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Daily Compliance News: October 10, 2024 – The Pray for Florida Edition

Welcome to the Daily Compliance News. Each day, Tom Fox, the Voice of Compliance, brings you compliance-related stories to start your day. Sit back, enjoy a cup of morning coffee, and listen to the Daily Compliance News. All...more

K&L Gates LLP

Brussels Regulatory Brief: September 2024

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Antitrust and Competition - The Court of Justice of the European Union Finds That the European Commission Lacks Jurisdiction to Review Transactions That Fall Below the EU and National Merger Filing Thresholds -On 3 September...more

Burr & Forman

Corporate Transparency Act Filing Deadlines Approaching - What You Need to Know, Part I

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The Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) requires “reporting companies” to report certain beneficial ownership information (BOI) to the U.S. Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) in order to enhance...more

Barnea Jaffa Lande & Co.

An Overview of the Digital Operational Resilience Act

The Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) is an EU regulatory framework, aimed at enhancing the financial sector’s ability to withstand and recover from ICT (information and communication technology) disruptions....more

Mayer Brown Free Writings + Perspectives

FINRA Sanctions Broker-Dealer for Failure to Supervise Recommendations of Structured Notes

A broker-dealer failed to reasonably supervise its registered representatives when making recommendations of certain variable rate structured products (“VRSPs”), including fixed to floating rate steepeners and other variable...more

ASKramer Law

Energy Tax Credits for a New World Part IX: Overview of Changes to Traditional Tax Equity Financing

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Tax equity investments in 2023 were about $20 billion annually. To meet the goals of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), “many forecasters estimate that tax equity will need to increase […] to over $50 billion.”...more

Cooley LLP

Public Companies Update – September One-Minute Reads

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On August 20, 2024, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced that the fees public companies and other issuers pay to register their securities with the commission have increased from $147.60 per million...more

Morgan Lewis

Finance Ministry Circular on the Tax Recognition of Incongruent Profit Distributions

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In its ruling dated September 28, 2022 (VIII R 20/20), the Federal Fiscal Court (BFH) decided, contrary to the previous opinion of the tax authorities, that a resolution on an incongruent distribution of a limited liability...more

Morgan Lewis

Exchange Rate Losses from Shareholder Loans Granted by Substantial Shareholders Are Not Tax-Deductible

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In its decision dated April 24, 2024 (I R 41/20), the Federal Fiscal Court (BFH) decided for the legal status up to December 31, 2021 that exchange rate losses from loans granted by a substantial shareholder (>25 %) are not...more

Ary Rosenbaum - The Rosenbaum Law Firm P.C.

Sometimes, a plan sponsors can’t just can’t say no thanks

When you meet retirement plan sponsors just at different networking events and they find out that you’re a retirement plan provider, they may volunteer that their retirement plan is in perfect shape. As we know as retirement...more

Morgan Lewis

Changes to German Tax Law - What Is Planned?

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The German legislator is currently introducing a large number of tax law changes in various draft bills. This article provides an overview of the most important planned changes. The draft Annual Tax Act 2024 (JStG 2024)...more

Carlton Fields

Up, Up, and Away for RILA Regulation: SEC Adopts Long-Awaited Framework

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On July 1, 2024, pursuant to congressional mandate, the SEC adopted a new registration framework for registered index-linked annuities (RILAs). In addition, the SEC has extended the ambit of this framework to include...more

Troutman Pepper

CFPB’s Fall Edition of Supervisory Highlights Focuses on Auto-Finance Market

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On October 7, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau) published the Fall edition of its Supervisory Highlights, focusing on examinations of the auto-finance market completed between November 1, 2023, and...more

Paul Hastings LLP

Daily Financial Regulation Update -- Tuesday October 8

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October 7, 2024 - The Federal Reserve Bank of New York published a Liberty Street Economics blog post entitled “What Do Climate Risk Indices Measure?” October 7, 2024 - The Securities and Exchange Commission announced it...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

House Financial Services Com. scrutinizes Basel III Endgame proposal

On September 25, the U.S. House Financial Services Committee held a hearing to scrutinize the Basel III Endgame proposal, which has faced significant criticism from various stakeholders. Rep. Andy Barr (R-KY) opened the...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

FHFA publishes credit risk management guidance

On September 27, the FHFA published Advisory Bulletin AB 2024-03 which provided guidance to FHLBanks on establishing and maintaining a member credit risk management framework. The bulletin highlighted the importance of...more

Carlton Fields

Practical Thoughts for Sponsors About Current ERISA Forfeiture Litigation

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A notable trend in ERISA litigation has emerged as in-house attorneys look to mitigate the risks of coming waves of class action litigation. Beginning in late 2023, there have been several challenges to the use of forfeiture...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

OCC files amicus brief supporting a preliminary injunction on the Illinois’ Interchange Fee Prohibition Act

On October 2, the OCC filed an amicus brief supporting several banking associations’ motion for a preliminary injunction against the Illinois Interchange Fee Prohibition Act (IFPA or the Act) in the U.S. District Court for...more

Paul Hastings LLP

Daily Financial Regulation Update -- Wednesday October 9

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October 8, 2024- Federal Reserve Board Governor Adriana D. Kugler gave a speech entitled “The Global Fight Against Inflation,” at the Conference on Monetary Policy 2024: Bridging Science and Practice, European Central...more

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FDIC Extends Comment Period for Proposed Changes to Brokered Deposit Regulations

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Yesterday, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) announced an extension of the comment period for its notice of proposed rulemaking (NPR) aimed at revising the 2020 Brokered Deposit Rule. To ensure that all...more

Morgan Lewis

CFPB Portal for State and Local Orders Opens: Risks Remain

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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) recently promulgated a final rule requiring certain nonbank financial companies to register public orders issued by federal, state, or local agencies that contain prospective...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

CFPB receives first application for open banking standard setter recognition

On September 24, the CFPB received its first application for open banking standard setter recognition under Section 1033 of the Dodd-Frank Act. As previously covered by InfoBytes, the CFPB initiated its public comment period...more

GeoDataVision

The new Community Reinvestment Act Omits Critical Types of Credit That Meet Community Needs

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Recent news stories explain the criticism of Senator Warren and Congresswoman Waters directed at banks that are litigating the 2023 CRA rule.  But perhaps their frustration should be focused on the regulators who have...more

Hinshaw & Culbertson - Consumer Crossroads

3 Key Takeaways and Collection Agency Industry Insights from the NACARA Conference

Last week, the North American Collection Agency Regulatory Association (NACARA) hosted its annual conference at the California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation’s Sacramento office. The event served as a...more

Guidepost Solutions LLC

DOJ Has Issued New Compliance Guidance. Now What?

On September 23, 2024, the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) released updates to its Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs (“ECCP”) guidance. In a move that surprised no one (especially if companies have been reading...more

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