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New Justice Department’s FIRREA cases against banks: holding the victim responsible

  • Morvillo Abramowitz Grand Iason & Anello PC
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  • USA
  • -
  • May 16 2013

The government's ever-evolving response to the United States financial crisis has come full circle, as civil Justice Department Attorneys seek to

Financial Crimes Enforcement Network issues guidance on virtual currency

  • Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
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  • USA
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  • May 16 2013

FinCEN recently issued interpretive guidance to clarify that it views certain activities involving convertible virtual currencies as money

DOJ turns FCPA spotlight on financial services sector as enforcement efforts in Latin America continue

  • Morrison & Foerster LLP
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  • USA
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  • May 15 2013

Last week, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced the indictment of two employees of a U.S. broker-dealer, Direct Access Partners, and a

With securities case dismissal, another loss in the southern district for LIBOR plaintiffs

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
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  • USA
  • -
  • May 15 2013

On Monday, Southern District of New York Judge Shira Scheindlin dismissed the entire suit in Gusinsky v. Barclays, without leave to amend and with

UK deferred prosecution agreements: new enforcement tool or blunt instrument?

  • Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • May 14 2013

The Crime and Courts Act 2013 (the "Act") received Royal Assent in April 2013, and makes provision for the introduction of deferred prosecution

Unprecedented FCPA wake-up call for U.S. broker-dealers and foreign banks: has the perfect FCPA storm finally arrived for U.S. financial markets?

  • Duane Morris LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 14 2013

On May 7, 2013, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York (SDNY) unsealed extraordinary criminal charges against two

Federal Court dismisses United States action against Countrywide in part

  • Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 13 2013

On May 8, Judge Jed Rakoff of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York dismissed claims by the United States for

FinCEN publishes SAR Activity Review and annual SAR data report

  • BuckleySandler LLP
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  • USA
  • -
  • May 13 2013

This week, FinCEN published its semiannual SAR Activity Review, which provides information about the preparation, use, and value of Suspicious

FCA prosecutes a former mortgage broker for breach of the general prohibition

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • May 10 2013

On 29 April 2013, Michael Joseph James Lewis (a former mortgage broker) appeared at Medway Magistrates Court to face criminal charges brought against

Insurers must implement new anti-money laundering rules by 2015

  • Mayer Brown LLP
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  • China
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  • May 9 2013

The People's Bank of China ("Central Bank") has revamped the country's anti-money laundering rules governing financial institutions, including