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The National Security Division and the Department of Justice requested comment on potential rulemakings related to the implementation of U.S. President Joseph R. Biden's Executive Order authorizing the Attorney General to take actions to prevent the transfer of Americans’ personal data to countries of concern.

Commentary by Kevin Harnisch

An international commodities trading company pled guilty and paid monetary penalties to resolve DOJ charges for violating the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. The company had been charged with bribing then-public officials of an Ecuadorian state-owned oil company to secure business advantages and contracts.

In a jointly issued investor alert, the SEC Office of Investor Education and Advocacy, the North American Securities Administrators Association and FINRA warned investors of the increased risks of fraud involving "the purported use of artificial intelligence and other emerging technologies."

The DOJ, OFAC, FinCEN and the CFTC settled enforcement actions against Binance, its CEO and former CCO. The coordinated settlements addressed charges against the digital asset exchange for CFTC registration failures and for violations of the Bank Secrecy Act and International Emergency Economic Powers Act sanctions programs.