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Dorsey & Whitney LLP

SEC Withdraws 14 Proposed Rules

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On June 12, 2025, the SEC formally withdrew 14 rule proposals, all but one of which were introduced during Gary Gensler’s tenure as SEC Chair. The SEC did not provide a reason for the withdrawals but stated that if it decides...more

Proskauer - Regulatory & Compliance

SEC Formally Withdraws Fourteen Rule Proposals

On June 12, 2025 the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) formally withdrew fourteen outstanding rule proposals issued by the prior administration. Although most observers doubted that the current Commission would adopt...more

Miller Canfield

2024 Regulatory Update for Investment Advisers

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In 2023, the Securities and Exchange Commission issued various proposed rules on regulatory changes that will affect SEC-registered investment advisers (RIAs). Since these rules are likely to be put into effect, RIAs should...more

White & Case LLP

Navigating New Frontiers in Regulatory Enforcement: the SEC Increases Scrutiny of Artificial Intelligence

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The SEC is Keeping a Watchful Eye on Companies' Claims about their AI Capabilities and Issued a Recent Warning: Don't "AI-Wash" - In July 2023, the SEC proposed new rules that would require broker-dealers and investment...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Investment Management Update - November 2023

...SEC Adopts Amendments to Fund Names Rule - On September 20, 2023, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted amendments to Rule 35d-1 under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the Fund Names Rule) as well...more

Mintz

The US Securities & Exchange Commission Targets AI on Multiple Fronts (Part 1 of 3)

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The U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission (“SEC”) is highly focused on regulating the use of artificial intelligence (“AI”) by financial services providers. A recent Mintz client alert discussed newly proposed rules for...more

DarrowEverett LLP

Danger, Does Not Compute: SEC Takes Aim at Predictive Data Analytics Per Proposed Rules

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On July 26, 2023, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), in a 3-2 vote, issued a release (the “Release”) containing proposed rules to address conflicts of interest associated with broker dealers’ and investment...more

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SEC Proposes Stringent New Conflict-of-Interest Rules Regarding Broker-Dealers’ and Investment Advisers’ Use of AI

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On July 26, 2023, the majority of the Commissioners of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) voted to propose new rules under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 to...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Artificial Intelligence Briefing: SEC Cracks Down on Broker-Dealers and Investment Advisors Using Predictive Data Analytics

The SEC cracks down on potential conflicts of interest for broker-dealers and investment advisors using predictive data analytics, the “No Robot Bosses Act of 2023” is introduced in the Senate to regulate employers’ use of...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

SEC Proposes Rules to Address Conflicts of Interests Associated with the Use of Predictive Data Analytics

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The Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) proposed new rules under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 to address the risks to investors from conflicts of interest associated...more

Fenwick & West LLP

SEC Proposes Rules on the Use of AI by Registered Investment Advisers and Broker-Dealers

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In light of concerns associated with artificial intelligence (AI) and AI-adjacent technologies such as machine learning in the field of investment advisory, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed new rules on...more

Vinson & Elkins LLP

Algorithmic Allegiances: Proposed SEC Rule to Regulate Conflicts of Interest in Technology

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In a move to address the implications of integrating emerging technologies into the financial markets, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) recently proposed new rules aimed at regulating potential...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

SEC Proposes New Conflicts of Interest Rule for Use of AI by Broker-Dealers and Investment Advisers

The passage of omnibus federal legislation on the use of artificial intelligence (AI) is unlikely in the short term, but individual federal agencies continue to address the implementation of AI within the areas they regulate....more

BakerHostetler

SEC Proposes AI Rules for Broker-Dealers and Advisers After Chair’s Warnings

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Chair Gensler’s Public Statements Warning of AI’s Impact on Securities Industry - In his speech before the National Press Club, Chair Gensler focused on the tremendous opportunities AI technology presents but cautioned...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

SEC Proposes Additional Conflict-of-Interest Rule for Investment Advisers' and Broker-Dealers' Use of AI in Customer Interactions

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Summary - The U.S. Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) has proposed additional compliance obligations on broker-dealers and investment advisers and their use of artificial intelligence (AI), predictive analytics, and...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

SEC takes on AI use by broker-dealers and investment advisers - Expansive coverage of types of technology and investor interaction...

In a Legal Alert issued before the SEC open meeting, we posed five questions that our Investment Services team would be looking out for as part of this meeting. We now have answers to some of these questions....more

Morgan Lewis

Everything Old Is New Again: SEC Re-Proposes Securitization Conflicts of Interest Rule

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More than a decade after its initial proposal,1 the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has re-proposed a new rule 2 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act), prohibiting material conflicts...more

Proskauer - The Capital Commitment

Conflicts of Interest: How High Will the Bar be Raised?

The SEC last month proposed rules under the Advisers Act indicating a dramatic shift in how the SEC intends to reduce conflicts of interest involving private fund managers and their investors. As we previously noted in the...more

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U.S. Department of Labor Formalizes Reinstatement of “Five Part Test” For Fiduciary Investment Advice and Proposes Broad Principal...

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On June 29, 2020, the U.S. Department of Labor (the Department) formally reinstated its “five-part test” for determining what constitutes “investment advice” under ERISA and Section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code (the...more

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Massachusetts Proposes Final Fiduciary Rule

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Recently, the Massachusetts Securities Division made public its proposed final fiduciary duty rule (the “Proposed Rule”). The MSD has requested public comment concerning the Proposed Rule by January 7, 2020....more

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SEC Proposes Rule Changes for Proxy Advisory Firms

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On November 5, 2019, the SEC issued a release proposing amendments to the federal proxy rules that are intended to enhance the accuracy and transparency of information provided by proxy advisory firms to investors and...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

SEC Proposes Wide-Ranging Changes to Investment Adviser Marketing Rules

On November 4, 2019, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) released a proposed rule amendment (the Marketing Amendment) that would substantially modify SEC Rules 206(4)-1 (the Advertising Rule) and 206(4)-3 (the...more

Fenwick & West LLP

SEC Proposes Rules Targeting Proxy Advisory Firms

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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has proposed amendments to the proxy solicitation rules, directly targeting proxy advisory firms (Release No. 34-87457). Consistent with the updated interpretative guidance the SEC...more

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Investment Services Regulatory Update - July 2018

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New Rules, Proposed Rules, Guidance and Alerts - PROPOSED RULES - SEC Proposes New Rule to Permit Certain ETFs to Operate Without an Exemptive Order - On June 28, 2018, the SEC issued a proposed new rule under the...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Regulation Best Interest: The SEC Responds to the DOL’s Fiduciary Rule

On April 18, 2018, the Securities and Exchange Commission published its proposed Regulation Best Interest. Regulation Best Interest would require broker-dealers and affiliated persons to act in the best interest of a retail...more

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