The U.S. District Court for the Central District of California granted the SEC a default judgment against an unregistered broker-dealer and its CEO for selling unregistered initial coin offering securities.

FINRA notified members that it will assess and collect an accounting support fee of $10,022,000 to fund the annual budget of the Governmental Accounting Standards Board.

The CFTC approved the application for designation as a contract market of a new futures exchange.

CFIUS proposed a filing fee for parties submitting for review voluntary notices of transactions. Comments on the proposal must be submitted by April 8, 2020.

The SEC final rule to implement exemptions provided under the Rural Business Investment Companies Advisers Relief Act of 2018 was published in the Federal Register. The effective date for the final rule is March 10, 2020.