In early May 2021, the World Federation of Exchanges ("WFE"), along with the United Nations Sustainable Stock Exchanges Initiative ("SSE"), and the International Swap Dealers Association ("ISDA") took significant steps towards incorporating sustainability in derivatives. 

Press reports show that the Biden Administration is considering changes to the implementation of Executive Order 13959 in light of court challenges by two companies that were designated as "Communist Chinese military companies" ("CCMC"s) under the authority of that Executive Order.  

A new Administration and Congress bring new enforcement, regulatory, and legislative priorities. Murphy & McGonigle’s team of experienced former federal prosecutors and regulatory enforcement attorneys share their predictions of the new administration’s approach to financial crime enforcement and regulation in anti-bribery and corruption, anti-money laundering, securities and commodities fraud, healthcare fraud, the False Claims Act, and the FinTech sector.

Members of Murphy & McGonigle’s Commodities, Futures & Derivatives Practice will be featured speakers and moderators on timely topics impacting the derivatives industry at the upcoming FIA Law & Compliance Division Annual Conference, to be conducted virtually from Apr. 28 – 30.

Financial services law firm Murphy & McGonigle announced today that Stephen T. Gannon, a financial services industry leader who has previously served as a senior legal executive at Citizens Financial Group, Capital One Financial Corporation and Wachovia Securities, has joined the firm.

Matthew Comstock of the FinTech & Blockchain Practice will moderate an upcoming Chamber of Digital Commerce virtual event that features the co-Chairs of the Congressional Blockchain Caucus.

In view of the recent investigations of the Chinese American academic and scientific communities, the program provided community members with guidance on their legal rights and strategies to employ when interacting with law enforcement officials and university counsel conducting investigations.