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Election Contracts and Sports Event Contracts: The Future of Regulated Event-Based Trading

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The emergence of event-based trading platforms such as KalshiEX LLC and Crypto.com/Nadex has sparked a heated regulatory and policy debate over the boundaries of financial derivatives, speculation and gambling. Both platforms...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

ISS Indefinitely Halts Consideration of Diversity Factors When Making Proxy Voting Recommendations

On February 11, 2025, Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) announced that it is suspending the consideration of diversity factors when making voting recommendations for directors at U.S. public companies. ISS’s press...more

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En Colombia se declara inexequible artículo que permitía a las SAS ser emisores de valores

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La Corte Constitucional de Colombia, mediante Sentencia C-038 de 2025, declaró inexequible el Artículo 261 de la Ley 2294 de 2023, por medio de la cual se expidió el Plan Nacional de Desarrollo 2022-2026 (PND). El artículo...more

McDermott Will & Emery

CLOs and Material Nonpublic Information: Key Takeaways from the SEC’s Settlement with Sound Point

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In this alert, we present the key lessons to be learned from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (the SEC) settlement with Sound Point Capital Management, LP (Sound Point), and discuss whether a similar enforcement...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Crypto-assets: Opportunities in the New Regulatory Climate

On 5 February 2025, Skadden hosted a series of panel discussions looking at the evolving EU, UK and US crypto-asset landscape... The discussion explored how market participants and investors can best anticipate and prepare...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Executive Order Temporarily Pauses DOJ's FCPA Enforcement and Orders a Review of Guidelines and Policies

On February 10, 2025, President Trump signed an executive order pausing enforcement of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), a law that prohibits companies with a connection to the United States from bribing foreign...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Anti-Bribery and Corruption Risks Remain Despite FCPA Enforcement Pause

On February 10, 2025, President Donald Trump signed an executive order directing the U.S. attorney general, Pam Bondi, to pause Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) actions for 180 days until she issues revised FCPA...more

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FCPA Freeze and Refocus: Is Enforcement Becoming a Tool to Promote U.S. Economic, Foreign Policy and National Security Interests?

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On February 10, 2025, President Trump signed an executive order instructing the Attorney General of the United States to pause enforcement of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act ("FCPA") and to issue updated guidelines for...more

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Acting SEC Chairman Seeks Pause on Climate-Related Disclosure Rule Litigation

On February 11, 2025, Acting Chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) Mark Uyeda issued a statement directing the Commission staff to request that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth...more

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Proposed Regulations Issued Under Internal Revenue Code § 162(m)

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Changes effective starting on January 1, 2027 - In the last few days preceding President Donald Trump’s inauguration, the IRS under the Biden administration proposed regulations to implement amendments to Internal Revenue...more

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Acting SEC Chair seeks a pause in SEC climate disclosure rule litigation

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Yesterday, Acting SEC Chair Mark Uyeda issued a statement advising that he is requesting that the Court presiding over the SEC’s climate disclosure rule litigation not “schedule the case for argument” in order to allow time...more

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President Trump “Pauses” FCPA Enforcement: What This Means for Legal & Compliance Departments

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On February 10, 2025, President Trump issued an Executive Order entitled Pausing Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Enforcement to Further American Economic and National Security. The executive order comes just days after the...more

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Climate Disclosure: SEC’s Acting Chair Requests That Eighth Circuit Hold Off on Scheduling Argument

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The SEC’s Acting Chair Mark Uyeda released this statement yesterday indicating that the agency has requested that the Eighth Circuit – where the cases challenging the SEC’s 2024 climate disclosure rules are consolidated – not...more

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Changing Climate for Corporate Disclosures: SEC Mandates Climate Disclosures for Public Companies (Updated)

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Update: On February 11, 2025, acting SEC Chairman Mark Uyeda issued a statement changing the SEC’s position on the Final Climate Rules. Chairman Uyeda states that he “continue[s] to question the statutory authority of the...more

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President Trump Pauses DOJ FCPA Enforcement and Orders Preparation of New Enforcement Guidelines

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On February 10, 2025, President Donald J. Trump signed an Executive Order pausing enforcement of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act ("FCPA") by the U.S. Department of Justice ("DOJ") for 180 days and ordering Attorney General...more

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Delaware Supreme Court Reaffirms High Bar for Proving Control by a Minority Stockholder

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Delaware Supreme Court reaffirms that “the test for actual control by a minority stockholder is not an easy one to satisfy.” Supreme Court makes clear that control by a minority stockholder is “not presumed.” Supreme Court’s...more

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Let It Be…Taxed? The Carried Interest Debate Continues

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On February 6, Congressional Republican leaders met with President Donald Trump to address the Trump Administration’s 2025 budget and tax priorities. During that meeting, the Trump Administration proposed to eliminate capital...more

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Daily Financial Regulation Update -- Wednesday February 12, 2025

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February 11, 2025- The U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs held a hearing entitled “The Semiannual Monetary Policy Report to the Congress.” The Committee heard testimony from the Honorable Jerome H....more

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Prospects for Latin American Finance Under a Second Trump Administration

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Latin American economies are uniquely positioned due to their geographical proximity to the United States, extensive economic integration, significant immigration patterns and potential for growth. The U.S. serves as the...more

Kohn, Kohn & Colapinto LLP

What Needs to Happen to Advance Whistleblower Rights in 2025

As 2025 continues to get under way and a new session of Congress begins, it is worthwhile to take stock of the most pressing reforms to whistleblower rights which must be addressed. Given the diverse web of laws which...more

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EU Platform on Sustainable Finance publishes report on enhancing usability of EU Taxonomy framework

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The EU Platform on Sustainable Finance has published a report on enhancing the usability of the EU's Taxonomy regime. The report takes account of the European Commission's stated ambition to streamline ESG reporting...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

Executive Order signals major shift in FCPA enforcement—for now

President Trump’s February 10, 2025 Executive Order pausing Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) enforcement and ordering an overhaul of FCPA policy marks a significant shift by the Department of Justice (DOJ), at least in...more

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UK Financial Conduct Authority policy statement on reforming commodity derivatives regulatory framework

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The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published a policy statement (PS25/1) on reforming the commodity derivatives regulatory framework. The policy statement sets out the FCA's response to feedback on its consultation...more

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Does Chicago's Municipal Code Make Everyone A Minority?

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Recent posts have discussed a registration statement filed Bally's Chicago, Inc. for an offering that would impose a stockholder qualification based on race, gender and ethnic status.  This qualification requirement is...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

Congress Narrows in on Stablecoin Legislation: An Analysis of the STABLE and GENIUS Acts

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The payment stablecoin (PS) legislative endgame is near. There is a clear imperative from the White House to prioritize stablecoin legislation and preserve the U.S. dollar as the world’s reserve currency. Both chambers of...more

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