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    The United States government and the brother of Nigeria’s Minister of Budget and Economic Planning of the Federation, Senator Abubakar Atiku Bagudu have filed a joint status report advising the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia of the status of their negotiations. In the joint status report, filed by and through their lawyers, the U.S. (plaintiff) and Ibrahim Bagudu (claimant) requested additional time to complete their settlement or to determine that no settlement is possible.

[co-author: Madison Gaudreau] On April 14, 2021, the U.S. Senate confirmed the nomination of Gary Gensler as the 33rd Chair of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC” or “Commission”).[1] This change will bring forth a Democratic majority at the SEC which, in turn, suggests that the Commission will change its current emphasis on capital formation to focus more on investor protection and the following other areas: rules required by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (“Dodd-Frank Act”) such as security-based swaps, compensation, and stress tests...