Boeing has agreed to pay $51 million in a settlement with the U.S Department of State (DoS) to resolve around 200 violations of the Arms Control Act and the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR). The DoS and Boeing reached this settlement following an extensive compliance review by the Office Read More
The Securities and Exchange Commission voted to finalize its rules on climate-change disclosures titled, “The Enhancement and Standardization of Climate-Related Disclosures for Investors.” In an about face that the SEC began signaling last month, the Commission cut key provisions from the proposal, including a requirement to disclose Scope 3 emissions, Read More
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) recently announced that it has fined Goldman Sachs for not properly monitoring trades ranging from 2009 to 2023. The banking giant has agreed to pay around $500,000 in order to settle these claims, but did not admit or deny any of FINRA’s findings. According Read More
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced that registered investment adviser Van Eck Associates has agreed to pay a $1.75 million to settle charges that it failed to disclose a social media influencer’s role in the launch of an exchange-traded fund (ETF) in 2021. According to the SEC’s order, in Read More
The head of the U. S’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) announced during a congressional hearing that the Network isn’t adopting a “gotcha” approach to enforcing compliance with the new regulations on reporting beneficial ownership information (BOI) by companies. Since implementing the Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2020, FinCEN’s highest priority Read More
The Supreme Court ruled unanimously that UBS Securities must pay $900,000 in back-pay to a former analyst who filed a claim against the company, asserting that he should have been afforded whistleblower protection. Trevor Murray, a former research analyst at UBS, sued the firm in 2012 claiming that he was Read More
Exxon has recently filed a lawsuit against its activist investors, Arjuna Capital and Follow This, in order to stop them from filing climate-change proposals during the company’s shareholder meeting. The Exxon shareholder proposals ultimately urge the company to “go beyond current plans” to cut its greenhouse gas emissions. The lawsuit Read More
The Securities and Exchange Commission settled charges against J.P. Morgan Securities (JPMS) for impeding hundreds of advisory clients and brokerage customers from reporting potential securities law violations to the SEC. JPMS agreed to pay an $18 million civil penalty to settle the charges. According to the SEC’s order, from March Read More
The French Data Protection Authority (FDPA) issued a $35 million fine to Amazon for its excessive surveillance of its employees, including the company’s relentless tracking of employee performance and breaks, as well as the implementation of a video monitoring system without informed employee consent. The Commission Nationale de l’informatique et Read More
The New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) announced that Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) has agreed to pay $32 million in penalties pursuant to a Consent Order entered into with the NYDFS. The Consent Order settles the Department’s investigation into numerous Bank Secrecy Act and Anti-Money Laundering Read More
