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Oct
3
2016
Bridging the Week: Futures Insider Trading, Artificial Prices, Theft by Convention, Whistleblowing [VIDEO] Katten
Jan
19
2016
Bridging the Week: January 11 – 15 and 19, 2016 (Part 30; Short Sales; Attempted Manipulation; Another Exam; More Capital, Billions) Katten
Jan
22
2018
Bridging the Week: January 16 to 19 and 22, 2018 (Not Feeling Groovy; Registered Investment Funds and Cryptocurrencies; Bitcoin Investment Schemes; Reg SHO) [VIDEO] Katten
Jan
25
2016
Bridging the Week: January 18–22 and 25, 2016 (Manipulation; CFTC's Priorities; Misstating Fees and Valuation; Canada OTC Clearing; CFTC’s Finances) Katten
Jan
29
2018
Bridging the Week: January 22 to 26, and 29, 2018 (Fake Coins, Real News; “It Depends” Advice; Market Abuse; Insider Information) [VIDEO] Katten
Feb
1
2016
Bridging the Week: January 25 – 29 and February 1, 2016 (Money Market Funds; Independent IBs; FERC Jurisdiction; Pre-Execution Communications) Katten
Jan
11
2016
Bridging the Week: January 4 – 8 and 11, 2016 (Spoofing; Sentinel Management; Steven A. Cohen; AML; Block Trades) Katten
Jul
31
2017
Bridging the Week: July 24 to 28 and July 31, 2017 (Bitcoin Derivatives Clearinghouse; Digital Tokens for Fund-Raising; Bitcoin Alleged Criminal Activity; Spoofing; Reg MAR) [VIDEO] Katten
Aug
3
2015
Bridging the Week: July 27 - 31 and August 3, 2015 (No Passport; Spoofing; Wash Trades; Position Limits, Bitcoin; Rogue Trading) Katten
Aug
7
2017
Bridging the Week: July 31 to August 4 and August 7, 2017 (Volcker; Spoofing; Distributed Ledger; New Commissioners) [VIDEO] Katten
Jun
26
2017
Bridging the Week: June 19 to 23 and June 26, 2017 (Costs and Benefits Don’t Add Up; Floor Trading; LOPR; MiFID II and Direct Market Access) [VIDEO] Katten
Jun
29
2015
Bridging the Week: June 22 to 26 and 29, 2015 (Clawbacks, Third-Party Payments, Block Trades, Trade Allocations, Governance; Reg SCI) Katten
Jun
12
2017
Bridging the Week: June 5-9, June 12, 2017 (SEC Disgorgement Actions Are Not Forever; Keep Suspicions in SARs; Audit Trail Requirements) [VIDEO] Katten
Mar
19
2018
Bridging the Week: March 12 to 16 and 19, 2018 (Swaps De Minimis Level; SLR; SEFs; Insider Trading; ICOs) [VIDEO] Katten
Mar
28
2016
Bridging the Week: March 21 - 25, and 28, 2016 (Spoofing; Position Limits; FINRA Authority; Large Trader Reports; Algorithmic Trading) Katten
Apr
2
2018
Bridging the Week: March 26 to 30 and April 2, 2018 (AML; Red Flags; Pump and Dump; Bitcoin ETFs) [VIDEO] Katten
Apr
9
2018
Bridging the Week: March 26 to 30 and April 2, 2018 (AML; Red Flags; Pump and Dump; Bitcoin ETFs) [VIDEO] Katten
Apr
3
2017
Bridging the Week: March 27 to 31 and April 3, 2017 (Regulation Through Enforcement; Produce Or Be Fined; Spoofing; Undisclosed Mark-Ups) Katten
Mar
14
2016
Bridging the Week: March 7 - 11, and 14, 2016 (Civil Rights Violation; Spoofing; Disorderly Liquidation; Risk Management; Disaggregation) Katten
May
8
2017
Bridging the Week: May 1 to 5 and May 8, 2017 (Views on Reg AT; CCO Obligations and Annual Reports; Jay Clayton; KISS and Tell) Katten
May
22
2017
Bridging the Week: May 15-19, May 22, 2017 (Unintended Consequences; Ransomware; Insider Trading; Alleged Lying) [VIDEO] Katten
May
23
2016
Bridging the Week: May 16 - 20 and May 23, 2016 (AML; Compliance Officers; Whistleblowers; Golfer) Katten
Jun
5
2017
Bridging the Week: May 22 to June 2 and June 5, 2017 (Spoofing Again; Principles-Based Rules Rule; Insider Trading; Source Code Theft; Whistle-Blowing While You Work) Katten
Jul
25
2016
Bridging the Week: New Clearing Member Category; Above the Law; MF Global; FX Trading Front Running; Deliveries; EFRPs [VIDEO] Katten
Nov
23
2015
Bridging the Week: November 16 - 20 and 23, 2015 (Personal Accountability; Dark Pools; Proprietary Trader Registration; CCO Liability Redux; WORM) [VIDEO] Katten
Nov
25
2014
Bridging the Week: November 17 to 21 and 24, 2014 [VIDEO] Katten
Nov
9
2015
Bridging the Week: November 2 - 6 and 9 2015 (Spoofing Conviction; Financial Crimes; CCOs; Tweets and Manipulation) Katten
Oct
19
2015
Bridging the Week: October 12 to 16 and 19, 2015 (Pre-Arranged Trades, Wash Sales, Spoofing, CCO Liability, Non-Disclosure, IBs) Katten
Oct
20
2014
Bridging the Week: October 13 to 17 and 20, 2014 (Marking the Close; CPO Delegation; Clearinghouse Recovery; To Tweet or Not to Tweet) Katten
Oct
23
2017
Bridging the Week: October 16 – 20 and October 23, 2017 (Cryptocurrencies Primer; Pre-Open; EFRPs; Spoofing Again) Katten
Oct
26
2015
Bridging the Week: October 19 to 23 and 26, 2015 (Automated Trading Controls; Too Much Regulation; Spoofing; Evasion; Customer Funds Investments) Katten
Oct
9
2017
Bridging the Week: October 2 – 6 and October 9, 2017 (SEC/CFTC – Coordinate and Harmonize, Don’t Merge; Source Code Proposal: Dead; Wishes May Come True) Katten
Nov
1
2017
Bridging the Week: October 23 – 27 and October 30, 2017 (Trade Reporting; Front-Running; More Regulatory Improvements; DLT Space Among Enforcement Priorities) Katten
Oct
31
2016
Bridging the Week: October 24 to 28 and October 31, 2016 (Tipper and Tippees; Block Pre-Hedging; Regulation AT Amendments; FINRA, SEC Sweep) Katten
Nov
2
2015
Bridging the Week: October 26 to 30 and November 2, 2015 (Crowdfunding; Malfeasance; TRACE; Overcharges) Katten
Oct
12
2015
Bridging the Week: October 5 to 9 and 12, 2015 (Spoofing; Politics; Non-Public Information Sharing; Inadequate Disclosures) Katten
Oct
13
2014
Bridging the Week: October 6 to 10 and 13, 2014 [VIDEO] Katten
Oct
16
2017
Bridging the Week: October 9 – 13 and October 16, 2017 (Spoofing; Supervision; De Minimis Threshold; Automated Trading System Gone Bad) [VIDEO] Katten
May
2
2016
Bridging the Week: Report Cards; EFRPs; Market Disruption; HFT; Algorithmic Trading; Cybersecurity [VIDEO] Katten
Oct
4
2017
Bridging the Week: September 11 to 15 and September 18, 2017 (ICOs; Digital Tokens; Spoofing; Advertising Standards) Katten
Sep
21
2015
Bridging the Week: September 14 to 18 and 21, 2015 (Virtual Currencies; Large Trader Reports; Leverage Ratio; Penson; Double Jeopardy; LME Position Limits) Katten
Oct
5
2015
Bridging the Week: September 21 to 25 and 28, 2015 (Aggregation, Cybersecurity, Wash Sales, Fund Redemptions, IB Records, CTA Registration) Katten
Oct
4
2017
Bridging the Week: September 25 to 29 and October 2, 2017 (Failure to Supervise Redux; Where Are the Digital Coins?; CFTC’s New Enforcement Math) Katten
Oct
6
2015
Bridging the Week: September 28 to October 2 and October 5, 2015 (MiFID II; Faulty Software; Bad Reports; Delayed Reports) Katten
Jul
18
2016
Bridging the Week: Spoofing; Physical Position Reporting; Administrative Proceedings; Blue Sheets; Reg AT; Order Handling Disclosure; Hedge Exemptions Katten
Aug
29
2016
Bridging the Week: Summarily Barred, False Performance Data, Inadequate Disclosure, Grass Is Greener (August 22 to 26 and August 29, 2016) [VIDEO] Katten
Jun
20
2016
Bridging the Week: Who’s a Customer?; Front-Running; Spoofing; Block Trades; Red Flags Katten
Jul
23
2018
Bridging the Weeks by Gary DeWaal: Attempted Manipulation; Curious About Digital Assets; Whistleblowing; SARs; Obstruction Katten
Jan
7
2019
Bridging the Weeks by Gary DeWaal: December 17, 2018 – January 4, 2019, and January 7, 2019 (Examination Priorities; AML Fines; Effective Cybersecurity Practices) Katten
Feb
7
2020
Bridging the Weeks by Gary DeWaal: December 23, 2019, to January 10, 2020, and January 13, 2020 (Examination Priorities; Slow Down, You Move Too Fast; Disruptive Trading) Katten
 

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