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
As widely reported, former SEC Commissioner Paul Atkins (2002-2008) is to be nominated to serve as SEC Chair. This WSJ op-ed describes him as the “anti-Gensler”—the “opposite of Mr. Gensler in temperament and regulatory...more
Former SEC Commissioner Paul Atkins has been selected as the new SEC Chair nominee. Paul served as a Commissioner from 2002 to 2008 and was a staffer at the SEC during the ’90s....more
On the heels of Chair Gary Gensler’s announcement of his departure on January 20, SEC Commissioner Jaime Lizárraga has issued a statement announcing his departure, effective January 17, 2025. The statement indicates that he...more
In a statement, the SEC has announced that Chair Gary Gensler will step down from his position at noon on January 20, 2025. That’s of course the time when the new president is sworn in, so it’s not exactly a surprise....more
But not to the SEC. Reuters is reporting that former SEC Chair Jay Clayton “is in talks for several potential roles” in the new Administration, according to “several sources familiar with the matter.” Clayton, a political...more
Commissioner Uyeda spoke at the Securities and Exchange Commission’s 30th Annual Institute for Securities Market Growth and Development. Commissioner Uyeda focused on the need to root out bad actors and promote transparent...more
In her remarks yesterday at PLI’s SEC Speaks—after a detour to excoriate the SEC’s “maze of staff guidance” defining industry practices that has become effectively “mandatory” even in the absence of input from the full SEC...more
In remarks this week before PLI’s 55th Annual Institute on Securities Regulation, SEC Commissioner Mark Uyeda shared his views about the disclosure rulemaking process. He observed that, since becoming a commissioner 16 months...more
Some Republican House members are proposing a bill to “stabilize” the SEC, the SEC Stabilization Act (H.R. 4019). What do they mean by that? First and foremost would be removal of the current “tyrannical”—their word, not...more
Join BakerHostetler for our series of Fireside Chats about the latest developments impacting the capital markets and their participants, and the blockchain industry....more
The public/private company dichotomy has been a perennial discussion topic. A statistic frequently tossed around is that there are about half as many public companies today as there were in 1996, and those that are around...more
Speaking at a conference at Columbia University as part of the Columbia Law and Business Schools’ Program in the Law and Economics of Capital Markets, Securities and Exchange Commission Commissioner Uyeda shared his views...more
A couple of days ago, the SEC amended Reg S-T to extend the filing deadline for Form 144 from 5:30 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. Eastern Time. You may remember that, in June last year, the SEC adopted amendments to require electronic...more
On October 25, SEC Commissioner Mark Uyeda spoke at the Georgetown Law Hotel and Lodging Summit sharing his view on SEC-mandated climate change disclosures. While the Commissioner acknowledged the robust public response to...more
Last week, the two Republican Commissioners of the SEC availed themselves of the opportunity presented by the ability to comment on the Financial Accounting Foundation's Strategic Plan Draft for Public Comment to again voice...more
On Thursday, as reported by Thomson Reuters, the Senate unanimously confirmed Jaime E. Lizárraga and Mark Toshiro Uyeda to serve as SEC Commissioners. Lizárraga will fill the seat of departing Democratic Commissioner Allison...more
While the proposed requirement to disclose material Scope 3 greenhouse gas emissions seems to be one of the most contentious—if not the most contentious—element of the SEC’s climate disclosure proposal (see this PubCo post...more
In remarks on March 5, 2022 on PLI’s Corporate Governance webcast, Commissioner Allison Herren Lee of the Securities and Exchange Commission stated that, 20 years after its enactment, it is time to revisit the “unfulfilled...more
Nominees for SEC commissioner On April 6, President Joe Biden announced his intent to nominate Jaime Lizárraga to fill the seat to be vacated by SEC Commissioner Allison Herren Lee, and Mark Uyeda to fill the seat vacated by...more
REGULATORY UPDATES - Senate Confirms Jackson as Supreme Court Justice - The Senate has voted to confirm Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson as the 116th Supreme Court justice and the first Black woman and former public defender to...more
According to a statement from the White House, President Biden is planning to nominate two new SEC commissioners, Democrat Jaime Lizárraga to fill the seat of departing Commissioner Allison Herren Lee (see this PubCo post),...more
On March 4, 2022, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commissioner Allison Herren Lee, in remarks before the Practicing Law Institute, called on federal regulators to work to issue rules adopting standards of professional conduct...more
Securities and Exchange Commissioner (“SEC”) Allison Herren Lee, in remarks before the Practicing Law Institute, recently called on federal regulators to adopt standards of professional conduct for attorneys practicing before...more
SEC Commissioner Allison Herren Lee has announced her intention not to seek another term on the Commission when her current term ends in June. Here is Chair Gary Gensler’s statement on her departure....more
On March 15, 2022, SEC Commissioner Allison Herren Lee announced she will not seek a second term once her current term expires in June of this year. The departure of Commissioner Lee, a Democrat-appointee, follows the January...more