in the title of this post is prompted by this new data report from…
CommLaw Monitor
T-Mobile Agrees to Pay FCC $17.5 Million to Settle 911 Outage Investigation
By Kelley Drye
On July 16th, the Enforcement Bureau (Bureau) of the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) reached a $17.5 million Consent Decree with T-Mobile to resolve an investigation into two separate but related 911…