Tag: regulator

Australia regulator files lawsuit against Medibank over data breach

SYDNEY (Reuters) -Australia’s privacy regulator said on Wednesday it had filed a lawsuit against the country’s biggest health insurer Medibank over a data breach that exposed personal information of millions of customers on the dark web. In civil penalty proceedings filed in the Federal Court, the Australian Information Commissioner said Medibank “seriously interfered” with the […]

Massachusetts regulator probes ‘Roaring Kitty’s’ GameStop trades

NEW YORK (Reuters) – The Massachusetts securities regulator is probing the trading activities of GameStop investor Keith Gill, who gained notoriety as stocks influencer “Roaring Kitty” during the 2021 meme stock frenzy. Massachusetts Secretary of State Bill Galvin, the state’s top securities regulator, is looking into Gill’s activities, a spokesperson said, declining to comment further. […]

EU regulator recommends use of Valneva’s chikungunya vaccine

(Reuters) -The European Medicines Agency (EMA) recommended Valneva’s single-dose chikungunya vaccine for use on Friday, setting it up as the first preventive shot against the disease in Europe. EMA’s recommendation for the French firm’s vaccine Ixchiq comes as the mosquito-borne disease, for which no approved drugs exist, has been spreading due to climate change. While […]

US securities regulator urges against crypto bill adoption

(Reuters) – The U.S. securities regulator on Wednesday urged U.S. lawmakers not to adopt a bill that aims to create a new legal framework for digital currencies, saying it would undermine existing legal precedent and put capital markets at “immeasurable risk.” The U.S. House of Representatives is expected later on Wednesday to take up the […]

FDIC chairman Martin Gruenberg to resign following investigations into sexual harassment at the bank regulator

Martin Gruenberg, the chair of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, testifying before the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee on Capitol Hill on Thursday.Kevin Dietsch via Getty Images The FDIC chairman, Martin Gruenberg, has said he’ll resign following a report on poor workplace culture. An investigation found that the FDIC’s culture was misogynistic and […]