No Password Required Podcast: Chief Product Officer at ThreatLocker and Advocate of Buc-ee’s, Mascots, and Buc-ee Mascots
All Things Investigations: Terrorism Designations of Mexican Cartels Fundamentally Enhances Risk for All Companies
Daily Compliance News: March 18, 2025, The Slack Channel Edition
Compliance Tip of the Day: AI for Whistleblower Anonymity
FCPA Compliance Report: Celebrating the 2025 World’s Most Ethical Companies: Highlights with Erica Salmon Byrne
Daily Compliance News: March 17, 2025, The Severance Edition
Episode 360 -- Natalie Druckman from Certa on AI-Enhanced Third-Party Risk Management
10 For 10: Top Compliance Stories For the Week Ending March 15, 2025
Compliance Tip of the Day: Use of Blockchain in Compliance
Daily Compliance News: March 14, 2025, The $200 Transaction Edition
The SEC's Reach Beyond Publicly Traded Companies
Compliance Tip of the Day: Superforecasting
Everything Compliance: Episode 151, The What is Illegal DEI Edition
Daily Compliance News: March 13, 2025, The Uncle Jeffrey Edition
Compliance Tip of the Day: Taming Complexity
Hill Country Podcast: Upcoming Exhibits and Events at the Museum of Western Art
Compliance into the Weeds: More Compliance Challenges in the Trump Era
Great Women in Compliance: Stop, Collaborate, & Listen with Kristy Grant-Hart
Daily Compliance News: March 12, 2025, The Ruth Marcus Resigns Edition
Compliance Tip of the Day: The Last Mile
Early crowdfunding often broke securities laws due to unregistered offerings. In 2015, the SEC's Regulation Crowdfunding (Regulation CF) addressed this, stemming from the JOBS Act. It provides an exemption for certain...more
Innovation comes in many areas, and compliance professionals need to be ready for it and embrace it. Join Tom Fox, the Voice of Compliance, as he visits with top innovative minds, thinkers, and creators in the award-winning...more
An overview of the recent SEC action to extend the compliance dates for rules requiring submission for central clearing of certain Treasury repo transactions. An overview of the temporary exemption providing relief to...more
Who may be interested: Registered Investment Companies; Investment Advisers; Boards of Directors; Compliance Officers - Quick Take: The SEC recently announced a six-month extension of the compliance dates for amendments to...more
In 2024, plaintiffs filed 36 securities class action lawsuits against non-U.S. issuers, up by three from the 33 filings in 2023. Also last year, courts rendered 22 decisions resolving motions to dismiss securities class...more
Conditions for direct or indirect investment in infrastructure have significantly improved for German regulated investors covered by the Investment Ordinance (Anlageverordnung) in regard to the investment of their secured...more
Welcome to “Compliance Tip of the Day,” the podcast where we bring you daily insights and practical advice on navigating the ever-evolving landscape of compliance and regulatory requirements. Whether you’re a seasoned...more
The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published a statement confirming that there is nothing in its rules, including its sustainability rules, that prevents investment in or finance for defence companies. The FCA...more
On March 7, 2025, Judge John P. Cronan of the Southern District of New York granted a motion for judgment on the pleadings in a putative class action asserting claims under Sections 11 and 15 of the Securities Act of 1933...more
The International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) has published a consultation report on the use cases, risks and challenges of AI in capital markets. The report, which is based on feedback from IOSCO's members...more
The Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/379 has been published in the Official Journal of the European Union. The EU Capital Requirements Directive requires competent authorities to conduct an annual assessment of...more
As Congress moves to enact comprehensive stablecoin legislation under the Trump administration, both the Senate and the House of Representatives have updated their respective payment stablecoin bills. Our recent Commentary...more
Frost Brown Todd’s (FBT) Public Finance Practice Group hosted its annual Public Finance 360° Seminar on Feb. 20, 2025. Webinar topics included a 2025 municipal bond market update, financial disclosure considerations, and tax...more
The Supreme Court of Delaware, applying Delaware’s “meaningful linkage” standard, has held that wrongful acts alleged in a securities class action were meaningfully linked to wrongful acts alleged by the SEC, such that the...more
A federal banking agency, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), has smoothed the way for national banks and federal savings associations to engage in crypto-related activities with the issuance of Interpretive...more
Managers are often able to secure more-flexible recycling provisions, enabling them to reinvest a wider range of proceeds, often within an overall cap on amounts....more
On March 24, 2025, “EDGAR Next”—the updated online platform by which companies and individuals can access and manage their EDGAR accounts—goes live. Professionals who regularly make EDGAR filings on behalf of companies or...more
In December of last year, Nasdaq proposed a rule change to modify the initial listing requirements related to liquidity. More specifically, Nasdaq proposed to change Listing Rules 5405 and 5505 to require that a company...more
On Friday, March 14, in Regulatory Notice 25-05, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) proposed a new rule to address when registered individuals engage in activities away from their member firms and when...more
The Financial Conduct Authority (the FCA) has published a consultation on debt offerings to retail investors which proposes to introduce a single disclosure standard for debt prospectuses, removing the current distinction...more
The NYSE American stock exchange requires a listed company to obtain shareholder approval prior to issuing shares pursuant to (i) stock-based compensation plans, (ii) certain acquisitions and change of control transactions,...more
On March 12, 2025, the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued a series of updates to the Securities Act Rules Compliance and Disclosure Interpretations (C&DIs), primarily affecting exempt offerings under...more
I have seen the line "Independence now, independence forever!" attributed to Daniel Webster but I have been unable to locate the line in any of the texts cited as the source. I have also seen a longer quotation attributed to...more
This white paper is intended to guide and inform registered funds, their sponsors and other service providers and their boards (“Boards”) as they prepare to take advantage of potentially forthcoming exemptive relief (the...more
On March 12, 2025, the Division of Corporation Finance (the “Division”) of the SEC issued a no-action letter (the “No-Action Letter”) providing new guidance on Rule 506(c) of Regulation D under the Securities Act....more
