Predictions regarding the 2023 CRA Rule and Section 1071 and how to prepare for expected developments
Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: Everything You Want to Know About the CFPB as Things Stand Today, and Lots More - Part 1
FCPA Compliance Report: Death of CTA
2024 Payments Year in Review: CFPB and FTC Regulatory Trends – Part One — Payments Pros – The Payments Law Podcast
Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: Alan Kaplinsky’s “Fireside Chat” with Former CFPB Leader David Silberman: His Experience During the Prior Transition from the Obama Administration to Trump
SBA’s Final Rule Is Here: Key Takeaways on Updates to HUBZone Program, Other Small Business Programs, and Various Small Business Matters
Hidden Fees in the Live-Event Ticketing and Short-Term Lodging Industries
Podcast — Drug Pricing: What’s in the New CMS Medicaid Final Rule?
Director Review Under the USPTO's Final Rule – Patents: Post-Grant Podcast
#WorkforceWednesday®: After the Block - What’s Next for Employers and Non-Competes? - Spilling Secrets Podcast - Employment Law This Week®
Employment Law Now VIII-150 - The FTC Noncompete Rule is Dead: What Now?
ERISA Blog | Changes to the HIPAA Privacy Rules A Primer for Self-Insured Group Health Plans
Sustainable Procurement: A Closer Look at the New Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR)
Employment Law Now VIII-145 – Status Update: Injunctions for FTC Non-Compete Ban and DOL Overtime Exemption Regs
Legal Alert | Reign It In: Federal Court Enjoins DOL's Expansion of Davis-Bacon Coverage
Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: What Banking Leaders Need to Know About the U.S. Supreme Court Ruling That the CFPB’s Funding Mechanism is Constitutional Part I
Unpacking FERC's Transmission Planning and Permitting Final Rules
The Burr Broadcast: Key Differences Between PWFA and ADA
DOL’s Expanded Overtime Salary Limits, EEOC’s Sexual Harassment Guidance, NY’s Mandatory Paid Prenatal Leave - Employment Law This Week®
The FTC Issued a New Rule to Ban All New Noncompete Agreements
ESMA Guidelines and Final Draft RTS on Liquidity Management Tools of UCITS and Open-Ended AIFs - Pursuant to the revised Directive 2011/61/EU (AIFMD) and Directive 2009/65/EC (UCITS Directive), the European Securities and...more
On 8 January 2025, the staff of the Division of Investment Management of the US Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) released an updated set of Frequently Asked Questions (the FAQs) related to the amendments to Rule...more
The CFPB recently issued a final rule increasing the asset exemption threshold for the Truth in Lending Act (TILA) requirement to maintain an escrow account for a higher-priced mortgage loan (HPML)....more
Enhancing market efficiency, transparency, and investor protection - The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted amendments to Regulation National Market System (Regulation NMS or Reg NMS). Regulation NMS was...more
On August 28, 2024, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) issued a final rule (the “Final Rule”) that subjects certain registered investment advisers (“RIAs”) and exempt reporting advisers (“ERAs”) to anti-money...more
On September 4, 2024, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”), U.S. Department of Treasury, published a final rule (the “Final Rule”) expanding the definition of “financial institution” under the Bank Secrecy Act...more
Introduction - On Wednesday, 6 March 2024, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved its highly anticipated final rules on “The Enhancement and Standardization of Climate-Related Disclosures for Investors” by a...more
Introduction - On 6 February 2024, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) voted 3-2 to adopt two new rules that significantly expand the definitions of a “dealer” and “government securities dealer” in Sections...more
On January 24, 2024, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) adopted new final rules relating to special purpose acquisition companies (“SPACs”). The new rules affect both initial public offerings (“IPOs”) for...more
In August 2023, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission adopted new rules and amendments to rules under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended, affecting registered and unregistered advisers to private funds. We...more
In the News. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced that it adopted Rule 12d1-4 under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the 1940 Act), providing a new regulatory framework for fund-of-funds and final...more
The five U.S. federal regulatory agencies responsible for implementing the Volcker rule — the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Federal Reserve), the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), the...more
As part of the EU Sustainability Action Plan and the Sustainable Finance initiative, the revised Directive 2007/36/EC (the “Shareholder Rights Directive” or “SRD II”) introduces new requirements on asset managers to establish...more
FCA Issues New Guidance on Cyber Resilience and Notification of Cyber Attacks - The FCA published a new page on its website providing informal guidance on cyber resilience on 18 May 2017. Following the recent global...more
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) issued in April 2016 the final version of its controversial “investment advice” regulation and various related exemptions (collectively, Final Rules), which are widely expected to have a...more