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Client Alert: First House China Committee Hearing Previews Its Investigative Agenda
On February 28, 2023, The Select Committee on Strategic Competition between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party held its long anticipated first hearing. The hearing, which lasted approximately three hours, served as a preview for the Committee’s investigative interests, which include US company activities in the China market, China’s human rights and free speech abuses, and countering China’s increasing aggression toward Taiwan.
Fintech Focus: What to Expect of Crypto Asset Regulation in the 118th Congress
In 2022, the failures of prominent crypto companies overshadowed broader discussions in Congress about how crypto assets should be regulated. This Congress, both chambers are likely to continue to investigate, hold hearings, and propose legislation regarding the crypto asset industry and adjacent financial sectors. Now is the time for responsible industry participants to decide whether and how to engage with Congress to proactively and positively impact legislation.
On September 15, 2022, Deputy Attorney General (DAG) Lisa Monaco issued a memorandum and delivered a speech, announcing several revisions to the Department of Justice's (DOJ)’s corporate criminal enforcement policies and practices. The new revisions reflect input from DOJ’s Corporate Crime Advisory Group, which DOJ convened in late 2021 to review and recommend improvements to DOJ’s approach to prosecuting corporate crimes, and the imprint of DOJ’s compliance-minded leadership.
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The SEC recently announced the creation of a Cyber and Emerging Technologies Unit (CETU) that will focus on fraudulent conduct in cybersecurity, digital assets, and emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence. For public companies, the announcement indicates that the new unit will focus on combatting fraud and other “cyber-related misconduct,” including “public issuer fraudulent disclosure relating to cybersecurity.”