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Alston & Bird

Look Ahead to the Week of July 14, 2025: Crypto Week in the House, Clock Ticking on Recissions Package

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Both the House and Senate are in session this week. The House will consider a tranche of pro-crypto legislation on the floor this week, including a Senate-passed bill (S. 1582) that would establish rules for stablecoins, a...more

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Congress Set to Bring CLARITY to Digital Asset Market Structure

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This week’s consideration of H.R. 3633, the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act of 2025 (CLARITY or the Act) in the U.S. House of Representatives is a pivotal moment for the development of US digital asset regulation. ...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

All Things Investigation: Due Diligence and Drama: A Deep Dive into Art World with Daniel Weiner

Welcome to the Hughes Hubbard Anti-Corruption & Internal Investigations Practice Group’s podcast, All Things Investigation. In this podcast, host Tom Fox is joined by Daniel Weiner to discuss a complex legal case involving a...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Innovation in Compliance: Allison Lagosh on Proactive Compliance Planning for Regulatory Changes

Innovation is present in many areas, and compliance professionals must not only be prepared for it but also actively embrace it. Join Tom Fox, the Voice of Compliance, as he visits with top innovative minds, thinkers, and...more

Goodwin

The UK’s Failure to Prevent Fraud Offence: Private Fund Managers, Portfolio Companies, and Placement Agents

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In a previous alert titled “UK Limited Partnership Reform Becomes Law: A Practical Guide of How Best to Get Ready to Comply,” we discussed the changes to limited partnership law ushered in by the Economic Crime and Corporate...more

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One Big Beautiful Bill Act - Tax Highlights Related to Real Estate Investors

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On July 4, 2025, President Trump signed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), which both extends many soon-to-expire provisions of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (TCJA) and makes several additional changes to the...more

Paul Hastings LLP

Disparate Impact Lives: Massachusetts Attacks AI in Lending

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On July 10, the Massachusetts attorney general announced a $2.5 million settlement with a Delaware-based student loan company to resolve allegations that the company’s lending practices, including the use of artificial...more

Lowenstein Sandler LLP

One Big Beautiful Bill and Three Key Planning Notes

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Last week, President Donald Trump signed into law the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA). At nearly 900 pages in length, OBBBA’s size lives up to its name by enacting sweeping changes to estate and gift taxes, income taxes,...more

Ary Rosenbaum - The Rosenbaum Law Firm P.C.

Forfeitures, Fiduciary Failures, and Cigna: Another Lesson in ERISA Risk

Another week, another Adams v. Goliath story in the world of ERISA litigation—and this time, Goliath is Cigna. The company is now facing its second lawsuit in as many months over how it handled forfeitures in its $13 billion...more

Vedder Price

Jonathan Gould Confirmed as Comptroller of the Currency

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On Thursday, July 10, 2025, the U.S. Senate confirmed Jonathan Gould to serve as the next Comptroller of the Currency in a 50–45 vote. Gould will succeed Acting Comptroller Rodney Hood, who offered his congratulations and...more

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Coentreprises : Considérations en matière de financement et pièges potentiels

Si vous êtes un investisseur, un promoteur ou un prêteur dans une coentreprise qui se propose de financer le bien immobilier faisant l’objet de la coentreprise, il est important de protéger vos intérêts en soupesant les...more

Ary Rosenbaum - The Rosenbaum Law Firm P.C.

Josh Itzoe Launches Fiduciary U: A New Era in 401(k) Committee Education

Let me be honest: most fiduciary training out there is about as exciting as watching paint dry in a compliance office. It’s often a checkbox exercise—generic, outdated, and completely divorced from the real-world problems...more

Robinson Bradshaw

Application of New Anti-Money Laundering Regulations to Advisers to Private Funds

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On Sept. 4, 2024, the U.S. Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) published a final rule imposing new anti-money laundering (AML) and countering the financing of terrorism (CFT) requirements on...more

Ropes & Gray LLP

District Court Strikes Down $40 Million Settlement Agreement in Target Date Funds Case Based on Parallel SEC Settlement

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On May 19, 2025, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania (the “Court”) denied final approval of a $40 million proposed settlement in a major class action lawsuit against The Vanguard Group,...more

Cozen O'Connor

Hundreds of Millions Lost by Seniors Due to Bankruptcies Filed by CCRC Communities

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The Wall Street Journal has reported that recent bankruptcies nationwide in the Continuing Care Retirement Community (CCRC) segment of the long-term care marketplace have resulted in residents losing their buy-in deposit....more

Goodwin

Supreme Court to Resolve Circuit Split Over Existence of Implied Private Right of Action Under Section 47(b) of the Investment...

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On June 30, 2025, the Supreme Court granted certiorari in FS Credit Opportunities Corp. v. Saba Capital Master Fund, Ltd., agreeing to resolve a circuit split over whether private parties have an implied right of action to...more

Cozen O'Connor

2025 Real Estate Market Pulse Survey

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In May 2025, Cozen O’Connor’s Real Estate Practice conducted a comprehensive survey to capture the pulse of the real estate investment community. The survey aimed to understand how current economic conditions, fluctuating...more

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

State AGs, and Mark Twain, Hold Companies Accountable for AI Use

This week, two state attorneys general on very different ends of the political spectrum announced separate actions related to purported discrimination by AI services. Missouri sent inquiry letters to four Big Tech companies...more

A&O Shearman

EBA consults on draft guidelines on application of definition of default and applying credit conversion factors under CRR

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The European Banking Authority (EBA) has published two consultation papers under the Capital Requirements Regulation (CRR), as amended by the revised Capital Requirements Regulation (CRR III). The first consultation paper...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Key takeaways | Financing the energy transition: capital strategies for a changing landscape

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Policy uncertainty and market disruption: Panelists expressed concerns over proposed legislative changes, such as the begin of construction cliff and tax credit phase-downs, which could jeopardize over $300 billion in clean...more

A&O Shearman

UK Pensions: what's new this week?

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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. Pension Schemes Bill call for evidence - The House of Commons...more

Jenner & Block

Trump Administration Significantly Narrows the Impact of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is a federal agency that was founded in 2010, after the United States went through a recession linked to abuses in the origination and sale of residential mortgage loans. The...more

A&O Shearman

EU RTS on subcontracting ICT services supporting critical or important functions under DORA published in OJ

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Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2025/532 has been published in the Official Journal of the European Union. The Delegated Regulation supplements the Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) with regard to regulatory...more

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UK FCA publishes final rules on fees and levies for 2025/26

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The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has issued final policy statement PS25/8, accompanied by an updated webpage, confirming the regulatory fees and levies for the financial year 2025/26. This follows the FCA's April...more

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SRB publishes updated guidance on solvent wind-down of trading books

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The Single Resolution Board (SRB) has published updated operational guidance, accompanied by a press release, on the solvent wind-down (SWD) of trading books. The guidance is intended to outline the scope and key expectations...more

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