Today marks the 52nd Earth Day celebration, initially commenced in 1970 as citizens around the nation, and the world, gathered to demand stronger protection for the environment: cleaner water, air and land. As in 1970, the...more
The report addresses the market risks and regulatory challenges presented by stablecoins and urges Congress to act quickly. On November 1, 2021, the President’s Working Group on Financial Markets (PWG) in conjunction...more
As you have inevitably read about, in September 2021, the Biden administration instructed the Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to write a rule that would generally require employers...more
A wide-ranging report encourages regulators to take a concerted approach to combat climate-related risks to the US financial system. On October 21, 2021, the Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC) published a...more
On June 9, 2021, President Biden signed an Executive Order (“EO”) revoking Trump’s orders on TikTok and WeChat. In their stead, President Biden’s EO subjects software applications controlled or owned by “foreign adversaries”...more
At the beginning of the year, we published a short report on the surge in year-end insurance regulatory activity concerning climate change risks (available here). January was another busy month, and we report below on...more