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Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

10 For 10: Top Compliance Stories For the Week Ending May 17, 2025

Welcome to 10 For 10, the podcast which brings you the week’s Top 10 compliance stories in one podcast each week. Tom Fox, the Voice of Compliance brings to you, the compliance professional, the compliance stories you need to...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Kerrville Weekly News Roundup: May 17, 2025

Welcome to 10 For 10, the podcast which brings you the week’s Top 10 compliance stories in one podcast each week. Tom Fox, the Voice of Compliance brings to you, the compliance professional, the compliance stories you need to...more

Alston & Bird

Wave Goodbye to the Waiver Debate: Court Holds Data Breach Investigation Report Not Work Product from the Start

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Litigants in data breach class actions often fight over whether a data breach investigation report prepared in response to the breach is protected by the work-product doctrine. Common areas of dispute include whether the...more

Mayer Brown

DOJ Announces White-Collar Enforcement Priorities and Revised Policies

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On May 12, 2025, the Criminal Division of the US Department of Justice (DOJ) issued new guidance on white-collar enforcement priorities and revised its policies on corporate voluntary self-disclosure (VSD), the selection of...more

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

Multistate Coalition Urges CFPB to Prioritize and Distribute Consumer Refunds

Last week, Washington Attorney General Nick Brown, a bipartisan coalition of attorneys general from ten other states, and the California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation wrote the Consumer Protection...more

K&L Gates LLP

Brussels Regulatory Brief: April 2025

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Antitrust and Competition - European and UK Antitrust Enforcers Impose Fines Over End-of-Life Vehicles Recycling Cartel - On 1 April 2024, both the European Commission (the Commission) and the UK Competition and Markets...more

Alston & Bird

From Uncertainty to Action: DOJ Rolls Out a New White-Collar Enforcement Playbook

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Despite speculation that the Department of Justice Criminal Division might step back from white-collar criminal enforcement, newly announced DOJ Criminal Division policy updates indicate otherwise. Our White Collar,...more

Mayer Brown

PRA Consultation: Matching Adjustment Investment Accelerator (MAIA)

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INTRODUCTION - The recent “Solvency UK” reforms to Solvency II represent the UK’s tailored approach to insurance prudential regulation post-Brexit, aiming to enhance flexibility and competitiveness in the insurance...more

Polsinelli

Focus, Fairness and Efficiency: DOJ Reveals Administration’s Plans for Enforcement of Corporate and White-Collar Crime

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Key Takeaways - DOJ Criminal Division will prioritize enforcement in key areas, including health care fraud, trade and customs violations and national security-related financial crimes....more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Certainty and Uncertainty, May 2025 - OCC Issues Interim Final Rule Undoing 2024 Merger Rule and Guidance

On May 8, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (“OCC”) issued an interim final rule rescinding the 2024 final rule to OCC merger procedures and an accompanying policy statement....more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Certainty and Uncertainty, May 2025 - Final UK Rules on Options for Fund Managers’ Payment for Investment Research

The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority ("FCA") has published its final Policy Statement on Investment research payment optionality for fund managers (PS25/4) (see here for our note on PS25/4’s preceding Consultation Paper). The...more

Mayer Brown

CVM Abre Consulta Pública para Discutir o Aprimoramento das Regras de Divulgação de Informações ao Mercado por Companhias Abertas

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A Comissão de Valores Mobiliários (CVM) divulgou, em 13 de maio de 2025, o Edital de Consulta Pública SDM n.º 01/25 (Edital), que submete à apreciação do mercado proposta de substituição integral da Resolução CVM n.º 44/21,...more

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Crypto Regulatory Framework Begins to Take Shape in Congress

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The discussion draft of a new crypto market infrastructure bill proposes a new regulatory framework based on shared jurisdiction between the CFTC and SEC, expanded CFTC authority, and new SEC exemptions for token sales and...more

Holland & Knight LLP

CFPB Continues Efforts to Rescind Multiple Biden-Era Rules

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The CFPB has withdrawn its 1) Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA)/Regulation V Proposed Rule (Data Broker Rule), 2) Prohibited Terms and Conditions in Agreements for Consumer Financial Products or Services (Regulation AA)...more

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SEC Briefs Disgorgement and Investor Harm in Navellier v. SEC

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In the recent Supreme Court case, Navellier & Associates, Inc. v. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the petitioners sought a writ of certiorari challenging the decisions of the lower courts regarding the scope of...more

Chambliss, Bahner & Stophel, P.C.

Passing Retirement Benefits to a Child With Special Needs

Under the SECURE Act, disabled beneficiaries can stretch out inherited retirement account distributions beyond 10 years, provided their life expectancy is longer than the default 10-year rule. Generally, an Applicable...more

King & Spalding

S.D.N.Y. Rejects Borrower’s Equitable Defenses to UCC Foreclosure Sale

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On March 3, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York granted a lender’s motion for declaratory judgment to order a borrower to recognize the effect of a non‑judicial UCC foreclosure sale. The court...more

Ary Rosenbaum - The Rosenbaum Law Firm P.C.

Choices are good unless it cannibalizes your business

You know what everyone’s talking about lately in the retirement plan world? Pooled Employer Plans — PEPs! Yeah, PEPs. Like they’re the second coming of sliced bread. Spoiler alert: they’re not....more

Jones Day

Brazilian Superior Court Greenlights the Seizure of Cryptocurrency in Enforcement Proceedings

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In a recent decision, the Brazilian Superior Court of Justice ("STJ") held that cryptocurrency is a financial asset with "economic value" and subject to seizure in enforcement proceedings....more

Cooley LLP

CFPB Withdraws Guidance Documents in Shift from Nonbinding Policymaking

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After ordering the review of all existing guidance put forth by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), acting CFPB Director Russell Vought announced the withdrawal of almost 70 guidance documents dating back to the...more

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Canadian Securities Administrators Announces Changes to the Listed Issuer Financing Exemption

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Effective May 15, 2025, the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) is increasing the limit on capital-raising under the listed issuer financing exemption. This amendment aims to improve the competitiveness of Canada’s...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

Texas Federal Court Allows an ERISA Fiduciary Challenge Against Alleged "ESG Investing" Without Any ESG Funds

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On January 10, 2025, in Spence v. American Airlines, a federal district court in Texas ruled that American Airlines (the company) and the committee overseeing its 401(k) plans (the committee) breached their duty of loyalty...more

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DOJ Announces Changes to White-Collar Enforcement Priorities: What to Know and What Actions to Take Today

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On May 12, Matthew R. Galeotti, the head of the US Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Criminal Division, announced a new white collar enforcement plan, outlined changes to the Corporate Enforcement and Voluntary Disclosure Policy,...more

Lowenstein Sandler LLP

Crypto Brief - Lowenstein Crypto Newsletter - May 15, 2025

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On May 15, the SEC withdrew the joint statement previously issued by the Division of Trading and Markets and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (FINRA) regarding broker-dealer custody of digital asset...more

A&O Shearman

EC adopts delegated regulation amending RTS for market risk under CRR

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The European Commission has adopted Delegated Regulation (EU) 2025/878 amending regulatory technical standards (RTS) on technical details of back-testing and profit and loss attribution requirements, the criteria for...more

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