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Leave No Trace: SEC Proposes to Rescind Climate-Related Disclosure Rules

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Summary - On May 29, 2026, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) proposed the rescission of the climate-related disclosure rules originally proposed in 2022 and ultimately adopted in March 2024 (the...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Delaware Court of Chancery Interprets New Section 144 and Applies Heightened Presumption of Director Independence

On June 15, 2026, the Delaware Court of Chancery issued an Opinion interpreting Section 144 of the Delaware General Corporation Law (the DGCL), the landmark statutory measure adopted last year to provide safe harbors for...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Daily Compliance News: June 18, 2026, For Whom Tolls the Bell 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 in to the Daily Compliance News....more

McDermott Will & Schulte

Narrow Supreme Court ruling allows SEC to obtain disgorgement, but leaves questions unresolved

On June 4, 2026, the Supreme Court in Sripetch v. SEC unanimously held that the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) need not prove that investors suffered a pecuniary loss before obtaining disgorgement....more

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Supreme Court Holds Investment Company Act Section 47(b) Does Not Create a Private Right of Action

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On June 11, 2026, the Supreme Court issued its opinion in FS Credit Opportunities Corp. v. Saba Capital Master Fund, Ltd., No. 24-345, 608 U.S. ___ (2026) (“Saba Capital”)....more

Cooley LLP

Can The SEC Conduct Business If It Only Has Two Commissioners?

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I’ve seen this movie before and it’s not as scary as you would think. When I worked at the SEC during the mid-‘90s, the SEC only had two Commissioners for a spell – Chair Arthur Levitt and Commissioner Steven Wallman – and...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Trekking Through Compliance: Episode 17 – The Squire of Gothos – Training and Communication Lessons

Show Summary The episode “The Squire of Gothos” serves as an excellent illustration of essential lessons in training and communications crucial for compliance practitioners today. In this episode, the USS Enterprise,...more

Lowenstein Sandler LLP

FinTech Five - Lowenstein's FinTech, Crypto, Trading & Markets Newsletter - June 16, 2026

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On June 12, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) published a notice of proposed rulemaking (RIN 3038–AF65) to amend its rules concerning event contract derivatives traded on prediction markets. The proposal further...more

Fisher Phillips

We Predict That a Prediction Market Policy is In Your Future: 3 Steps to Crafting an Effective Policy

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Odds are good that someone in your workplace has money riding on the next interest rate decision, election outcome, or season finale of a reality show – and your existing workplace policies might not cover this new trend....more

Goodwin

Year Two of Filing Insider Trading Policies: Hot Topics and Sector Trends

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In 2022, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted rule changes requiring disclosure of whether public companies have adopted policies and procedures governing transactions in the company’s securities by its...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Supreme Court Rejects Implied Private Right of Action Under Section 47(b) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

On June 11, the Supreme Court, in a 6-3 decision authored by Justice Amy Coney Barrett, joined by Justices John G. Roberts, Clarence Thomas, Samual A. Alito, Neil M. Gorsuch, and Brett M. Kavanaugh, issued a pivotal and...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

AI Today in 5: June 17, 2026, The End of Fragmented AML Edition

Welcome to AI Today in 5, the newest addition to the Compliance Podcast Network. Each day, Tom Fox will bring you 5 stories about AI to start your day. Sit back, enjoy a cup of morning coffee, and listen in to AI Today In 5....more

Venable LLP

No Loss, No Problem? Sripetch v. SEC Dispenses with a Pecuniary Loss Requirement for SEC Disgorgement Actions

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Sripetch v. SEC marks the third installment in an almost decade-long debate over the boundaries of SEC disgorgement, a significant agency enforcement tool. In FY 2025, for instance, the Commission obtained $10.8 billion in...more

Roetzel & Andress

Legal MSOs, Like Healthcare MSOs, Face Many Challenges As Seen in Passage of Illinois HB 5487!

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Private equity and other outside investors seeking investment in law firms have mostly turned to forming legal management services organizations, or MSOs, to pursue their investment. Because we, in the healthcare space,...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

US IPO Guide - 2026 Edition

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This is our initial public offering guide. It will help you decide whether an IPO is the right move for your company and, if so, help you make sure your IPO goes off as quickly and as smoothly as possible, without any...more

Proskauer - Regulatory & Compliance

Supreme Court Holds That Section 47(b) of the Investment Company Act Does Not Create a Private Right of Action

On June 11, 2026, the United States Supreme Court issued its decision in FS Credit Opportunities Corp. v. Saba Capital Master Fund, Ltd., holding that Section 47(b) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

A Room with a View: What the Secondaries Boom Is Really Telling Us About Private Markets

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Between the two of us, we have been practicing law in Silicon Valley since the late 1990s. We have watched the dot-com bubble inflate and burst, the credit markets seize, the long zero-rate boom that followed, and the...more

Walkers

EU CryptoReg Roundup: May 2026

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Welcome to our EU crypto update - a roundup of key Irish and EU legislative and regulatory developments shaping the crypto-asset sector....more

A&O Shearman

UK FCA responds to House of Lords Committee on publicising enforcement investigations

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The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published a letter (dated 1 June) to the House of Lords Financial Services Regulation Committee. The letter sets out the FCA's findings from its "lessons learned" exercise of its...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Compliance into the Weeds: OFAC’s Warning Shot: FTI Consulting Fined for Indirect Dealings with Sanctioned Bank

The award-winning Compliance into the Weeds is the only weekly podcast that takes a deep dive into a compliance-related topic, literally going into the weeds to explore it in greater depth. Looking for some hard-hitting...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

Regulating Prediction Markets: Federal Oversight, State Authority, and the Road Ahead — Payments Pros – The Payments Law Podcast

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In this crossover episode of Payments Pros and Regulatory Oversight, Stephen Piepgrass and Keith Barnett provide an update on the fast-developing prediction markets landscape. They discuss how federal and state regulators are...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Daily Compliance News: June 17, 2026, The Book-Cation 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 in to the Daily Compliance News....more

Holland & Knight LLP

Sun, Sand and Information Sharing: Considerations in Parallel SEC-DOJ Investigations

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Companies or individuals facing an investigation by the SEC may simultaneously be confronted with parallel investigations from other agencies, including the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ). Particularly when civil and...more

Ropes & Gray LLP

NFA Eases Regulatory Burdens: Amendments to Member Questionnaire Filing Requirements and Branch Office Supervision Rules

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The National Futures Association (“NFA”) recently published two sets of amendments intended to reduce unnecessary regulatory burdens on NFA member firms (“Members”) without impacting the NFA’s ability to effectively carry out...more

Fried Frank

NFA Amends Member Questionnaire and Branch Office Supervision Requirements

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The National Futures Association (“NFA”), the industry-wide self-regulatory organization for the derivatives industry, has amended its Rules and related Interpretive Notices (i) to eliminate the requirement that an associated...more

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