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SEC Commissioner Uyeda Suggests the SEC Will Not Rescind the Climate Disclosure Rule

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SEC Commissioner Uyeda, one of the Republican appointees to the Securities & Exchange Commission, recently stated (in remarks at the 2025 “SEC Speaks” Conference) that the SEC should not rescind the climate disclosure rule...more

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Developments in Crypto Regulation: DeFi Tax Reporting Repeal and SEC Disclosure Guidance

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The Trump administration continues its efforts to relax digital asset regulation, including most recently by exempting decentralized finance ("DeFi") apps and wallets from tax reporting and through Securities and Exchange...more

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Nasdaq’s Recommendations for a Better Capital Market

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Last week, Nasdaq released this interesting paper that sets forth a set of recommendations to improve the capital markets. Nasdaq believes its recommendations not only come out at a critical time when policymakers have real...more

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Pay vs. Performance and Cybersecurity Disclosure Rules: Will the SEC Retract Rulemaking?

On March 31, 2025, members of the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Financial Services sent a letter to Mark Uyeda, Acting Chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Seeking to “undo the damage from...more

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What the SEC’s (Pending) Shutdown Means for You

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With it looking pretty likely that the federal government will shut down at midnight tomorrow, here are 10 things you should know based on the SEC’s “operations plan during a shutdown” guidance and Corp Fin’s list of 22...more

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The Financial Innovation and Technology for the 21st Century Act: A Template for Future Crypto Market Legislation?

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Last year, the House passed the Financial Innovation and Technology for the 21st Century Act (FIT 21) to close gaps created by current laws that did not anticipate the emergence of digital assets. FIT 21 seeks to divide...more

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Regulating Digital Assets: FIT21 Seems to Fit the Bill

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The United States lacks a regulatory framework geared toward digital assets. This raises consumer protection concerns, causes regulatory turf battles and duplicative enforcement actions, impedes innovation, and puts the...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

SEC Rescinds Crypto Interpretive Guidance That Has Hamstrung Industry

Effective January 30, the Securities & Exchange Commission ("SEC") rescinded the Staff Accounting Bulleting ("SAB") that has made engaging in crypto-related activities so perilous over the last couple of years, SAB-121,...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

New Federal Initiatives for Digital Asset Regulatory Frameworks

The establishment by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) of a Crypto Task Force and the issuance by President Trump of an executive order entitled “Strengthening American Leadership in Digital Financial Technology”...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Matters To Consider for the 2025 Annual Meeting and Reporting Season

Our checklist and analysis present matters for companies to consider as they conduct their 2025 annual meetings and file reports to meet upcoming regulatory, shareholder and advisory deadlines. We outline key issues to...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Foreign Listed Stock Index Futures and Options Approvals

Attached please find the updated Foreign Listed Stock Index Futures and Options Approvals Chart, current as of November 8, 2024. All prior versions are superseded and should be discarded. Please note the following...more

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Troutman Pepper Weekly Consumer Financial Services Newsletter - September 2024 #4

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To keep you informed of recent activities, below are several of the most significant federal and state events that have influenced the Consumer Financial Services industry over the past week....more

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RegFi Episode 31: The Road Ahead for Financial Services Data Privacy Regulation

Orrick Partner Beth McGinn joins RegFi co-hosts Jerry Buckley and Sasha Leonhardt for our second episode focused on the proposed American Privacy Rights Act and its potential impact on the financial services industry. Beth...more

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Primarily Non-Financial Corporate Reporting: Climate Change

Version 2.0 following publication of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) Climate-Related Disclosure Rules - A wave of new legislation and regulation in the U.S. and Europe has the potential to significantly...more

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Horizon Scan for Private Investment Funds: Key Recent and Expected funds, Regulatory and Tax Developments to look out for -...

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Welcome to the first edition of our Horizon Scan for 2024: key recent and expected funds, regulatory and tax developments to look out for. As before, we focus on the most important developments and changes that we expect to...more

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Matters To Consider for the 2024 Annual Meeting and Reporting Season

Companies have important decisions to make as they prepare for the 2024 annual meeting and reporting season. We have compiled this overview of the latest key issues — including SEC disclosure requirements, SEC guidance,...more

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Well, California Has Decided to Regulate Crypto

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On October 13, California Governor Gavin Newsom (D) signed Assembly Bill 39 (Digital Financial Assets Law). This new law broadly empowers the California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation (DFPI) to govern...more

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Promissory Notes - Banking & Finance Insights: V 3, Issue 3, March 2023

Now is the Time to Guard Against Reckless Banking Legislation - “Only a structural change to the way Congress acts on financial regulation will prevent future losses.” Why this is important: An old adage is that...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

SEC Adopts Long-Awaited Final Pay Versus Performance Disclosure Rules

On August 25, 2022, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted final rules requiring public companies to disclose the relationship between the executive compensation actually paid to the company’s named...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

In Depth: What Can Public Companies Do Now to Prepare for the SEC’s New Proposed Rules on Climate-Related Disclosures?

On March 21, 2022, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) proposed far-reaching amendments to Regulation S-K and Regulation S-X that would mandate significant additional climate-related disclosures for public...more

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SEC Adopts Amendments to Change the Format and Procedure on Filing Fee Disclosures

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The Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) recently implemented amendments to most fee-bearing forms and related rules with a stated goal of modernizing filing fee disclosure and enhancing the validation speed and...more

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SEC Announces Proposals Relating to Rule 10b5-1, Share Repurchases and Other Matters

On December 15, 2021, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed several amendments and new disclosure requirements intended to address what it perceives as potentially abusive practices engaged in by public...more

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SEC Proposes New Round of Money Market Fund Reforms

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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

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SEC Is Exploring Reforms Regarding Private Fund Disclosure Of Conflicts Of Interest And Fees and Expenses

On September 14, 2021, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Gary Gensler testified before the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. During his testimony, he stated that the SEC is exploring...more

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It's Official! SEC Agrees "Shall" Is Ambiguous

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Nearly a decade ago, I commented on the ambiguity that inheres in "shall"...more

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