12/23/2025 4:25:30 PM 2025 Bank Regulatory Roundup and What to Look for in 2026 By Alison Hashmall David Sewell Nariné Atamian Abby Shamray +1 more... Show less U.S. banking regulation underwent a material reset in 2025. With new leadership at the Federal Reserve, the OCC, and the FDIC, the second...
12/17/2025 9:59:38 PM SEC Retires Global Research Analyst Settlement: More Principles-Based Oversight Under FINRA Rule 2241 Defines the New Landscape By Melissa Hodgman Erik Gerding David Nicolardi December 2025 marks the end of an era. The Securities and Exchange Commission has formally terminated the remaining undertakings of the...
12/17/2025 3:00:12 PM The False Claims Act: Evolving Enforcement & Constitutional Scrutiny By David Livshiz Jacob Johnston Cindy Gao The False Claims Act is a centerpiece of the Federal Government’s anti-fraud efforts, accounting for nearly $3 billion in judgments and...
12/16/2025 8:19:10 PM Doing Business in High-Risk Jurisdictions – Litigation Risks in France By Dimitri Lecat Alexandra van der Meulen Béatrice Collette Gabriel Fusea +1 more... Show less France has emerged as a jurisdiction of relevance in the global trend toward holding companies accountable for human rights and...
12/16/2025 7:07:39 PM Proxy Advisors Under Pressure: What the December 11 Executive Order Could Mean for SEC Rulemaking and the 2026 Proxy Season By Erik Gerding Elizabeth Bieber Melissa Hodgman David Nicolardi Ginger Hervey +2 more... Show less On December 11, the White House issued an Executive Order that targets proxy advisory firms, including ISS and Glass Lewis, for...
12/12/2025 8:54:16 PM President Trump Issues Executive Order to Centralize AI Policy and Challenge State Regulations By Beth George Anna Gressel Austin Evers Nina Frant Nomi Conway Madeline Cimino Andres Calzada +4 more... Show less On December 11, 2025, President Trump signed an Executive Order (“EO”) titled “Ensuring a National Policy Framework for Artificial...
12/12/2025 6:47:36 PM Baby it’s Cold Outside: Legislation Extends the Application of Section 16(a) to Foreign Private Issuers and Their Insiders By Erik Gerding Melissa Hodgman Shira Oyserman This blog was originally posted on December 12, 2025 and updated on December 16, 2025. In a frosty start to the holiday season, Foreign...
12/4/2025 3:46:04 PM Doing Business in High-Risk Jurisdictions: Navigating Global Sanctions and Export Controls By Nabeel Yousef Andrew Bulovsky Keian Razipour Companies conducting cross-border business often need to navigate a complex web of sanctions and trade-related restrictions. These...
12/1/2025 8:41:40 AM The ‘E‘ of ESG: Greenwashing under the spotlight – recent trends in the US By Sam Houshower Jennifer King Andres Calzada Similar to the recent developments and intensifying regulatory approaches we outlined in our blog posts covering greenwashing trends in...
11/25/2025 10:48:41 PM FTO Designations of Brazilian Crime Groups May Trigger Expanded Anti-Terrorism Act Liability in South America By Timothy Harkness Peter Linken Matheus Bastos Oliveira Elischke de Villiers Paloma Palmer +2 more... Show less Recent press coverage suggests the U.S. government is poised to continue using foreign terrorist organization (FTO) designations to...
11/24/2025 10:14:30 PM Sanctioning a President, Not a Country: OFAC Designates Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro By Nabeel Yousef Stephanie Brown Cripps Andrew Bulovsky Youssef Osman +1 more... Show less On October 24, 2025, the US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) designated the President of Colombia,...
11/24/2025 9:52:26 PM 2026 SEC Exam Priorities and Implications for Investment Advisers and Investment Funds By Timothy Clark Melissa Hodgman Ivet Bell David Nicolardi +1 more... Show less On November 17, the SEC’s Division of Exams released its Exam Priorities for Fiscal Year 2026. See...