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FCPA Compliance Report: Report from Compliance Week 2026 on AI Sessions
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Betting the Game: Inside Information: The New Edge in the Betting Economy
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Powering Progress | Ep. 2 – Financing at Scale: Structured Capital for AI and Data Center Portfolios
AI in Healthcare: Five Healthcare AI Stories You Need to Know This Week – May 8, 2026
Pod and Port: Podcasting, Social Media and Yacht Rock - From Vanity Metrics to Attribution: Creator Marketing Takeaways and a Yacht Rock Spotlight on Toto
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AI in Financial Services in 5 Stories - Week Ending May 8, 2026
Creativity and Compliance: Compliance 6-Pack: Part 3 - An Attitude of Gratitude
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GSK In China: 13 Years Later – Compliance Lessons Learned
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Great Women in Compliance: DOJ’s New Fraud Division: Practical Insights for Compliance Professionals
Carried Away Series – What's Changing in GP Economics — PE Pathways Podcast
Nasdaq has significantly raised the financial bar for special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) listings. Effective May 15, the minimum market value listing threshold increases to $100 million on the Global Market and $75...more
El Gobierno Nacional de Colombia declaró el estado de emergencia económica, social y ecológica, con vigencia desde el 11 de febrero de 2026 hasta el 11 de marzo de 2026, como consecuencia de los eventos climáticos ocurridos...more
Stablecoin Products Launch in U.S. and Abroad - The digital asset subsidiary of a major U.S. fintech and payments firm and a major U.S. financial services company recently announced “a new card-issuing product” that will...more
On May 5, Craig Trainor, Assistant Secretary for the Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity (FHEO) at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), used the American Bankers Association’s Risk and...more
The rapid expansion of legalized sports betting across the United States has triggered a debate among regulators: should consumers be allowed to sports wager using borrowed money?...more
On May 1, 2026, the Trump Administration escalated U.S. sanctions on Cuba by issuing Executive Order (E.O.) 14404, which, in part: (i) provides broad authority to designate parties determined to participate in key sectors of...more
Below is this week’s congressional update by BakerHostetler’s Federal Policy team. We’ll continue to post in weeks when both chambers of Congress are in session....more
On May 5, 2026, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed rule and form amendments that would allow Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (Exchange Act) reporting companies to file semiannual reports on a new Form...more
On April 27, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) announced that they had sent a letter to the SEC chairman raising concerns about recent SEC interpretive guidance that the senators contend would...more
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed a suite of rule amendments on May 5, 2026, that would permit public companies to optionally file one semiannual report each year on a new Form 10-S to fulfill interim...more
On April 8, 2026, the Japanese Financial Services Agency (JFSA) published a proposed amendment to its Comprehensive Guidelines for Supervision of Insurance Companies, adding new provisions specifically targeting reinsurance....more
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) finalized its long‑awaited rule implementing Section 1071 of the Dodd‑Frank Act, a rulemaking designed to address funding gaps facing women-owned, minority-owned and small...more
On April 28, 2026, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) issued a final order (the “Order”) increasing the dollar amount thresholds to be a “qualified client” under Rule 205-3 under the Investment Advisers Act of...more
On May 5, 2026, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) formally proposed a rule that would give public companies the option to file interim financial reports on a semiannual rather than quarterly basis as currently...more
On May 5, 2026, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC or Commission) proposed amendments (fact sheet) that would permit U.S. reporting companies under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the Exchange Act) to elect...more
Since our March 2, 2026 Legal Update, NAIC Working Group Receives Progress Report from the American Academy of Actuaries on RBC for CLOs, the NAIC Risk-Based Capital Investment Risk and Evaluation (E) Working Group (the “RBC...more
Oregon’s governor recently signed into law HB 4052, establishing a new tax credit for de novo banks chartered in the state effective June 5. The law defines a “de novo bank” as a depository institution under 12 U.S.C. 1813(c)...more
The White House’s new executive order substantially expands the scope of an already comprehensive sanctions framework on Cuba, authorizing sanctions on non-US persons doing business with Cuba, as well as non-US...more
On May 5, the Massachusetts Division of Banks (DOB) entered into a settlement with an earned wage access provider that allegedly operated as a third-party loan servicer in the state without the required registration since at...more
Every now and then, the industry rolls out a headline that sounds like it belongs in a late-night infomercial. “Boost your retirement income by 30%.” No extra savings. No extra work. Just one simple tweak....more
Here are curated AG and federal regulatory news stories highlighting key areas in which state and federal regulators’ decisions are having an impact across the US: • AG Coalition Challenging Nexstar-TEGNA Merger Goes...more
On April 28, the Maryland governor signed into law SB 94, which revises the state’s earned wage access framework effective October 1. The law prohibits consumer and commercial lenders and earned wage access providers from...more
On April 27, the SEC announced the settlement of an enforcement action filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California against a Nevada-based financial technology company, the company’s former CEO,...more
On April 30, the U.S. Department of Education (ED) announced that it had finalized its rule implementing statutory directives from the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, enacted in July 2025. The rule largely adopts the January 30...more
From July 11, EEA banking customers may notice that non-EEA banks and broker dealers (together, non-EEA banks) no longer generally market their banking services to them. EEA customers wanting to continue to acquire banking...more