In the latest update on the SEC COVID-19 Response website, the agency stated that it will remain in "full telework posture with limited exceptions" until at least November 1, 2021.
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A media-related hardware and software systems company settled potential civil liability with OFAC for apparent violations of the Iranian Transactions and Sanctions Regulations.
CFTC Commissioner Dan M. Berkovitz will leave the CFTC on October 15, 2021. Upon Mr. Berkovitz's departure, the five-member commission will have only two remaining commissioners.
An indictment was unsealed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York charging a former account manager of a Swedish multinational telecommunications company with involvement in a bribery scheme in the Republic of Djibouti and conspiracy to commit money laundering.
At an SEC Investor Advisory Committee meeting, SEC Chair Gary Gensler and SEC Commissioner Hester M. Peirce offered contrasting views on market regulation, particularly as to new technologies and financial products.