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Proposed FRCP Changes: Effect on eDiscovery, RIM & IG (CLE)
The International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) proposed targeted amendments to IFRS S2 Climate-related Disclosures standard, followed by similar changes from the Australian Accounting Standards Board (AASB) to its...more
On December 28, 2024, Health Canada published a regulatory proposal in the Canada Gazette, Part I, Volume 158, Number 52, introducing amendments to the Food and Drug Regulations, CRC, c 870 and the Medical Devices...more
On December 11, 2024, the 5th Circuit issued another important opinion (for the third time this year) requiring that an administrative agency's rules fit squarely within the statutory scheme that empowers the agency to act....more
The FDIC recently finalized its resolution planning rule for large banks, which becomes effective October 1, 2024. Resolution plans, or "living wills," are plans to wind down operations in the event of bank failures. The...more
Welcome to the latest issue of Bracewell’s FINRA Facts and Trends, a monthly newsletter devoted to condensing and digesting recent FINRA developments in the areas of enforcement, regulation and dispute resolution. This month,...more
Although the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) has not yet adopted the highly-anticipated final rules on climate change disclosure, in the second quarter of 2023 the SEC continued its heated pace of rulemaking....more
On April 7, 2023, a proposed rule seeking to broaden "persuader" activity reporting requirements on the LM-10 Disclosure Form (the Disclosure Form) was sent to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review, signaling...more
The Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) on 9 February 2022 proposed new rules and amendments (collectively, the Proposed Rules) under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended (the Advisers Act)....more
In This Issue. The Federal Reserve Board of Governors (Federal Reserve), the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) released stress test scenarios to assess...more
On Wednesday, the Securities and Exchange Commission announced proposed new cybersecurity risk management rules and amendments for investment advisers and investment companies. The proposed rules are designed to address...more
In This Issue. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed changes to private fund regulation; the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) succeeded in validating its “valid-when-made” rulemaking; the...more
In This Issue. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) voted to propose money market fund reforms; the SEC also proposed amendments to Rule 10b5-1 trading plans and to modernize and improve share repurchase...more
On April 14, 2020, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) proposed, among other things, to narrow and revise the scope of information that it collects from commodity pool operators (CPOs) on its Form CPO-PQR to: ...more
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
On March 20, 2019, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) proposed a series of reforms to the registration and offering processes for registered closed-end investment companies (“Registered CEFs”). The proposal...more
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission proposed three rule changes last week to the commission’s whistleblower program, including one that would authorize the SEC to “downward adjust” monetary awards in large actions for...more
New Rules, Proposed Rules, Guidance and Alerts - PROPOSED RULES - SEC Proposes Changes to Fund Liquidity Disclosure Requirements - On March 14, 2018, the SEC issued proposed amendments to the disclosure requirements...more