31 Days to a More Effective Compliance Program: Day 21 - Managing Third Parties
AI Today in 5: January 21, 2026, The 9 AI Risks Edition
Resellers in the Middle: Duties, Data, and Defenses Under the FCRA — FCRA Focus Podcast
Great Women in Compliance: Don’t Freak Out: Compliance from a Prosecutor-Defense Lens
Compliance into the Weeds: Addressing Retaliation Against Compliance Officers: Strategies & Insights
Daily Compliance News: January 21, 2026, The Excellence in Compliance Awards Edition
31 Days to a More Effective Compliance Program: Day 20 - Third Party Risk Management Process
AI Today in 5: January 20, 2026, The Extortion Edition
Innovation in Compliance: Transforming from Hierarchy to High Performance: Governance and AI in 2026
Daily Compliance News: January 20, 2026, The First We Kill All the Lawyers Edition
31 Days to a More Effective Compliance Program: Day 19 - Evaluating the Risk Management Process
FCPA Compliance Report: Navigating Corporate Ethics and Compliance Trends in 2026 with Mike Volkov, Part 2
31 Days to a More Effective Compliance Program: Day 18 - Risk Assessments
Sunday Book Review: January 18, 2026, The Top Books on Innovation ’26 Edition
31 Days to a More Effective Compliance Program: Day 17 - Podcasting for Compliance
31 Days to a More Effective Compliance Program: Day 16 - Effective and Tailored Compliance Training
2 Gurus Talk Compliance: Episode 68 - The Corruption is Free Speech Edition
AI Today in 5: January 16, 2026, The More Chatbots in Recruiting Edition
Daily Compliance News: January 16, 2026, The Another Basketball Point-Shaving Scandal Edition
31 Days to Effective Compliance Program: Day 15 - Monitoring and Improving Internal Controls
On December 19, 2025, the Federal Reserve Board issued a Request for Information (“RFI”) on a proposed “Payment Account prototype.”...more
On 9 January the Financial Services Regulation Committee of the UK Parliament’s House of Lords published its report on “Private markets: Unknown unknowns” (the Report)....more
Key Financial Regulatory Developments - 2025 brought one of the most dynamic financial regulatory environments since the immediate aftermath of Dodd‑Frank, marked by shifting agency priorities, rapid litigation...more
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) will receive a new infusion of funding which was announced by the CFPB’s Acting Director, Russell Vought, who is also the Director for the Office of Management and Budget....more
Recent U.S. policy actions have opened a narrow but actionable pathway for compliant engagement with Venezuela. Venezuela is re-emerging as one of the few genuine frontier markets with meaningful scale in energy, technology,...more
On December 22, 2025, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve (the Board) issued a final rule that rescinded a 2023 policy statement and that in turn issued a new policy statement....more
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau released its updated dollar amounts for the threshold at which consumer loans are not covered by much of the consumer protections available pursuant to the Truth In Lending Act (TILA)...more
On December 8, 2025, in an opinion that will have lasting impacts on the leveraged finance and restructuring markets, the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas (Crane, J.) (the “District Court”)...more
Private credit has become a defining force in European capital structures, accelerating out-of-court outcomes, introducing more bespoke documentation and shifting negotiation leverage in restructurings....more
The UK Supreme Court has ruled on the interpretation of clauses in a standard form JCT Design and Build Contract. For the construction industry, the case is useful for illuminating the meaning of certain ambiguous JCT Design...more
Since the creation of the UK’s autonomous sanctions regime post-Brexit, UK sanctions designations have been detailed in two lists: The UK Sanctions List, published by the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office....more
Digital asset treasuries (DATs) — public companies established to hold cryptocurrencies as reserve assets on their balance sheets, and companies that have repositioned themselves for that purpose — have become increasingly...more
As 2026 kicks into high gear, all signs point to another year of jaw-dropping headlines as federal financial regulators move swiftly to implement many of the policy changes found in executive orders and other directives...more
The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (Exchange) has taken a number of initiatives to enhance its attractiveness as a global offering and listing jurisdiction....more
Markets have continued to observe the rapid growth of fiat-backed stablecoins, with the U.S. dollar-denominated stablecoin market reaching $225 billion and commentators estimating that number could reach up to $750 billion...more
Under the leadership of Chairman Paul Atkins with a Republican majority on the commission, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is expected to continue on its trajectory toward regulatory reform that marks a pivot...more
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“FINRA”) has proposed a new rule (the “Proposal”) that would consolidate and modernize its rules governing outside business activities and private securities transactions by...more
The global slowdown in recent years of sales processes and initial public offerings (IPOs) has delayed exits for many private equity (PE) sponsors, causing mounting pressure from investors to return capital....more
The second Trump administration brought with it high expectations about a more receptive approach toward the regulation of cryptocurrencies and other digital assets....more
The use of AI has been a boon for business owners, because it enables them to analyze large amounts of data quickly and inexpensively, which accelerates their decision-making process without the need to consult others....more
Crypto Custody Provider Announces IPO, Bank Launches Tokenized Deposits - In a recent press release, BitGo Holdings, Inc., a digital asset infrastructure company, “announced the launch of its initial public offering of...more
One of the clearest takeaways from this year’s CREFC Conference was that today’s transaction slowdown is not being driven by a lack of debt capital. To the contrary, debt is plentiful across the capital stack. The real...more
Prediction markets have rapidly moved into the mainstream of financial innovation. These markets are very flexible and allow users to take a position on the outcome of a wide array of events — from elections and sport events...more
At the outset of life sciences transactions, there is usually a strong sense of alignment. Founders and investors tend to agree on the importance of discipline, focus, capital efficiency, and long-term value. That was evident...more
The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has announced the launch of a two-day stablecoin tech-sprint. The sprint, taking place on 4-5 March, will explore the use cases for stablecoins in domestic and international payments,...more