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CFTC Awards $1.3M To Whistleblower With Compliance Duties

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The Commodity Futures Trading Commission announced Thursday that it has awarded roughly $1.25 million to a whistleblower who the agency said is the first to use a safe harbor provision for whistleblowers who serve in a firm's internal compliance or audit function.

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Two killed in clashes between protestors and authorities in Senegal after election suspension

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Senegalese Interior Minister Sidiki Kaba released a statement to Agence de Presse Senegalaise (APS), the Senegalese state-owned news agency, confirming that Alpha Yéro Tounkara, a student at Gaston Berger University, was killed following protests on campus.

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SEC’s Win in ‘Shadow Trading’ Case Shines Light on Corporate Trading Policies

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The circumstances of individual cases may differ, but we all know that insider trading involves using material, non-public information to buy and sell a company’s securities. Known as “shadow trading,” that’s a no-no, too. The decision could prompt companies to re-evaluate how they monitor the trading behavior of key employees.

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Customs and Trade News Weekly Snapshot

Customs & International Trade Law

Here is a recap of the latest customs and international trade law news: Customs and Border Protection (CBP) CBP & HSI repatriate precious cultural artifact to Mexico. International Trade Commission (ITC) The ITC has received a complaint regarding certain oil vaporizing devices. in Northern Mexico.

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Fed. Circ. Asked To Resume Ban On Apple Watch Imports

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International Trade Commission and California medical tech company Masimo have panned Apple's efforts to delay a ban on imports of some of its much-litigated lines of Apple Watches, with the agency saying Apple's "weak and unconvincing" arguments are mere requests for "permission to continue infringing."

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SEC Uses ‘Swiss Army’ Statute in $25 Million Fine for Violations on Stock Buybacks

Intelligize Blog

Companies that alter their trading plans outside guidelines authorized by their boards should beware of the risk of heightened regulatory scrutiny from the Securities and Exchange Commission. The agency on November 14 announced that Charter Communications Inc.

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Why Challenges To FTC Authority Are Needed

Law 360

In spite of skepticism from courts, the Federal Trade Commission continues to advance novel legal theories — and Meta's recent federal suit against the agency over its alleged "structurally unconstitutional" administrative proceedings is arguably an expression of backlash to regulatory overreach, says Daniel Gilman at the International Center for Law (..)

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