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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.

Commentary by Steven Lofchie

The SEC postponed the effective date of the "Share Repurchase Disclosure Modernization Rule," which requires issuers to provide additional information on the purpose of their repurchase programs. The SEC announced a stay of the "Repurchase Rule" in order to address Administrative Procedure Act deficiencies found by the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals.

Senator Cynthia M. Lummis (R-WY) and Representative French Hill (R-AR) urged the DOJ to evaluate the extent to which Binance and Tether are supporting terrorism through violations of federal law on material support to entities engaged in terrorism, applicable sanctions laws, and the Bank Secrecy Act.