News & Analysis as of

Finance & Banking law-news Products Liability

Read Finance & Banking Law updates, alerts, news, and legal analysis from leading lawyers and law firms:
Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

H1 Fundraising Review

Overall, the first half of 2024 was challenging for fundraising across the private fund market to varying degrees among private debt, private equity (PE) and venture capital (VC). The first half of 2024 saw a variety of...more

McGuireWoods LLP

Healthcare & Life Sciences Private Equity Deal Tracker: Heritage Invests in Equiti

McGuireWoods LLP on

Heritage Group has announced an investment in Equiti Health. Equiti, founded in 2004 and based in Sunrise, Florida, is a provider of healthcare-focused language interpretation services....more

Cooley LLP

SEC Approves PCAOB’s ‘Quality Control Standard’ for Audit Firms

Cooley LLP on

Last week, the SEC approved the PCAOB’s new quality control standard – QC 1000 – that establishes a risk-based quality control framework for independent auditors to follow....more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Fed’s Barr speaks on changes to Basel III and liquidity requirements

On September 10, the Fed released the prepared remarks given by the Vice Chair for Supervision, Michael Barr, on changes to the Basel III endgame proposal and the capital surcharge for global systemically important banks...more

Hogan Lovells

Italian Legislative Decree implementing MiCAR

Hogan Lovells on

The Italian Legislative Decree implementing MiCAR has been published in the Official Gazette. Among other things, it designates CONSOB and the Bank of Italy as competent supervisory authorities and sets out a transitional...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

CFPB urges District Court to dissolve preliminary injunction and lift stay on late fee rule

On August 22, the CFPB filed a reply brief in support of its motion urging the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas to dissolve the preliminary injunction and lift the stay on the CFPB’s late fee rule. ...more

Robinson Bradshaw

New Disclosure Requirements for Fund Sponsors Under the California Venture Capital Diversity Reporting Law

Robinson Bradshaw on

In June, California approved amendments to its October 2023 law, Fair Investment Practices by Venture Capital Companies (California VC Diversity Law). The California VC Diversity Law requires covered venture capital...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

U.S.-U.K. treasuries convene to discuss financial stability goals

On September 3, the Department of the Treasury hosted the tenth official meeting of the U.S.-U.K. Financial Regulatory Working Group in Washington, D.C. Officials from both countries discussed economic and financial...more

Cooley LLP

CFPB Report Highlights ‘Aggressive,’ ‘Illegal’ Medical and Rental Debt Collection Practices

Cooley LLP on

On September 5, 2024, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) released its annual report on debt collection, drawing attention to a range of activities with respect to medical and rental debt collection that the CFPB...more

Goodwin

Stretching and Flexing - Part Two: Keeping the Management Team Incentivised for the Longer Journey

Goodwin on

Parties facing these issues often propose a MIP reset to realign management’s interests with those of the original (and, if applicable, new) sponsor until the eventual full exit. MIP resets have long been used to rescue...more

Greenberg Glusker LLP

Corporate Transparency Act: Reporting Deadline Approaching

Greenberg Glusker LLP on

The Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) imposes far-reaching new reporting obligations on many U.S. businesses, and the penalties for non-compliance are substantial. With only a few months left before the January 1, 2025,...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Fintech Focus Podcast | Managing a Workforce in a Regulated Environment

This episode of “Fintech Focus” picks up where our last episode “Growing a Workforce in a Regulated Environment” left off. Part Two delves further into workplace considerations for fintechs, and focuses on how they can manage...more

SEC Compliance Consultants, Inc. (SEC³)

Nine Advisers Face $1.24 Million Fallout from SEC’s Marketing Rule Sweep

September 30 is the SEC’s fiscal year-end, so it's no surprise to see an uptick in enforcement cases this month. The latest slew of settlements involved violations of the Marketing Rule (Advisers Act Rule 204(4)-1) for...more

Vinson & Elkins LLP

No Rest for the Weary: Three Trends to Watch in Shareholder Activism This Fall

Vinson & Elkins LLP on

Fall is fast approaching, so most major US public companies have held their 2024 annual meetings. But, while temperatures are sure to cool in the coming months, the same can no longer be said for the shareholder activism...more

White & Case LLP

FinCEN Issues Final Sweeping AML Requirements for Registered Investment Advisers & ERAs

White & Case LLP on

On August 28, 2024, FinCEN issued a long-awaited final rule meant to address illicit finance activities and national security threats in the asset management industry. The new rule imposes similar requirements on investment...more

Steptoe & Johnson PLLC

HELOC Funds Accessed With a Credit Card: No Right To Offset Absent Express Agreement

Steptoe & Johnson PLLC on

The idea of borrowing against equity in a residential home through a second mortgage has been around for almost a century. However, the popularity of a home equity line of credit (HELOC) increased in the 1980s following the...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

The New Fiduciary Rule (48): Recommendations to Transfer IRAs (DOL)

The stay of the effective dates of the amended fiduciary regulation and amended exemptions means that the “old” DOL fiduciary regulation (the 5-part test) and the existing exemptions continue in effect indefinitely....more

Ballard Spahr LLP

Plaintiffs free to appeal CFPB 1071 Rule after some plaintiffs drop their CFPB unlawful funding claim

Ballard Spahr LLP on

On August 26, 2024, Chief Judge Randy Crane in the E.D. Texas granted summary judgment to the CFPB, denied summary judgment to the trade groups and upheld the CFPB’s 1071 Rule (small business loan data collection rule)....more

Troutman Pepper

Investigation Tag Team: The FTC and the State of Arizona — Moving the Metal: The Auto Finance Podcast

Troutman Pepper on

In this episode, Chris Carlson, an associate in the Regulatory, Investigations, Strategy and Enforcement (RISE) practice, joins Brooke and Chris to discuss how federal and state regulators are collaborating on consumer...more

Goodwin

SEC Sends Additional Message to Registered Investment Advisers on Marketing Rule Obligations Through Enforcement Actions

Goodwin on

On September 9, 2024, approximately one year since its first flurry of similar Marketing Rule actions, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) announced settlements with nine SEC-registered investment advisers (the...more

Paul Hastings LLP

Daily Financial Regulation Update -- Monday September 16

Paul Hastings LLP on

September 13, 2024 - The General Counsel of the CFPB delivered a speech to the Poverty Law Conference addressing the variety of consumer protection laws that protect impoverished individuals and how innovation and financial...more

Fox Rothschild LLP

The Clock Is Ticking on the Corporate Transparency Act's Year-End Deadline

Fox Rothschild LLP on

Have you or your professional advisers evaluated whether any entities you own, manage, or control are subject to the beneficial ownership reporting requirements of the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA)? If you've done so and...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

CFPB Director Rohit Chopra to do fireside chat with Professor Chris Peterson at conference on October 11, 2024.

Ballard Spahr LLP on

The Utah Project on Antitrust and Consumer Protection is hosting a free conference open to the public on the future of consumer financial services law on October 11, 2024 from 8 am until 4 pm, MT....more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Corporate Transparency Act: January 1, 2025 Filing Deadline and Recent Developments

This Corporate Advisory provides a brief update on the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA), its reporting requirements and deadlines, and certain recent developments. It is not intended to, and does not, provide legal,...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Compliance Tip of the Day: How a CEO Can Set The ‘Tone at The Top’- Part 2

Welcome to “Compliance Tip of the Day,” the podcast where we bring you daily insights and practical advice on navigating the ever-evolving landscape of compliance and regulatory requirements. Whether you’re a seasoned...more

107,727 Results
 / 
View per page
Page: of 4,310

"My best business intelligence, in one easy email…"

Your first step to building a free, personalized, morning email brief covering pertinent authors and topics on JD Supra:
*By using the service, you signify your acceptance of JD Supra's Privacy Policy.
- hide
- hide