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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.

The SEC permitted an associated person, who had been subject to statutory disqualification, to effect security-based swaps after he had (i) paid a penalty, (ii) completed a number of remedial requirements and (iii) maintained a clean record.

Commentary by Eamonn K. Moran

In a partially redacted Order in a "Supervisory Designation Proceeding," the CFPB determined that it has supervisory authority over an installment lender after concluding that the lender met the legal standard for supervision under the Consumer Financial Protection Act.