The US District Court for the Northern District of Alabama held the Corporate Transparency Act unconstitutional.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issued a final rule to restrict credit card late fees, which marks the latest expansion of the Biden Administration’s "junk fee" initiative.

The National Security Division and the Department of Justice requested comment on potential rulemakings related to the implementation of U.S. President Joseph R. Biden's Executive Order authorizing the Attorney General to take actions to prevent the transfer of Americans’ personal data to countries of concern.

An international commodities trading company pled guilty and paid monetary penalties to resolve DOJ charges for violating the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. The company had been charged with bribing then-public officials of an Ecuadorian state-owned oil company to secure business advantages and contracts.

The SEC permitted an associated person, who had been subject to statutory disqualification, to effect security-based swaps after he had (i) paid a penalty, (ii) completed a number of remedial requirements and (iii) maintained a clean record.