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UK Short Selling Regulations 2025 published

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The Short Selling Regulations 2025 were made and published on legislation.gov.uk, alongside an explanatory memorandum. The regulations replace assimilated law (including the U.K. Short Selling Regulation) and establish a new...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

HSR Thresholds and Filing Fees Increased for 2025

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The Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) Act requires parties to transactions that meet certain thresholds to notify the Department of Justice (DOJ) and Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and observe a waiting period prior to closing unless...more

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Regulatory Disputes Series: A Spotlight on Crypto

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In the First Edition of our Regulatory Disputes Series, digital assets and fintech topped our list of hot topics to watch for the future of offshore regulatory disputes. In this Fourth Edition, we provide an update on...more

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Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Ring-fenced Bodies, Core Activities, Excluded Activities and Prohibitions) (Amendment)...

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The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Ring-fenced Bodies, Core Activities, Excluded Activities and Prohibitions) (Amendment) Order 2025 has been published alongside an explanatory memorandum. The Order amends the...more

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Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Designated Activities) (Supervision and Enforcement) Regulations 2025 published

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The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Designated Activities) (Supervision and Enforcement) Regulations 2025 have been published, alongside an explanatory memorandum. The Regulations amend the Financial Services and...more

Hogan Lovells

Hong Kong’s New Stablecoins Bill

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The Bill regulates “Specified Stablecoins” which is defined as cryptographically secured digital representations of value which, among other things, purport to maintain a stable value with reference wholly to one or more fiat...more

Morgan Lewis

SEC Disclosure and Taxation of Executive Security Benefits: Legal Requirements and Key Considerations

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Many companies are reevaluating their corporate security practices and considering enhancements to the security protections they provide to their executives and other senior leaders. Companies exploring such security...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

Key Topics for the 2025 UK AGM Season - January 2025

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This publication provides an overview of the top trending issues as we approach this year’s AGM and reporting season. We highlight key legal and regulatory developments impacting AGM and annual reporting practices....more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Key Regulatory Developments in the UK/EU – January 2025

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is currently consulting on a proposal for a new type of trading platform (PISCES) that would enable intermittent secondary trading of private company shares. PISCES would use certain...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

SEC Clears the Way for Crypto Custody

On January 23, 2025, barely 72 hours after the appointment of Mark Uyeda as the Acting Chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, and less than 48 hours after Chairman Uyeda announced that Commissioner Hester...more

Jackson Walker

Texas District Court’s Decision in 401(k) Case Has Wide-Ranging Implications for Plan Fiduciaries

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On January 10, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas issued an opinion in Spence v. Am. Airlines, Inc. (N.D. Tex. Jan. 10, 2025) holding that fiduciaries of two American Airlines 401(k) plans...more

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

Third Circuit Chides SEC for Terse Refusal To Engage in Crypto Rulemaking

On Jan. 13, 2025, a unanimous panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit held that the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC or the Commission) violated the Administrative Procedure Act (APA) when it offered...more

Cooley LLP

Sustainability Reports Are Getting Longer – Is That a Good Thing?

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As I get older, my motto has been “less is more.” That certainly works for a mindful lifestyle. And it also works for pickleball, as one learns to hit the ball softly and place it cleanly rather than banging away at it to...more

Wiley Rein LLP

U.S. Leadership in Digital Assets and Blockchain Technology Among Trump's Week 1 Executive Orders

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After years of regulatory uncertainty, the highly anticipated federal government changes in support of digital assets are beginning to take shape under President Trump. This week brought two big announcements – an Executive...more

Cooley LLP

SEC approves NYSE proposal to limit the use of reverse stock splits to regain compliance with price criteria

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In October last year, the NYSE proposed, like Nasdaq, to take on the challenge of repeated reverse stock splits by limiting the circumstances under which a listed company could use a reverse stock split to regain compliance...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Presidential Leadership Series: Herbert Hoover’s Rise, Part 1: From Poverty to the Presidency

Who are our greatest Presidents? What lessons can the modern-day business leader learn from our 47 Chiefs of State? Welcome to a new season of this award-winning podcast series with Tom Fox and Richard Lummis to delve into...more

Cornerstone Research

SEC Enforcement of Cryptocurrency Dropped 30% in the Last Year of the Gensler Administration

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Enforcement during Gensler administration was considerably higher than during the previous administration. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) brought 33 cryptocurrency-related enforcement actions in 2024, the...more

Smith Anderson

Preparing for the 2025 Annual Report and Proxy Season

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This Client Alert provides an overview of new developments and highlights key considerations for calendar year-end public companies preparing their Annual Reports on Form 10-K for 2024 and proxy statements for annual meetings...more

Kaufman & Canoles

ESOPs, Benefits & Compensation Client Alert - January 2025

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On January 16, the Department of Labor released long-awaited guidance on how to determine the value of employer stock in purchase and sale transactions involving an ESOP. Unfortunately for those in the ESOP community hoping...more

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SEC Approves FINRA Rules to Establish Securities Lending Reporting Facility

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On January 2, 2025, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved the FINRA Rule 6500 Series (the SLATE Rules), which establishes the Securities Lending and Transparency Engine (SLATE), a new facility for the...more

A&O Shearman

Government response to call for evidence on pension fund clearing exemption

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HM Treasury published the Government's response to its call for evidence on the pension fund clearing exemption, which exempts pension funds from the requirement to clear certain derivative contracts via a central...more

Foley Hoag LLP - White Collar Law &...

Anticorruption and FCPA Enforcement: Takeaways and Lessons Heading into 2025

This is the second in our 2025 Year in Preview series examining important trends in white collar law and investigations in the coming year. We will be posting further installments in the series throughout the next several...more

Dechert LLP

ESMA Publishes Q&A on its Guidelines on Funds’ Names Using ESG or Sustainability-related Terms

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On 14 May 2024, ESMA published its guidelines on funds’ names using ESG or sustainability-related terms (the Guidelines). The Guidelines have applied since 21 November 2024. Funds in existence before 21 November 2024 have...more

K2 Integrity

Navigating the New Investment Adviser AML Mandate: What Steps Should Investment Advisers Be Taking Now?

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On 15 January 2025, K2 Integrity hosted a webinar that featured Justina Rousseau, senior managing director at K2 Integrity; Aseel Rabie, counsel at Debevoise & Plimpton LLP; and Sarah Runge, executive managing director at K2...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

31 Days to a More Effective Compliance Program: Day 24 – Internal Reporting and Triage

Welcome to a special podcast series on the Compliance Podcast Network, 31 Days to a More Effective Compliance Program. Over these 31 days of the series in January 2025, Tom Fox will post a key part of a best practices...more

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