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Window on Washington – Vol. 6, Issue 6

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The Senate is in session this week, and the House has a committee work period. The Senate plans to vote on nominee confirmations, on U.S. Postal Service reform legislation, and on the House-passed continuing resolution (CR)...more

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Tax & Financial Services Week Ahead - November 1, 2021

The House and Senate will reconvene Monday at 6:30 p.m. and 3 p.m., respectively - What to Watch - Last week, congressional Democrats released 1,684 pages of legislative text mirroring portions of the budget...more

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Significant, Proposed Limitations on IRA Investments Included in House Legislation

On September 27, 2021, the Build Back Better budget reconciliation legislation was introduced in the House of Representatives (the Legislation), which includes numerous revenue raisers and other tax-related changes. While...more

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Financial Daily Dose 4.23.2021 | Top Story: Unanimous Supreme Court Strips FTC of Most Restitution Powers

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A unanimous SCOTUS ruling this week curbs the FTC’s “longtime practice of seeking to recover ill-gotten gains from companies and individuals who cheat or mislead consumers,” with the justices finding that the 1973 law that...more

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Financial Daily Dose 8.22.2019 | Top Story: CBO Projects $1 Trillion Annual US Deficit in 2020

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The CBO sent shivers down the spines of deficit hawks yesterday with its latest forecast that shows federal cost overruns hitting $1 trillion for fiscal 2020, an increase of more than $100 billion from projections just 3...more

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Financial Daily Dose 6.28.2019 | Top Story: Ford Announces Job Cuts in Europe

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Ford announced major cuts to its European workforce yesterday, announcing that it would reduce its overall headcount there by 1/5 (or about 12,000 workers), roughly half of whom are salaried employees. Ford first revealed the...more

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INDUSTRY OUTLOOK - Private Credit, BDCs and Everything in Between - 2019 Edition

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In this report, members of Dechert’s multidisciplinary permanent capital team provide a round-up of legal and business considerations for private credit, BDCs and everything in between. Topics covered include: -...more

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Preparing for the 2019 Public Company Reporting Season

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During 2018, the SEC issued rule updates and guidance that are intended to ease certain public reporting requirements and clarify the SEC’s position with respect to the shareholder proposal process. While the SEC is taking...more

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Municipalities and Their Continuing Disclosure Obligations

In light of recent SEC Rule changes, and aggressive enforcement, municipalities entering the bond market in 2018 and beyond should expect to see a heightened level of attention placed on continuing disclosure compliance. ...more

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Your Daily Dose of Financial News

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Hard to imagine that any financial news could come close to making headlines on Thursday, and yet, the SEC and Elon Musk came close. Specifically, the SEC filed suit against Musk, accusing him of “making false public...more

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This Week in Congress: Sept. 2018 #4

The Senate convenes today at 3 p.m. The House is back in session on Sept. 25 at noon. The Senate Judiciary Committee is expected to meet on Thursday, Sept. 27 to hear from Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh and his...more

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IRS Releases Initial 162(m) Guidance

IRC §162(m) limits a publicly held corporation’s ability to take a tax deduction for compensation paid to covered employees in excess of $1 million. As mentioned in our January 2018 Client Advisory, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act...more

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IRS Issues Initial Guidance On Amended Code Section 162(m), Including Grandfathering Rules

The IRS recently released Notice 2018-68, providing long-awaited initial guidance on amendments made to Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (TCJA). While the Notice only addressed...more

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IRS Releases New Guidance on Section 162(m) Covered Employees and Grandfathering Rules

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The IRS recently released guidance regarding the 2017 Tax Act amendments to Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code, which generally apply to taxable years beginning or after Jan. 1, 2018. IRS Notice 2018-68 provides...more

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Initial Post-Tax Reform 162(m) Guidance Issued – A Reasonable Grandfather and a Covered Employee Surprise

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On August 21, 2018, Treasury and IRS released Notice 2018-68, their initial guidance on the application of Code section 162(m) after Tax Reform (including the operation of the grandfather provision for compensation required...more

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Your Daily Dose of Financial News

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More trouble for Wells Fargo, as news emerged yesterday that some employees in the company’s business banking wholesale unit “altered information on documents related to corporate customers” without customers’...more

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Financial Services Weekly News - February 2018 #3

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Editor's Note - Consumer Finance 2017 Year in Review. Year 2017 brought leadership change at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), turnover at various regulatory agencies, the continued rise of state-level...more

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Funds Talk: February 2018

Global Regulators Increasingly Shifting Focus to Cryptocurrency - After years of allowing cryptocurrency transactions to fly under the radar, financial market regulators are beginning to turn their attention to virtual...more

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Your Daily Dose of Financial News

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ECB Chief Mario Draghi’s having none of the US Treasury Secretary’s recent weak-dollar talk, accusing the US official, in not so many words, of “violating agreements among nations against starting currency wars”....more

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Financial Services Weekly News - January 2018 #3

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Editor's Note - “Humility and Prudence” at the CFPB. In a memo to employees of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) later turned into a Wall Street Journal op-ed, Acting CFPB Director Mick Mulvaney articulated his...more

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Financial Services Weekly News - January 2018 #2

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Editor's Note - In This Issue. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced that it would take another pass at the “Payday, Vehicle Title, and Certain High-Cost Installment Loans” (Payday Rule); the Financial...more

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Disclosure of Accounting Impact of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act in SEC Reports

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On December 22, 2017, the Office of the Chief Accountant (the OCA) and the staff of the Division of Corporation Finance (the Staff) of the Securities and Exchange Commission published guidance relating to financial accounting...more

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Capital Markets & Public Companies Quarterly: 2018 Proxy Season Pointers, Disclosing the “Tax Cuts and Jobs Act,” Shareholder...

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The end of a year and beginning of the next generally starts the countdown to the public company proxy season. But before moving into 2018, registrants would be well served by first looking back to the guidance that came out...more

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Financial Services Weekly News - January 2018

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Editor's Note - A Busy Holiday Season. We hope that all of you had a happy holiday season and wish everyone a happy, healthy and prosperous new year. While the Roundup has been on hiatus during the holidays, the federal...more

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