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UK FCA policy statement on the DTO and PTRR services

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The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published its policy statement (PS25/2) with final rules on the classes of derivatives subject to the derivatives trading obligation (DTO) and the new framework for the exemptions...more

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Amendments to the BVI Business Companies Act

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On 2 January 2025, the BVI Business Companies (Amendment) Act, 2024 and the BVI Business Companies and Limited Partnership (Beneficial Ownership) Regulations, 2024 (the “Amendments”) came into effect. The Amendments impact...more

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Michigan’s Proposed FOIA Bills Extend Transparency to Governor and Legislature

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Michigan’s Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) has long shielded the state’s highest levels of government, exempting the governor’s office and legislature from FOIA requests. The only other state with such an exemption is...more

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FOIA and Open Records Requests - The Ultimate Guide

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The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and similar open records acts allow the public access to records under the control of governmental agencies. These access rights state that public information shall be delivered within a...more

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Global Legal Insights Fintech 2024: Jersey chapter

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Financial technology is already well established in Jersey, and firms are embedding technological solutions which enhance their products and services, increase efficiencies, and provide greater transparency. Originally...more

DarrowEverett LLP

Ready for More Corporate Transparency? Understanding the NY LLCTA

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Despite the fact that its constitutionality is currently in legal limbo, the federal Corporate Transparency Act has already had an impact rippling through a number of business sectors, thanks in no small part to the wave of...more

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[Webinar] Corporate Transparency Act's Impact on Real Estate: Reporting Companies; Exemptions; Beneficial Ownership Reporting -...

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This CLE webinar will examine the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA), effective Jan. 1, 2024, and its impact on real estate entities and transactions, including who is considered a "reporting company" subject to new beneficial...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Update (2): The NY LLC Transparency Act and Corporate Transparency Act’s Impact on Private Fund Managers

In the weeks since publishing our original alert, FinCEN released several frequently asked questions (FAQs) on the application of the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA). Private fund managers are likely to find two of these...more

Kohrman Jackson & Krantz LLP

Ohio Changes Community Reinvestment Area Exemptions

Ohio Senate Bill 33 (S.B. 33), which makes significant changes to the Ohio’s laws regulating Community Reinvestment Area (CRA) incentives, goes into effect April 3, 2023. Introduced in early 2021, S.B. 33 aggressively expands...more

Mintz Edge

FinCen Publishes Final Rule on Beneficial Ownership Requirements - a Critical Step Towards Heightened Transparency in U.S....

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On January 1, 2021, Congress passed the Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA” or the “Act”) to “better enable critical national security, intelligence and law enforcement efforts to counter money laundering, financing of...more

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California Privacy Rights Act: Latest Update, Impact and Next Steps

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The California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) is a ballot initiative that, if passed in November, will significantly amend the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA)....more

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

SEC Eases Path for Exchange-Traded Fund (ETF) Launches

In an effort to modernize the regulation of ETFs, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) announced today its adoption of Rule 6c-11 (the New Rule) which establishes a clear and consistent framework for the...more

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AIM companies and Scottish partnerships to be brought within the scope of the PSC register regime

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From 24 July 2017, UK companies whose shares are admitted to trade on the London Stock Exchange’s AIM market, and other companies listed on prescribed markets, will no longer be exempt from the requirements to keep and...more

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

Pai FCC Restores and Expands Small Carrier Open Internet Transparency Exemption

On Thursday February 23, 2017, by a 2-1 vote, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted to restore the Small Provider Exemption from the Commission’s Open Internet rules, and to expand the exemption to cover more BIAS...more

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Alert: Republican FCC Commissioners Fire First Shot in Next Network Neutrality Battle

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In a statement released on Friday, December 16, and a letter to leaders of industry trade groups released on Monday, December 19, Michael O'Rielly and Ajit Pai, the two current Republican FCC commissioners, began the next...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

FCC Announces Enhanced Broadband Transparency Disclosures Will Become Effective on January 17, 2017 – Small Provider Exemptions in...

On Thursday, December 16, the FCC announced that the Office of Management and Budget had approved the long-delayed “enhanced” Open Internet transparency requirements, which were originally approved in March 2015. As a result,...more

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FCC’s Enhanced Transparency Rule Effective January 17, 2017; Small Provider Exemption Expires

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According to a Public Notice the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) released today, on December 15, 2016, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), has completed its review of the enhanced transparency rule from the...more

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SEC Adopts Payment Disclosure Rules for Companies Engaged in Resource Extraction

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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) has adopted new rules which require “resource extraction issuers” to disclose annually the type and amount of payments that they (or their subsidiaries or entities under...more

K&L Gates LLP

SEC Adopts Payment Disclosure Rules for Resource Extraction Issuers

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On June 27, 2016, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) adopted Rule 13q-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”) and amendments to Form SD (Specialized Disclosure Report) (See SEC...more

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Drastic Changes Proposed for Clinical Research Rules

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) and fifteen other Federal Departments and Agencies have announced a proposal to update the Federal Policy for the Protection of Human Subjects known as the “Common...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Dodd-Frank at 4: Where do we go from here?

Where do we go from here? As we mark another milestone in regulatory reform with the fourth anniversary of the enactment of the Dodd-Frank Act, it strikes us that although most studies required to be undertaken by the Act...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

FCC Seeks Input on Open Internet Transparency Exemption

Smaller broadband providers now have an opportunity to convince the FCC to maintain the small provider exemption from the new “enhanced” transparency (disclosure) requirements of the 2015 Open Internet Order. As we explained...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Plans for UK Public Register of Company Beneficial Ownership

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In June 2013 we provided an update on proposals by the UK Government to establish a more rigorous transparent disclosure regime relating to ownership of UK incorporated companies, including their beneficial ownership. While...more

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Balancing The Burdens Of Transparency In The Illinois Freedom Of Information Act

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A recent Chicago Tribune editorial, “The burden of transparency” asks a provocative question: does the unduly burdensome exemption in the Illinois Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) allow an unfair loophole for public bodies...more

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