John Wick - What You Need To Know about the Corporate Transparency Act
Family Owned Real Estate: Legal Challenges & Opportunities
Once Removed Episode 24: Expressing Goals and Intent for the Trust
Once Removed Episode 23: Naming Guardians for Minor Children
Once Removed Episode 20: Helping a Beneficiary Purchase a Home
Digital Planning Podcast Episode: Planning for Influencers
Life After Love Gone Wrong Podcast: Season 3, Episode 6 - Reshaping Your Legacy: Estate Planning After Your Divorce
Unraveling the Crypto Code: California's New DFAL Explained – The Crypto Exchange Podcast
A Primer On Trusts - A Podcast with Janathan Allen
Digital Planning Podcast Episode: Exploring DAOs
Current Landscape of Cryptocurrency Regulation and Enforcement - The Crypto Exchange Podcast
Current Landscape of Cryptocurrency Regulation and Enforcement - The Consumer Finance Podcast
PLI's inSecurities Podcast - Alternative Asset Managers in the Crosshairs
Once Removed Episode 13: It’s 5 o’Clock: Do You Know Where Your Will Is? A Lesson From Aretha Franklin
Digital Planning Podcast Episode: The Uniform Electronic Estate Planning Documents Act
Podcast: The Briefing by the IP Law Blog - 2023 IP Resolutions Start with a Review of IP Assets
The Briefing by the IP Law Blog: 2023 IP Resolutions Start with a Review of IP Assets
What is a self-proving affidavit?
PODCAST: Williams Mullen's Benefits Companion - What Constitutes Plan Assets Under ERISA?
Cryptocurrency Exchange QuadrigaCX and the Estate of Gerald Cotten - Digital Planning Podcast
Q&A with Yumi Narita, NYC Office of the Comptroller - In late May, Yumi Narita, Executive Director of Corporate Governance at the New York City Office of the Comptroller, spoke with Stephen Brown, Senior Advisor, KPMG Board...more
Introduction - On Wednesday, 6 March 2024, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved its highly anticipated final rules on “The Enhancement and Standardization of Climate-Related Disclosures for Investors” by a...more
Succession planning for family offices is often a difficult process. It is emotional. It takes longer than it should. But succession planning that is deliberate, collaborative, and strategic can offer so much opportunity....more
The pandemic coronavirus (COVID-19) has significantly disrupted certain industries and markets, and captured the attention of market participants. This client alert reviews the March 4, 2020 SEC guidance issued in response to...more
ESG is not a new phenomenon, but its significance for asset managers is growing. With continued media scrutiny of sustainability and environmental pressures, "millennials" forming a greater proportion of the investing...more
We set out in the attached Newsletter a number of interesting English court decisions and market developments which have taken place in the first half of 2019 and their impact on M&A transactions. This review looks at these...more
The Federal Reserve Board (FRB) recently issued a proposed rule that would codify and clarify when a company is presumed to have a controlling influence over the management and policies of a second company (Proposed...more
[co-author: Mark Newberg, Director of Impact Strategies] Recently, Larry Fink, the CEO of BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager, took a noteworthy step in an open letter he wrote to the CEO’s of all publicly traded...more
Boards frequently encounter sustainability and other environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues in the oversight of a company’s operations, management, financial reporting and public disclosure. Investors increasingly...more
A most curious press release sprouted up amidst summer's hot growing season: 13 leaders of public companies and investing firms have put forth self-professed governance principles for public companies. (See...more
Citing the importance of publicly owned companies to the U.S. economy, a group of thirteen leading executives issued a set of principles, on July 21, 2016, outlining their vision for the critical elements of good corporate...more
Central Bank Letter Regarding Conflict of Interest (“COI”) Risks in Investment Firms - The Central Bank issued a letter (the “Letter”) to all investment firms providing feedback on the findings of their thematic...more
German Federal Government Passes Draft Bill to Amend Financial Market - The German federal government passed the draft bill to amend financial market laws on 6 January 2016 (“Erstes Finanzmarktnovellisierungsgesetz”,...more
Central Bank Management Feedback Statement and Guidance (CP86) - The Central Bank published its feedback statement on CP86: Fund Management Company Boards (the “Feedback Statement”) and related Guidance on Fund...more
Two recent SEC Enforcement Division administrative settlements reinforce the importance for fund boards of directors and fund advisers to maintain a robust annual advisory contract renewal process....more
Central Bank Update Concerning Fund Management Company Boards The Central Bank has published a document in relation to Fund Management Company Boards including a feedback statement on CP86 and a new consultation on...more