On June 4, 2026, a unanimous Supreme Court ruled in Sripetch v. SEC, 608 U.S. _ (2026) that the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) can seek disgorgement from a respondent who violates the federal securities laws even…
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/ Civil Procedure, Civil Remedies, Commercial Law & Contracts, Securities Law
On May 28, 2026, the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) Wage and Hour Division (WHD) issued a collection of opinion letters that provide guidance on several important issues under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)…
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/ Administrative Law, Health, Labor & Employment Law
Schedule A litigation has become a prominent tool for intellectual property owners to effectively enforce their rights against entities misappropriating their trademarks, copyrights, and/or patented inventions through the sale…
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/ Civil Procedure, Intellectual Property, International Law & Trade, Science, Computers, & Technology
On March 23, 2026, the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts issued a final judgment with respect to an enforcement action originally filed by the SEC in 2019 in which the SEC alleged that a dually registered…
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/ Commercial Law & Contracts, Finance & Banking, Securities Law
On March 23, 2026, the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts issued a final judgment with respect to an enforcement action originally filed by the SEC in 2019 in which the SEC alleged that a dually registered…
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/ Civil Procedure, Civil Remedies, Commercial Law & Contracts, Securities Law
On April 7, 2026, the U.S. Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, known as FinCEN, issued a proposed rule designed to reform financial institutions’ anti-money laundering (AML) and countering the financing…
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/ Administrative Law, Finance & Banking
On April 27, 2026, the staff of the SEC’s Division of Investment Management issued a no-action letter that (1) expanded the applicability of the streamlined co-investment relief process previously granted to closed-end funds and…
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/ Business Organizations, Commercial Law & Contracts, Finance & Banking, Securities Law
On March 17, 2026, the SEC granted exemptive relief from Section 11(d)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and Rules 10b-10 and 14e-5 thereunder, and the SEC staff issued no-action relief regarding Rules…
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/ Commercial Law & Contracts, Finance & Banking, Securities Law
On May 18, 2026, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC” or “Commission”) announced that it had rescinded its long-standing “no-deny” policy, codified in Rule 202.5(e) of its informal rules of procedures, requiring…
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/ Administrative Law, Commercial Law & Contracts, Constitutional Law, Securities Law
Last week, in Flowers Foods, Inc. v. Brock, the Supreme Court of the United States “delivered” a ruling that will have a noteworthy impact on employers who have arbitration agreements and employees who play a significant role…
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/ Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR), Labor & Employment Law, Transportation
Vedder’s litigation team secured a win on May 22, 2026 for a client involving an interlocutory appeal of the North Carolina Business Court’s exercise of personal jurisdiction over several defendants named in a commercial dispute…
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/ Civil Procedure, Commercial Law & Contracts
On April 28, 2026, the SEC increased the financial thresholds for “qualified client” status under Rule 205-3 of the Advisers Act. The change, which takes effect June 29, 2026, reflects the SEC’s required five‑year inflation…
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/ Administrative Law, Commercial Law & Contracts, Finance & Banking, Securities Law
The UK Employment Rights Act 2025 (the ERA 2025) does not create an automatic right to work flexibly, but it will make it harder for employers to refuse flexible working requests…
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/ Business Organizations, International Law & Trade, Labor & Employment Law
The American Law Institute’s annual Accountants’ Liability conference was held on May 14 and 15, 2026, in Washington, D.C. The conference, now in its 36th year, was co-hosted by Junaid A. Zubairi, Chair of Vedder’s Government…
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/ Commercial Law & Contracts, Professional Malpractice, Science, Computers, & Technology, Securities Law
The Family Neonatal Intensive Care Leave Act (the “Act”) takes effect on June 1, 2026, making Illinois one of the first states in the country to require job-protected parental leave for employees with children who are receiving…
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/ Business Organizations, Health, Labor & Employment Law
