Year: 2024

Boeing 737 MAX

Boeing Guilty Plea in 737 Max Fraud Case Following Fatal Crashes

The U.S Department of Justice announced that Boeing has agreed to plead guilty to single charge of conspiracy to defraud the FAA about its 737 Max 8’s development. This agreement resulted from two crashes of the aerospace’s 737 Max jetliners that occurred in 2018 and 2019 and resulted in the Read More

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FTC Holds Vroom Responsible For Misleading Its Customers

The Federal Trade Commission announced that it is holding online used car dealer Vroom responsible for misrepresenting that it thoroughly examined all vehicles before listing them for sale and failing to obtain consumers’ consent to shipment delays or provide prompt refunds when cars weren’t delivered in the time Vroom promised. Read More

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Supreme Court Curtails SEC’s Use of In-House Tribunals for Civil Penalties

In a landmark case, the Supreme Court has struck down the Securities and Exchange Commission’s authority to use in house-tribunals when seeking civil penalties against those accused of securities fraud. The Court, in the case of SEC v. Jarksey, ruled that when the SEC seeks civil penalties from defendants for Read More

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Silvergate Settles SEC Charges for Compliance Failures

The Securities and Exchange Commission charged Silvergate Capital, its former CEO Alan Lane, and former Chief Risk Officer Kathleen Fraher with misleading investors about the strength of the Bank Secrecy Act/Anti-Money Laundering (BSA/AML) compliance program and the monitoring of crypto customers, including FTX. The SEC also charged Silvergate and its Read More

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Supreme Court Strikes Down Chevron Doctrine, Weakening Federal Regulation

In a major judicial ruling, the Supreme Court overruled a long-standing doctrine that permitted courts to defer to federal agencies on the interpretations of ambiguous laws. In the case of Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo, the Court invalidated the “Chevron Deference” doctrine which effectively shifts the power to interpret complex Read More

SEC Cyber Reporting

SEC’s Cyber-Rule Enforcement a Prime Worry for Compliance

According to a 2024 Cybersecurity Benchmarking Survey, 45 percent of surveyed compliance personnel from asset management, investment adviser and private market firms have expressed concerns about how the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) will enforce its newly developed cybersecurity rules.  The ACA Group and National Society of Compliance Professionals released Read More

Is AI a ticking time bomb?

Anticipating a Scandal: Is AI a Ticking Time Bomb for Companies?

In recent times it seems that a corporate scandal is now an everyday occurrence and something which is far too frequent. The causes of a corporate scandal are also far too predictable: failures in corporate governance, poor risk management, compliance failures, unreliable intelligence, inadequate security, insufficient resilience, ineffective controls, and Read More

EU Passes World’s First Comprehensive AI Law

The European Parliament approved the Artificial Intelligence Act (AIA), a regulation aimed at ensuring safety and compliance with fundamental rights, while boosting innovation within the artificial intelligence (AI) context. AIA, which is set take effect in increments over the next few years, ultimately establishes obligations for AI based on its Read More

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DoJ Secures $2.7 Billion Through False Claim Act Actions In 2023

The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) announced that it obtained more than $2.68 billion in settlement and judgements under the False Claims Act. The government and whistleblowers were party to 543 settlements and judgments, the highest number of settlements and judgments in a single year. Recoveries since 1986, when Congress Read More

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FCA Announces Its Pledge to Enhance Efficiency in Enforcing Cases.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) announced that it is now committed to carrying out enforcement cases more quickly as the organization seeks to increase the deterrent impact of its enforcement actions. The FCA is a private financial regulatory body in the United Kingdom (UK). The Authority’s purpose is to regulate Read More