Joanna Howe Journalist Profile

Articles

Refugee women and work: Evidence from an Australian longitudinal study

Aug 9, 2024 | onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Joanne Flavel |Joanna Howe |Anna Ziersch

INTRODUCTION The global refu gee population reached 25.9 million by the end of 2018 (Refugee Council of Australia, 2020). Over the past 10 years, Australia has resettled more than 180,000 refugees (Refugee Council of Australia, 2020).
DOJ Launches Corporate Crime Database

Jun 12, 2023 | lexology.com | Mark Bini |Daniel Ahn |Kaela Dahan |Joanna Howe

Demonstrating the Department of Justice (“DOJ”)'s continued focus on corporate crime, the DOJ has launched a new database tracking all corporate crime cases resolved since the end of April 2023.
SEC Sues Crypto Exchange Binance and Founder Changpeng Zhao | JD Supra

Jun 7, 2023 | jdsupra.com | Mark Bini |Kaela Dahan |Joanna Howe

On June 5, 2023, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia against Binance Holdings Limited (“Binance”), the world’s largest crypto asset trading platform, and its founder, Changpeng Zhao (“CZ”), with a variety of securities law violations (the “Complaint”). The SEC also brought allegations against BAM Trading Services Inc. (“BAM Trading”) and BAM Management US Holdings Inc.
Prosecutors Secure Conviction in First Ever NFT Criminal Insider Trading Case | JD Supra

May 5, 2023 | jdsupra.com | Mark Bini |Kaela Dahan |Joanna Howe

On May 3, 2023, a federal jury in the Southern District of New York found Nathaniel Chastain, a former manager at OpenSea, the world’s largest marketplace for a leading non-fungible tokens (“NFTs”), guilty of wire fraud and money laundering in connection with the sale of NFTs he knew would be featured on OpenSea’s homepage.
A Major Crypto Exchange Fires Back at the SEC | JD Supra

May 4, 2023 | jdsupra.com | Mark Bini |Kaela Dahan |Joanna Howe

Over the past few years, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has claimed increasing authority in the regulation of digital assets. Many in the crypto community have complained that the SEC is regulating by enforcement, but few have challenged the SEC’s ability to do so. That may be changing. On April 27, a major cryptocurrency exchange platform (the “Platform”) publicized its response to a Wells notice issued by the SEC to the exchange in March.
Prosecutors Secure Conviction in First Ever NFT Criminal Insider Trading Case

May 4, 2023 | lexology.com | Mark Bini |Kaela Dahan |Joanna Howe

On May 3, 2023, a federal jury in the Southern District of New York found Nathaniel Chastain, a former manager at OpenSea, the world’s largest marketplace for a leading non-fungible tokens (“NFTs”), guilty of wire fraud and money laundering in connection with the sale of NFTs he knew would be featured on OpenSea’s homepage.
A Major Crypto Exchange Fires Back at the SEC

May 2, 2023 | lexology.com | Mark Bini |Kaela Dahan |Joanna Howe

Over the past few years, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has claimed increasing authority in the regulation of digital assets. Many in the crypto community have complained that the SEC is regulating by enforcement, but few have challenged the SEC’s ability to do so. That may be changing. On April 27, a major cryptocurrency exchange platform (the “Platform”) publicized its response to a Wells notice issued by the SEC to the exchange in March.
OFAC settles investigation into crypto platform for sanctions violations | JD Supra

Apr 10, 2023 | jdsupra.com | Mark Bini |Kaela Dahan |Joanna Howe

On March 31, 2023, the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) announced that it had reached a settlement with a multi-asset trading platform that includes digital assets. The trading platform agreed to pay $72,230 to settle its potential civil liability for apparent violations of OFAC’s sanctions against Iran, Cuba, and Venezuela.