31 Days to a More Effective Compliance Program: Day 21-Managing 3rd Parties
SBR – Author’s Podcast: Exploring the Future of Work, Ethics, and Compliance with Kelly Monahan, Part 2
Innovation in Compliance: Navigating Accounting and Compliance with Mike Whitmire
Daily Compliance News: January 21, 2025, The Not Real Work Edition
31 Days to a More Effective Compliance Program: Day 20 – Third-Party Risk Management Process
Episode 352 -- Review of 2024 DOJ and SEC Sanctions Enforcement and Compliance
31 Days for a More Effective Compliance Program: Day 19 – Evaluating the Risk Management Process
31 Days to a More Effective Compliance Program: Day 18 – Risk Assessments
10 For 10: Top Compliance Stories For the Week Ending – January 18, 2025
31 Days to a More Effective Compliance Program: Day 17- Podcasting for Compliance
Daily Compliance News: January 17, 2025 – The BitMEX Spanked Yet Again Edition
Launching a Product Too Soon? Lessons From Recent CFPB Orders — The Consumer Finance Podcast
Unpacking the Fifth Circuit's Landmark Tornado Cash Decision — The Crypto Exchange Podcast
Everything Compliance: Episode 147, The Welcome to 2025 Edition
31 Days to a More Effective Compliance Program: Day 16 - Effective and Tailored Compliance Training
Daily Compliance News: January 16, 2025 – The SEC Sues Musk (Again) Edition
31 Days to a More Effective Compliance Program: Day 15 – Monitoring and Improving Internal Controls
Great Women in Compliance: Catherine Razzano on Leading with Passion
Compliance into the Weeds: Navigating Return to Office Policies and Corporate Speak Up Culture
Daily Compliance News: January 15, 2025 – The Corruption is Back Edition
Our Investment Funds Group reviews the evolution of the continuation vehicle market and previews the unpredictable year awaiting the secondary market....more
In this episode of our Connected With Latham podcast series, the final of three episodes complementing Latham’s “10 Key Focus Areas for UK-Regulated Financial Services Firms in 2025” report, London partners Rob Moulton and...more
In this episode of our Connected With Latham podcast series, the second of three episodes complementing Latham’s “10 Key Focus Areas for UK-Regulated Financial Services Firms in 2025” report, London partners Rob Moulton and...more
In this episode of our Connected With Latham podcast series, the first of three episodes complementing Latham’s “10 Key Focus Areas for UK-Regulated Financial Services Firms in 2025” report, London partners Rob Moulton and...more
Welcome to the SBR – Author’s Podcast! Host Tom Fox visits with authors in the compliance arena and beyond in this Podcast Series. Today, Tom is joined by his good friend and colleague, Earnie Broughton (Earnie from Boerne),...more
U.S. Web3 Companies Launch Products and Tech Integrations - A major U.S. cryptocurrency exchange recently launched a “Bitcoin-based loans” product that allows customers to post BTC as collateral for USDC loans. ...more
CFPB Urges States to Enact Consumer Protections Last week, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued a report in tandem with a new initiative aimed at pushing an increased number and widening the scope of...more
There has rarely been a larger or more widely distributed financial market that existed in a more uncertain regulatory context than cryptocurrencies and decentralized finance (DeFi) at the start of 2025. In the past several...more
Recent Maryland proposed budget cause for close estate planning review before the sunset of the federal Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. This week, Maryland Governor Wes Moore released his proposed 2025 budget to the public and...more
Plusieurs tendances notables ressortent des activités de F&A visant des sociétés fermées en 2024. Au cours de la dernière année, non seulement les parties ont-elles montré de la prudence dans leurs opérations, mais le marché...more
In this settled action—part of a slew of SEC Enforcement cases reported out in the last days before the change in Administration—the SEC alleged that Celsius Holdings, Inc. engaged in improper accounting for stock-based...more
Are you involved in offshore or foreign corporate ownership and investments? Do you have real property, assets, or foreign bank or investment accounts? U.S. taxpayers with offshore business interests, holdings, investments,...more
On January 15, the CFPB published a report focusing on the home equity contracts, also known as home equity investments (HEIs). As described by the CFPB, these financial products allow homeowners to receive an upfront payment...more
On January 13, the CFPB proposed a new rule to ban large banks and consumer finance companies from using certain contractual provisions in agreements with consumers under Regulation AA. The CFPB’s proposal warns against the...more
On January 10, the CFPB proposed an interpretive rule that could significantly broaden the scope of the EFTA to encompass a broad range of digital assets, including—if they meet certain requirements — cryptocurrency accounts,...more
WindRose Health Investors has announced the acquisition of CardioOne. CardioOne, founded in 2022 and based in Houston, is a physician enablement company that serves independent cardiologists....more
On January 8, a complaint was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas challenging the CFPB’s newly finalized medical debt rule that restricts credit reporting agencies from including medical debt...more
As a lawyer, I’ve heard plenty of lawyer jokes and some of them are amusing. I once said at law school that I now know why lawyers have terrible reputations because I met some of these lawyers at law school. While lawyers...more
The U.K. Short Selling Regulations 2025 (“SSR 2025”) have been made. This paves the way for the U.K. to repeal and replace the regime implemented while the U.K. was in the European Union and then onshored into U.K. domestic...more
When they were introduced in 2017, Unexplained Wealth Orders ("UWOs") were hailed as an important new law enforcement tool, which would allow more robust and effective investigation of the suspected proceeds of crime....more
As the Biden Administration came to a close, the CFPB released a compendium of guidance documents issued by the bureau between October 2021 and January 2025....more
As public company issuers prepare for the 2025 reporting season, issuers should be reminded (or made aware) of the new executive compensation-related disclosure requirements. On December 14, 2022, the Securities and Exchange...more
Key Points - - The incoming Trump administration is expected to take a more lenient approach to prosecuting entities, reducing emphasis on bringing actions based on what may be viewed as novel theories. - Prescriptive...more
Key Points - - Many of the tax reform suggestions President-elect Trump floated during the campaign would result in significant revenue loss, which could mean they will face resistance from Republicans concerned about...more
Welcome to your weekly update from the A&O Shearman pensions team, covering all the latest legal and regulatory developments in the world of workplace pensions. Government confirms continuation of clearing exemption - ...more