The LathamTECH Podcast — Where Digital Assets Slot Into a Shifting Fintech Regulatory Landscape: Insights From the US, UK, and EU
10 For 10: Top Compliance Stories For the Week Ending May 17, 2025
Daily Compliance News: May 13, 2025, The Leaving on a Jet Plane Edition
Everything Compliance: Episode 153, The CW 25 Edition
Navigating the Future of Payment Stablecoins: Legislative Updates and Market Implications — The Crypto Exchange Podcast
Daily Compliance News: April 22, 2025, The Upping Your Game Edition
Daily Compliance News: April 9, 2025, The Corruption at the DOJ Edition
10 For 10: Top Compliance Stories For The Week Ending April 5, 2025
Daily Compliance News: April 4, 2025, The Tariffs on Penguins Edition
Daily Compliance News: April 3, 2025, The Tribute to Ice Edition
Great Women in Compliance: The Future of Enforcement with Jennifer Lee
Regulatory Ramblings: Episode 65 – The Trump Administration’s Decision to Halt FCPA Enforcement – The Implications for Asia and the World with Tom Fox, Malcolm Nance, and Philip Rohlik
Navigating 2025: The SEC's Evolving Role in Cryptocurrency Enforcement — The Crypto Exchange Podcast
The SEC's Reach Beyond Publicly Traded Companies
Everything Compliance: Episode 151, The What is Illegal DEI Edition
Everything Compliance, Shout Outs and Rants: Episode 151, The What is Illegal DEI Edition
Fintech Focus Podcast | Crypto 2.0: What’s Next in the US?
Episode 351 -- Deep Dive into the AAR FCPA Settlement
PODCAST: Williams Mullen's Raising Capital 101: A Securities Podcast - What Are the Differences Between Private & Public Offerings?
Episode 345 -- Raytheon Pays $950 Million to Resolve Fraud, FCPA, ITAR and False Claims Act Violations
Hello, this is Dave Lynn, and I’m a partner in Goodwin’s Capital Markets practice and chair of the firm’s Public Company Advisory practice. This is New Directions, a series of discussions about the impact and trajectory of...more
Since March 12, 2025, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has approved multiple applications for multi-share class exemptive relief for private business development companies (BDCs) and certain registered...more
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) under the current Trump administration has swiftly adopted a new agenda. Some of the first initiatives dealt with shareholder engagement and shareholder proposals. These...more
On March 3, 2025, the staff of the Division of Corporation Finance (the “Staff”) of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) announced significant enhancements to the ability of issuers to submit draft...more
The SEC has declared its intent to “return[] to its narrow mission to facilitate capital formation, while protecting investors and maintaining fair, orderly, and efficient markets.” The new accommodations will allow any...more
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has announced significant changes to its confidential filing procedures, aiming to support capital formation and provide greater flexibility for companies planning public...more
On March 3, 2025, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) staff issued guidance that expands the existing accommodations available to companies to submit draft registration statements to the SEC for confidential,...more
Companies seeking to raise capital through a public offering are encouraged to note the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)’s announcement on March 3, 2025 that the staff of the Division of Corporation Finance (SEC...more
The SEC announced that companies can now submit registration statements for confidential review before public filing in connection with most registered offerings. This expansion builds on the confidential filing process that...more
In March 2025, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced that it is expanding the accommodations available for issuers that submit draft registration statements for nonpublic review. The SEC’s Division of...more
The SEC Staff has expanded the ability of issuers to make confidential submission of draft registration statements and clarified the procedures for making confidential submissions. This new policy takes effect immediately....more
Yesterday, the SEC announced that Corp Fin was “further facilitating capital formation by enhancing the accommodations available to companies for nonpublic review of draft registration statements.” You might recall that, in...more
Yesterday, the Staff of the Division of Corporation Finance of the Securities and Exchange Commission announced a new policy permitting confidential submission of registration statements in additional circumstances in order...more
The Acting SEC Chairman announced regulatory priorities designed to help companies raise capital, widen investment options available to retail investors, and reduce regulatory burdens on smaller public companies....more
On December 20, 2024, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), announced settled charges against two private companies and one registered investment adviser for failing to timely file Forms D, a violation of Rule...more
The Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) Small Business Capital Formation Advisory Committee will meet on February 25, 2025 to discuss capital-raising challenges for emerging fund managers and smaller public companies...more
The SEC has announced that Commissioner Mark T. Uyeda has been designated Acting Chair of the SEC. As you know, Paul Atkins has been nominated to serve as Chair, following his confirmation by the Senate. Uyeda said that he...more
The SEC Office of the Advocate for Small Business Capital Formation has released its Annual Report for Fiscal Year 2024, shedding light on the current state of initial public offerings (IPOs) and the challenges faced by small...more
A recent report from the SEC's Office of the Advocate for Small Business Capital Formation presents a study on how the Rule 506(c) exemption under Regulation D of the Securities Act of 1933 is used in fundraising by venture...more
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Not long ago, the SEC hosted the Annual Small Business Forum. The Forum provides an opportunity to consider a broad array of issues affecting private companies as well as smaller public companies seeking to raise capital and...more
The Securities and Exchange Commission announced an upcoming meeting of its Small Business Capital Formation Advisory Committee on May 6, 2024. The meeting will include a discussion of Regulation Crowdfunding (Reg CF) and...more
Identifying potential investors is one of the most difficult challenges facing early-stage companies. The range of amounts sought at this stage is typically greater than what could be provided by the founders and friends and...more
On March 8, 2024, the House of Representatives passed the Expanding Access to Capital Act, H.R. 2799, which we had previously posted on the blog. ...more