All United States articles – Page 10
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News BriefAdani Group CEO, seven business executives charged in huge $250M bribery scheme
Eight business executives, including the billionaire owner of Indian energy company Adani Group, were charged with fraud for their alleged roles in a multi-million bribery scheme to win a solar energy contract in India.
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News BriefTrump picks Dr. Oz to run massive Medicare, Medicaid agencies
Dr. Mehmet Oz, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, has a mandate from Trump to “take on the illness industrial complex” and to cut costs.
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News BriefDOJ recommends Google sell Chrome browser to break up monopoly
Three months after a U.S. district judge declared Google to be running a monopoly, the Department of Justice recommended the tech giant be forced to sell off its popular Chrome browser as part of an effort to resolve antitrust concerns and reshape the power of tech’s biggest companies.
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News BriefSEC Chair Gary Gensler to step down Jan. 20 after busy, controversial tenure
Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Gary Gensler will step down from his position as the top U.S. regulator of Wall Street when Donald Trump is sworn in as president on Jan. 20, ending weeks of speculation about his future.
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News BriefFinal CFPB rule requires Big Tech pay apps to comply with bank rules
Big Tech digital payment apps will be subjected to increased oversight and requirements–similar to that of banks and credit unions–under a finalized rule by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
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PremiumGood AI governance starts with proactive, continuous risk assessments
Data governance has become a key concern for companies, especially when the EU AI Act and General Data Protection Regulation have put a premium on handling data responsibly and ensuring that artificial intelligence does not cause harm.
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News BriefFederal Reserve Bank of Richmond examiner pleads guilty to insider trading
A bank examiner and senior manager at the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond pled guilty to insider trading after allegedly misappropriating confidential information on seven banks to make profitable trades.
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News BriefDrexel Hamilton to pay $1.1M, four employees fined for ‘flipping’ municipal bonds
New York-based investment firm Drexel Hamilton will pay more than $1.1 million in penalties, with four current and former employees paying fines as well over committing hundreds of violations of rules regarding the sale of municipal bonds.
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Walker & Dunlop names GC, compliance chief
Commercial real estate finance and advisory services firm Walker & Dunlop announced that Dan Groman will be its executive vice president, general counsel, secretary and chief compliance officer.
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Bravo Property Trust announces GC
Bravo Property Trust, an affiliate of Bravo Capital and a leading privately held bridge and construction financing platform, announced the addition of Deborah Ginsberg as the chief operating officer and general counsel.
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Curtiss-Wright appoints new GC
Curtiss-Wright Corporation, which provides highly engineered products, solutions and services mainly to aerospace & defense markets, announced that George McDonald has been promoted to vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary.
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News BriefDrug company and CEO pay $47 million over alleged kickbacks and false claims
A pharmaceutical company and its chief executive have agreed to pay $47 million to settle allegations first brought by whistleblowers, that the company paid kickbacks and filed false claims, the Department of Justice said.
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News BriefFinCEN alerts financial institutions to be wary of AI-enabled deepfakes
The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network issued an alert to financial institutions about their obligations to report deepfakes, warning artificial intelligence has given bad actors additional tools in their arsenal.
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Kailera Therapeutics welcomes legal chief
Biopharmaceutical company Kailera Therapeutics announced the appointment of Scott Akamine as chief legal officer.
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I Squared Capital appoints GC
Investment manager I Squared Capital announced the appointment of Patricia Menéndez Cambó as its new general counsel.
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Truist names chief risk officer
Truist Financial Corporation announced that Brad Bender will be its new chief risk officer.
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The New Terminal One announces CLO
The New Terminal One at John F. Kennedy International Airport has announced Varlin Vissepó as chief legal officer.
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Packsize announces chief legal officer
Packsize announced it has appointed JD Ellis as the company’s chief legal officer.
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News BriefCFTC cites ‘unreasonably delayed reporting’ for unevenly split $4M whistleblower award
“Unreasonably delayed reporting” cost one of two claimants whom will unevenly split a $4 million whistleblower award from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission for providing information that led to a successful enforcement action.