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Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Spotlight on Evergreen Fund Finance, March 2026 - Is the Grass Greener...?

It is no secret that in a challenging environment for fundraising and exit opportunities there has been a growing appetite for evergreen structures from investors and fund managers. For investors, evergreen vehicles...more

Miles Mediation & Arbitration

Mediation After 20 Years on the Chancery Bench: Resolving Complex Business Disputes 

For 20 years, I ruled on a number of complex business disputes. As chancellor, I followed my personal philosophy that time is valuable, and disputes did not get better by letting time drag on. I attempted to keep the lawyers...more

Mayer Brown

SEC’s Division of Enforcement Announces Key Updates to Its Enforcement Manual

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On February 24, 2026, the United States Securities and Exchange Commission’s (“SEC”) Division of Enforcement (“Division”) announced significant updates to its Enforcement Manual for the first time since 2017. These updates...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Proposed Illinois Bills Could Unwind Restructuring Deadline for ABA Businesses

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Recently proposed legislation in the Illinois General Assembly – Senate Bill (SB) 3807 and House Bill (HB) 5171 – is garnering attention. Both bills hit the docket in February 2026 and aim to alleviate corporate practice...more

Mayer Brown Free Writings + Perspectives

SEC Issues Order Granting Directors and Officers of Certain Foreign Private Issuers an Exemption from Section 16(a) Filing...

On March 5, 2026, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) published an order granting an exemption from beneficial ownership reporting requirements under Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the...more

Best Era

Retreat Is Not Surrender: The Career Move They'll Call a Step Back Is the One That Saves You

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The legal profession has a problem with retreat. Not the strategic kind. The cultural kind. We have built a profession where leaving is losing, where stepping back is giving up, and where any deviation from the straight line...more

Alston & Bird

A Declination, If You Can Keep It: The Benefits and Burdens of the Southern District of New York’s Voluntary Self-Disclosure...

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Our White Collar, Government & Internal Investigations Team examines the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York’s new Voluntary Self-Disclosure Program for Financial Crimes, which offers companies a...more

Sheppard

California Court Rejects DFPI’s “True Lender” Allegations in Fintech-Bank Partnership Dispute

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On February 24, a California state court issued a preliminary decision granting summary judgement to a financial technology platform in litigation brought by the California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation...more

The Volkov Law Group

Lessons Learned: Strengthening Oversight of Financial Reporting Risks (Part II of II)

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Recent enforcement actions by the SEC have reinforced a message that boards and senior leadership have heard before—but too often underestimate in practice: financial reporting risk is a governance risk....more

The Volkov Law Group

When Financial Controls Fail: The SEC’s ADM Settlement and the Cost of Misleading Investors (Part I of II)

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In late 2025, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) charged Archer-Daniels-Midland Company (ADM) and three of its former executives with accounting and disclosure fraud, in what has become one of the most significant...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

UK Employment Flash - March 2026

The Employment Rights Act 2025 (ERA) passed into law on 18 December 2025, providing a wide range of reforms that will reshape the landscape of UK employment law over the coming years....more

A&O Shearman

Sustainability Omnibus Enters Into Force On 18 March 2026 - Update On Dutch Implementation

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After the agreement reached between the European Parliament and the Council on the Sustainability Omnibus in December 2025, it has now been published in the Official Journal of the EU on February 26, as Directive (EU)...more

BakerHostetler

Connecticut’s Proposed Revisions to Data Breach Statute

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Connecticut’s attorney general wants “the tea” on your data breaches – even if it means taking matters into their own hands....more

Jones Day

Shareholder Proposal Litigation Increases Following the SEC's Revised Rule 14a-8 Process

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Since the SEC stopped substantively responding to Rule 14a-8 no-action requests, shareholders are increasingly turning to litigation to challenge the exclusion of their proposals from company proxy materials....more

White & Case LLP

Simplified, not abandoned: EU Corporate Sustainability after the Omnibus I Package

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The EU's corporate sustainability framework has been reset. On 24 February 2026, the EU formally adopted the Omnibus I package, which is a wide-ranging simplification initiative that amends two landmark directives, which...more

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer

UK Public M&A Monthly Activity Update: February 2026

In February 2026, there were three Rule 2.7 announcements made across the UK public M&A market and three further possible offers announced....more

Paul Hastings LLP

Gold Rush: The Quest for New Capital

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We are delighted to bring you this year’s edition of Spotlight Magazine, “Gold Rush: The Quest for Private Capital”, where we focus on how private credit managers are adapting products, terms and structures to compete for new...more

A&O Shearman

ECON Adopts Report On Mitigating Measures For Small Mid-Cap Enterprises

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The European Parliament's Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee (ECON) has announced it has adopted a draft report on the European Commission's (EC) Omnibus IV legislative proposal, adopted in May 2025. This proposes a...more

A&O Shearman

Hong Kong SFC warns sponsors in booming IPO market

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Hong Kong's IPO market roared in 2025. Total proceeds hit HK$280 billion - up 218% year-on-year - with HKEX reclaiming its crown as the world's top exchange in funds raised....more

A&O Shearman

Federal Court of Australia dismisses landmark greenwashing case against Santos

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On February 17, 2026, the Federal Court of Australia dismissed a landmark “greenwashing” case against Australian oil and gas producer Santos Limited (Santos). The court found that Santos had not engaged in misleading or...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

AI Today in 5: March 6, 2026, The Captain Nemo Edition

Welcome to AI Today in 5, the newest addition to the Compliance Podcast Network. Each day, Tom Fox will bring you 5 stories about AI to start your day. Sit back, enjoy a cup of morning coffee, and listen in to the AI Today In...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

Section 16 Reporting by Insiders of SEC-reporting Foreign Private Issuers: CANADA IS EXEMPT!

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Good news! The SEC has issued exemptive relief under the Holding Foreign Insiders Accountable Act (the HFIAA). For those of you focused on more important things in life, like Major League Baseball’s opening day later this...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

SDNY Releases New Corporate Enforcement and Voluntary Self-Disclosure Program for Financial Crimes

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On February 24, 2026, the US Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York (SDNY) announced updates to its Corporate Enforcement and Voluntary Self-Disclosure Program for Financial Crimes (the Program)....more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Creativity and Compliance: Captain Compliance: Humor, Characters, and Creative Training at Premera Blue Cross

Where does creativity fit into compliance? In more places than you think. Problem-solving, accountability, communication, and connection all require creativity. Join Tom Fox and Ronnie Feldman on the award-winning Creativity...more

Stange Law Firm, PC

Understanding the key person discount in business valuations

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Divorce can become significantly more complex when one or both spouses own a business. Determining the value of that business is often one of the most important—and contested—issues in the case. Courts frequently rely on...more

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