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Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Daily Compliance News: January 14, 2025 The RTO Compliance Edition

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

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

FTC Announces 2025 HSR Thresholds

On January 10, 2025, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) released the revised Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) Act jurisdictional thresholds for 2025. The FTC is required by law to revise the HSR Act monetary jurisdictional thresholds...more

DarrowEverett LLP

Post-Closing Incentive Structures for Key Management in Private Equity

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If you own or manage a company that a private equity firm is looking to acquire, and you plan to stay on after the closing, you’ll likely need to negotiate two key points: rolling over some or all of your equity and...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

31 Days to a More Effective Compliance Program: Day 14 – Internal Controls

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

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Innovation in Compliance: Todd Haugh on Ethical Decision Making in the Workplace - Beyond Financial Incentives

Innovation comes in many areas and compliance professionals need to not only be ready for it but embrace it. Join Tom Fox, the Voice of Compliance as he visits with top innovative minds, thinkers and creators in the...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Cryptoasset Staking Excluded From the UK Fund Compliance Regime

On 8 January 2025, the UK’s HM Treasury issued a statutory instrument amending the scope of “collective investment schemes” (the Amendment) under the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Collective Investment Schemes)...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

UK Public M&A – Outlook for 2025

In 2024, in line with our predictions from last year, the UK public takeover market saw a sharp increase in the number of megadeals, i.e., those valued in excess of £1 billion. Seventeen such transactions were announced in...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

Dual Registrant Regulatory Roundup - January 2025

Welcome to the Regulatory Roundup. Each month, Eversheds Sutherland Investment Services attorneys review significant regulatory developments (including notable rulemakings and guidance from securities regulators) from the...more

Conyers

New Regulatory Framework for Virtual Asset Custodians and Trading Platforms in the Cayman Islands

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The Cayman Islands Monetary Authority (“CIMA”) has issued a new Rule and Statement of Guidance on the obligations for the provision of virtual asset services – Virtual Asset Custodians and Trading Platforms (the “Rule”). With...more

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2025 HSR Thresholds Announced: $126.4 million

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Each year, the FTC adjusts the reporting thresholds under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 (the HSR Act) based on changes in the gross national product...more

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2024 Corporate Governance Practices and Trends in Silicon Valley and at Large Companies Nationwide

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Corporate governance practices vary significantly among public companies. This reflects many factors, including: ƒ ..Differences in their stage of development, including the relative importance placed on various business...more

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Weekly Blockchain Blog - January 2025

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Crypto Companies Launch New Products, Expand Partnerships - A major U.S. cryptocurrency exchange recently launched Ink, a Layer 2 network built on the Optimism Superchain blockchain. ...more

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McMahon takes a bump

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On Friday, the SEC announced settled charges against Vince McMahon, founder, controlling shareholder and former Executive Chair and CEO of World Wrestling Entertainment, for “knowingly circumventing WWE’s internal accounting...more

Hogan Lovells

The Bank of England’s approach to financial market infrastructure supervision

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In November 2024, the Bank of England published an Approach Document setting out its approach to the supervision of financial market infrastructures (“FMIs”) – specifically of central counterparties (“CCPs”), central...more

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The Bank of England’s consultation on Fundamental Rules for financial market infrastructures – a new basis of supervision?

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The Bank of England (the “Bank”) has published a Consultation Paper proposing a set of Fundamental Rules for UK financial market infrastructures (“FMIs”) – such as central counterparties and central securities depositories. ...more

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Unlocking Efficiency: The Impact of Blockchain Law IV on Luxembourg's Dematerialised Securities Landscape

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Key takeaways Blockchain Law IV introduced changes to the Law on Dematerialised Securities which added more flexibility and efficiency. It offers an alternative to the current role of the central account keeper, as well as...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

UK Government Confirms Staking Services Are Not Collective Investment Schemes

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A recent statutory instrument aims to remove legal uncertainty surrounding crypto staking and ease blockchain operations. On 9 January 2025, the UK Government published the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000...more

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UK – New statutory instrument on cryptoasset staking

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On 9 January 2025, the widely anticipated Statutory Instrument exempting cryptoasset staking from the meaning of “collective investment schemes” as defined under the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (FSMA 2000) was...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Eligibility of Life Sciences Companies for Qualified Small Business Stock

The “qualified small business stock” (QSBS) tax exemption under Section 1202 of the Internal Revenue Code allows non-corporate founders and investors in certain emerging growth companies organized as corporations to...more

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What the Yield Curve Inversion and the Sahm Rule Signal: Key Implications for Company Valuations

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The yield curve has long been a closely watched indicator of economic health. When the yield curve inverts, meaning short-term interest rates exceed long-term rates, it is often seen as a harbinger of an impending recession....more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

What Could a "Strategic Bitcoin Reserve" Mean in Practice?

The United States is no stranger to stockpiling strategic assets to serve important national interests. The U.S. strategic gold reserve provides financial stability and supports the value of the U.S. dollar...more

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Federal Court Rules ESG-Guided Investing of 401(k) Plan Is a Breach of Fiduciary Duty

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Following a bench trial, Judge O'Connor (N.D. Tex.) held that “that Defendants breached their fiduciary duty by failing to loyally act solely in the retirement plan's best financial interests by allowing their corporate...more

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The Outlook for US Private Equity in 2025

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As we launch into the next quarter century, there is much speculation about what the future holds for private equity (PE) as an asset class and driver in dealmaking. Momentum started to pick up in 2024 with the Fed announcing...more

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Changes? Yes. Records? Not so sure.

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On January 7, 2025, CFTC Chairman Rostin Behnam announced that he will be stepping down as Chairman on January 20th and leaving the Commission entirely on February 7th. Just before this announcement, Behnam told the Financial...more

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Tax Court Reaffirms Soroban Holding that “Active” Limited Partners are Subject to Self-Employment Tax

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On December 23, 2024, the Tax Court ruled in Denham Capital Management LP v. Commissioner (T.C. Memo. 2024-114), that limited partners that actively participated in the activities of a fund manager formed as a state law...more

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