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Commerce slices into Mexican tomato imports
The U.S., mired in a countdown to additional Chinese tariffs, will impose a 17.5 percent tariff on Mexican tomato imports beginning Tuesday. Shortages and spiking prices are predicted.
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ArticleGillibrand touts bill to protect against credit lending discrimination
The Protections in Consumer Lending Act is intended to protect against discrimination when consumers apply for different types of credit.
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Senators chide slow-acting FTC over Facebook fine
With reports that the FTC is still negotiating penalties for Facebook’s breach of a privacy-related consent order, Senators Josh Hawley and Richard Blumenthal urged the agency to “act swiftly to conclude its investigation.”
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ArticleAs it cleans house, FTC spares a popular rule
The FTC has announced the completion of its review of the Holder in Due Course Rule (Holder Rule), a protection for consumers who purchase goods and services using credit obtained through a merchant or by a lender who works with a merchant.
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FTC cracks down on Ukrainian dating apps
The FTC has removed dating apps from Apple’s App Store and Google’s Google Play Store following allegations they allowed children as young as 12 to access them.
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ArticleJohn Walsh: The regulatory architect
From helping establish the SEC’s Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations to his more recent legal career, John Walsh has had a front-row seat to the evolution of compliance.
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ArticleA legacy in cowboy boots
Former CFTC Commissioner Bart Chilton, who died last month, struck more a figure of a rock star than a regulator.
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ArticleCFTC approves proposed rule to improve quality for swap data repositories
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission approved a proposed rule to improve the quality of swap data and update and streamline regulations related to swap data repository operations and governance.
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ArticleAstellas, Amgen to pay $124.75M for False Claims Act violations
Pharmaceutical companies Astellas and Amgen will pay a total of $124.75 million to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by illegally paying the Medicare co-pays for their own high-priced drugs.
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Glencore announces CFTC probe
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission is investigating whether multinational commodity trading and mining company Glencore and its subsidiaries might have violated certain provisions of the Commodity Exchange Act and/or CFTC regulations.
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ArticleCeladon Group to pay $42.2M in restitution for accounting fraud
Trucking company Celadon Group entered into a corporate resolution for securities fraud and will pay total restitution of $42.2 million for filing materially false and misleading statements to investors and falsifying books, records, and accounts.
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ArticleDelaware ramps up revised unclaimed property approach
Delaware’s Secretary of State is inviting corporations incorporated in that state to join it in resolving any outstanding unclaimed property issues. The invite comes with a catch: Companies must respond within 60 days or face an unclaimed property audit.
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ArticleCFPB to provide more information to firms under investigation
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau says it will provide financial services firms under investigation more detail on what violations prompted the agency’s scrutiny.
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ArticleOCIE issues risk alert on Regulation S-P
The SEC’s Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations has issued a risk alert on Regulation S-P describing the most common deficiencies it has uncovered in recent examinations of both registered investment advisers and broker-dealers.
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ArticleWashington state privacy legislation fades, for now
The second proposed data privacy regulation in the nation has failed to come to fruition for the time being.
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UniCredit Group Banks to pay $1.3B for sanctions violations
UniCredit Group Banks will pay total financial penalties of approximately $1.3 billion for processing hundreds of millions of dollars of transactions through the U.S. financial system on behalf of an entity designated as a weapons of mass destruction proliferator and other Iranian entities subject to U.S. economic sanctions, the Department ...
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Trump takes another swing at controlling independent agencies
The Trump administration is trying a new strategy to seize control over independent agencies’ rulemaking processes and the guidance they issue.
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Uber discloses its bribery and corruption risk
In its first-ever filing with the SEC, ride-sharing company Uber discussed its bribery and corruption risks, including an ongoing investigation by the Department of Justice into potential violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.
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GE to pay $1.5B for misrepresentations concerning subprime loans
General Electric will pay a civil penalty of $1.5 billion to resolve claims under the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act involving subprime residential mortgage loans originated by WMC Mortgage, a GE subsidiary.
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ArticleFed seeks comments on framework for foreign banks
The Federal Reserve Board is seeking public comments on a regulatory framework that would more closely match the rules for foreign banks with the risks they pose to the U.S. financial system.