On March 6, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) voted along party lines to adopt its long-awaited climate-related disclosure framework for registrants. This “Final Rule” largely reflects the proposed rule put...more
The Biden administration is reportedly considering the issuance of an executive order that would create a governmentwide approach to the oversight and regulation of cryptocurrencies. Such an order would likely have...more
Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) Chair Gary Gensler has repeatedly signaled his intention to begin requiring public filers to disclose climate change-related risks in quarterly and annual filings, citing...more
On Sept. 14, Gary Gensler, chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission, testified before the Senate Banking Committee that the agency has authority using the existing, “broad” definition of a “security” to regulate the...more
9/22/2021
/ Bitcoin ,
Blockchain ,
Cryptocurrency ,
Digital Currency ,
Financial Instruments ,
Financial Markets ,
Initial Coin Offering (ICOs) ,
Popular ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Regulation ,
Token Sales ,
Virtual Currency
The CARES Act appropriated $454 billion to the Treasury Department to be used in capitalizing Federal Reserve lending facilities. While that may sound like a lot of money, there is already intense competition for it among...more
4/1/2020
/ Banks ,
Business Closures ,
Business Interruption ,
CARES Act ,
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ,
Compliance ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) ,
Federal Loans ,
Federal Reserve ,
Financial Stimulus ,
Health Care Providers ,
Healthcare ,
Lenders ,
Lending ,
Liquidity ,
Medicaid ,
Medicare ,
Nonprofits ,
Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) ,
Payroll Taxes ,
Relief Measures ,
SBA ,
SBA Lending Programs ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Small Business ,
Tax Relief ,
Unemployment Insurance
In recent years, the friction between public companies and proxy advisory firms—companies that provide proxy vote recommendations to institutional fund managers and other investment advisers—has intensified. Public issuers...more