PODCAST: Williams Mullen's Raising Capital 101: A Securities Podcast - What Makes it a Securities Offering?
All Things Investigations: Anchored in Fraud: Mike DeBernardis and Shayda Vance on Austal USA’s Scandal
The Legal Tightrope: Surviving Parallel Investigations
Navigating Government Contracts: Diana Shaw on Oversight and Whistleblower Protections
From Court to Code: Smart Contracts and Arbitration
Episode 335 -- The New DOJ Whistleblower Program
Navigating Emerging Privacy Issues in Financial Services — The Consumer Finance Podcast
Implications of the SEC Cybersecurity Disclosure Rule
Corruption, Crime and Compliance: SEC Suffers Dismissal of Claims in Solarwinds Securities Fraud Case
Episode 334 -- District Court Dismisses Bulk of SEC Claims Against Solarwinds
The Woody Report: The Solar Winds Dismissal
In That Case: Securities and Exchange Commission v. Jarkesy
Corruption, Crime and Compliance: Deep Dive into The SEC’s Settlement with R&R Donnelly on Cybersecurity Controls
Episode 332 -- Deep Dive into SEC’s Internal Controls and Cybersecurity Settlement with R&R Donnelly
The Justice Insiders Podcast: Jarkesy’s Implications for the Administrative State
DE Under 3: OFCCP Must Shut Down its Administrative Court Prosecutions as a Result of SCOTUS’ SEC Jury Trial Case Decision
Dogecoin’s Day in Court
Unpacking the Lummis-Gillibrand Payment Stablecoin Act: Implications for the Digital Asset Industry — The Crypto Exchange Podcast
Podcast: Is Cryptocurrency a Security (like an orange grove)?
Navigating the Regulatory Waters: The SEC's Wells Notice to Uniswap and its Impact on DeFi — The Crypto Exchange Podcast
DeFi development carried quietly on throughout 2023, but DeFi protocols also faced significant hurdles. In the US, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) increased their...more
In response to changes in business practices, regulations and laws eventually change, too. During the past few years derivatives markets are witnessing this change as it applies to trading facilities as well as to entities...more
This OnPoint summarizes the panel discussion at Dechert’s annual investment funds conference that took place in Luxembourg in the last quarter of 2022. At the conference, we discussed the Regulation on the Markets of Crypto...more
This latest edition of the regulatory initiatives paper sets out at a high level the core regulatory issues that are likely to impact private fund managers in the coming months, including an overview of the key actions needed...more
This week, attendees at the FIA L&C conference are gathered in Washington, D.C., for the first time in three years to discuss several issues with significant potential impact on the markets. One such issue is redefining the...more
SEC/CORPORATE - Acting SEC Chair Lee Provides Public Statement Welcoming Public Comment on Climate Change Disclosures - On March 15, Acting Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Allison Herren Lee made a public...more
On 27 January 2021, the European Commission adopted an equivalence decision determining that the legal and supervisory arrangements applicable to US central counterparties (CCPs) registered with the Securities and Exchange...more
SEC/CORPORATE - Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act Signed Into Law by President Trump - In December 2020, President Donald Trump signed into law the Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act (the HFCAA). The...more
SEC/CORPORATE - SEC Proposes Rule 144 Tacking Amendments - On December 22, 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission voted to propose amendments to Rule 144 under the Securities Act of 1933 (the Securities Act)...more
BROKER-DEALER - SEC Adopts Clearing Agency Rule to Limit Potential for Overlapping or Duplicative Regulation - On December 16, the Securities and Exchange Commission announced that it adopted a rule to limit the...more
SEC/CORPORATE - SEC Adopts Amendments to MD&A and Other Financial Disclosures - On November 19, the Securities and Exchange Commission announced that it adopted amendments (the Amendments) to certain financial...more
BROKER-DEALER - SEC and CFTC Chairman Issue Joint Letter Regarding CFTC Orders Implicating Regulations A and D - On October 23, Chairman Jay Clayton of the Securities and Exchange Commission and Chairman Heath P....more
SEC/CORPORATE - SEC Adopts Amendments to Modernize Auditor Independence Rules - On October 16, the Securities and Exchange Commission adopted amendments (the Amendments) to its long-standing auditor independence rules....more
BROKER-DEALER - SEC Amends Exchange Act Rule 15c2-11 to Enhance Retail Investor Protections and Modernize Governing Quotations for Over-the-Counter Securities - On September 16, the Securities and Exchange Commission...more
SEC/CORPORATE - SEC Stays Implementation of New NYSE Direct Listing Rules - As discussed in the August 31, 2020 edition of the Corporate & Financial Weekly Digest, on August 26, the Securities and Exchange Commission...more
SEC/CORPORATE - SEC Approves Extension of Temporary NYSE Waiver of Stockholder Approval Rules - Recently, the Securities and Exchange Commission issued a release (the Release) approving, with immediate effectiveness,...more
BROKER-DEALER - FINRA Announces Updates to Interpretations of Margin Rule Regarding Control and Restricted Securities and Consolidation of Accounts - On July 2, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) issued...more
BROKER-DEALER - CBOE Exchange Proposes to Temporarily Extend the Filing Deadline for Certain Supervision-Related Reports - On June 1, Cboe Exchange, Inc. (Cboe) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission a...more
Last week, international regulators began issuing guidance and/or relief to impacted firms in response to the spread of COVID-19. The impact of this novel coronavirus has already begun materially to affect operations and...more
SEC/CORPORATE - SEC Amends Disclosure Rules for Registered Debt Offerings - On March 2, the Securities and Exchange Commission adopted amendments to the financial disclosure requirements for registered debt offerings...more
BROKER-DEALER - SEC Proposes to Modernize Infrastructure for NMS Securities Market Data - On February 14, the Securities and Exchange Commission proposed to modernize the infrastructure for the collection,...more
SEC/CORPORATE - SEC Proposes Amendments to Financial Disclosure in Regulation S-K and Issues New Guidance - On January 30, the Securities and Exchange Commission voted to propose amendments to certain financial...more
BROKER-DEALER - SEC Proposes Changes to Market Data Plans - On January 8, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) released a proposed order to improve the governance of National Market System (NMS) data plans...more
SEC/CORPORATE - SEC Announces Proposed Amendments to the Definitions of “Accredited Investor” and “Qualified Institutional Buyer” - On December 18, the Securities and Exchange Commission voted to propose amendments...more
BROKER-DEALER - FINRA Expands Transparency Initiative Related to OTC Equity Trading Volume - The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) previously announced an expansion to its ongoing transparency initiative...more