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Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Shifting Signals, April 2025 - Relief for Swap Dealer Pre-Trade Disclosures

On April 4, 2025, the staff of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission ("CFTC") Market Participants Division ("MPD") issued compliance relief for registered swap dealers ("SDs") from the requirement to provide the so-called...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

CFTC Eliminates PTMMM Disclosure Requirements for Swap Entities

On April 4, 2025, the CFTC's Division of Market Participants issued No-Action Letter 25-09 regarding the controversial Pre-Trade Mid-Market Mark ("PTMMM") requirements in CFTC Regulation 23.431, effectively eliminating the...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

After 12 Enforcement Actions and 9 No-Action Letters, CFTC Staff Effectively Repeals the Pre-Trade Mid-Market Mark Disclosure...

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission's (CFTC or Commission) Market Participants Division (MPD) issued Letter 25-09, which effectively eliminates the pre-trade mid-market mark (PTMMM) disclosure requirement for uncleared...more

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SEC Provides Further Clarity in Rule 506(c) Offerings

On March 12, 2025, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) issued a No-Action Letter that provided guidance regarding the ways issuers can satisfy the accredited investor verification requirements of offerings made...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

Recent SEC Corp/Fin Interpretations of Interest

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In new Compliance and Disclosure Interpretations (see CDIs 256.35 and 256.36) and a related no-action letter (Latham & Watkins LLP, March 12, 2025), the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Division of...more

Flaster Greenberg PC

SEC Offers Updated Guidance for Rule 506(c) Private Placements

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On March 12, 2025, the SEC published a No-Action Letter clarifying accredited investor verification requirements under Rule 506(c)....more

DarrowEverett LLP

Less Red Tape, More Capital? SEC Clarifies 506(c) Verification Rules

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On March 12, 2025, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) issued a significant no-action letter clarifying the use of high minimum investment amounts as a method for verifying accredited investor status under Rule...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Back to the Future: SEC Staff Issues Sweeping New Guidance on Shareholder Proposals Mid-Season

On February 12, 2025, the Division of Corporation Finance (Staff) of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) published Staff Legal Bulletin No. 14M (SLB 14M), rescinding Staff Legal Bulletin No. 14L (Nov. 3, 2021)...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

[Webinar] ESG Outlook: Preparing for the 2025 Reporting Season - December 17th, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm CST

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Join Bass, Berry & Sims and leading environmental, social, and governance (ESG) along with corporate and securities thought leaders for the next installment of our ESG Impact Webinar series. As public companies prepare for...more

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V&E Quarterly Securities & ESG Updates - Summer 2023

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Welcome to Vinson & Elkins’ Securities and ESG Updates. Our aim is to provide insights into notable developments in securities reporting and the environmental, social and governance space over the quarter and, where...more

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CFPB To Revisit Trump-Era QM Final Rules

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In this Issue. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued a statement announcing its intention to revisit Trump-era qualified mortgage (QM) final rules; the Biden Administration announced changes to the Small...more

Hudson Cook, LLP

CFPB Bites of the Month - November Top 10

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Each month, we host a 30-minute webinar outlining the month's key announcements and takeaways from the CFPB to be considered by financial services providers. In this month's article, we share our top "bites" covered during...more

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Financial Services Weekly News: Regulators Propose Easing Volcker Rule Restrictions

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In This Issue. Federal financial regulators brought January to an impactful conclusion last week. On the morning of January 30, five federal financial regulators issued a proposed rule that would fundamentally modify the...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

Did You Remember These Developments for the 2020 SEC Reporting Season?

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Preparations for annual reporting on Form 10-K and the 2020 proxy season have begun in earnest for many companies. We have summarized certain governance and disclosure developments that should be considered in the course of...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

SEC Proposes Principles-Based Changes to Investment Adviser Advertising and Solicitation Rules, Seeks Industry Reaction by...

Key Points - SEC proposes significant changes to the Advisers Act “Advertising Rule” and “Cash Solicitation” Rule. - The proposed definition of “Advertisements” expands the types of communications that are considered...more

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SEC Releases Proposal to Revise the Advertising and Cash Solicitation Rules for Investment Advisers

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On November 4, 2019, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") issued a release proposing to revise the rules pertaining to investment adviser advertisements and payments to solicitors under the Investment...more

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SEC Proposes Amendments to Advertising and Client Solicitation Rules under the Investment Advisers Act

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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) proposed on November 4, 2019 significant amendments to its current rules under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (the “Advisers Act”) relating to investment adviser...more

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SEC Proposes Solicitation Rule Amendments

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On November 4, 2019, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed amendments to rules governing investment adviser advertisements and payment to solicitors under the Investment Advisers Act. The comment period...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

SEC Proposes to Modernize the Advertising and Cash Solicitation Rules for Investment Advisers

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On November 4, 2019, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) voted to propose amendments to modernize Rule 206(4)-1, addressing investment adviser advertisements, and Rule 206(4)-3, addressing payments to solicitors,...more

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

SEC Proposes to Modernize the Advertising and Cash Solicitation Rules for Investment Advisers

The Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) announced on Monday that it had voted to propose amendments to modernize Rule 206(4)-1 (which addresses investment adviser advertisements) (the Advertising Rule) and Rule...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

CFPB finalizes product sandbox proposal and changes to trial disclosure, no-action letter policies; discloses plans to propose...

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The CFPB has finalized its proposed revisions to its Policy to Encourage Trial Disclosure Programs” (TDP Policy) and policy on “no-action” letters (NAL Policy) and has also finalized its proposal to create a new “product...more

Orrick - Equal Pay Pulse

An Update On Pay Gap Shareholder Proposals

For nearly five years, major U.S. corporations have been subject to intense scrutiny over their decisions on whether to release internal pay gap percentages in response to shareholder proposals by Arjuna Capital, LLC and...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Capital Markets & Public Companies Quarterly: SEC Proposes Amendments to Accelerated and Large Accelerated Filer Definitions,...

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During the previous quarter, the SEC proposed new rulemaking to reduce the number of smaller companies that become subject to enhanced reporting requirements through “accelerated filer” and “large accelerated filer” status....more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

SEC Adopts Final Auditor Independence Loan Rule

On June 18, 2019, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) adopted final amendments to Rule 2-01(c)(1)(ii)(A) of Regulation S-X (the “Loan Rule”) to clarify the analysis that must be conducted to determine whether an...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Investment Management Update - June 2019

In the inaugural issue of Investment Management Update, we summarize regulatory, litigation and industry developments from February 2019 to May 2019 impacting the investment management sector....more

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