8/14/2025 7:13:20 PM Opening the 401(k) Gates: The Potential Promise and Perils of Alternative Investments in Retirement Plans By Timothy Clark Melissa Hodgman David Nicolardi Executive Summary On August 7, 2025, President Trump signed an executive order, “Democratizing Access to Alternative Assets for 401(k)...
8/8/2025 6:39:37 PM Major Court Victory for International Banks: What You Need to Know By Timothy Harkness Kimberly Zelnick Rob McCallum Matthew Haggans Peter Linken Matthew Rublin +3 more... Show less International banks recently won a significant legal battle that could reshape the scope of potential liability in terrorism-related...
8/8/2025 5:40:40 PM Executive Order Targets “Politicized” Financial Services By Austin Evers Andrew Dockham Melissa Hodgman David Sewell Alison Hashmall Jennifer Loeb Nina Frant Nariné Atamian +5 more... Show less On Thursday, August 7, 2025, President Trump issued a new Executive Order (EO), “Guaranteeing Fair Banking for All Americans,” that...
7/1/2025 7:53:21 PM Second Circuit: Convertible Note Lenders Not Always Required to Register as a Securities Dealer By Melissa Hodgman Peter Linken Amanda Huang In a significant decision, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit recently affirmed the dismissal of claims alleging that a...
3/12/2025 8:22:28 PM Trump 2.0: OCC Re-Opens the Door to Crypto-Related Activities By David Sewell Alison Hashmall Erik Gerding Melissa Hodgman Chris DeCresce Nariné Atamian Abby Shamray +4 more... Show less As had been widely anticipated, on March 7, 2025, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (“OCC”) fired the first salvo in what is...
2/12/2025 3:08:01 PM Digital Assets Under Trump 2.0: The Emerging View from Capitol Hill By David Sewell Chris DeCresce Erik Gerding Alison Hashmall Melissa Hodgman Nariné Atamian Abby Shamray +4 more... Show less Since President Trump’s second inauguration, few issues in the financial services space have received as much attention in Washington as...
2/5/2025 6:48:15 PM Trump 2.0: Administration’s Approach to Digital Asset Regulation Begins to Take Shape By David Sewell Alison Hashmall Chris DeCresce Erik Gerding Melissa Hodgman Abby Shamray +3 more... Show less Barely three weeks into his second term, President Trump has wasted no time signaling plans to deliver on a campaign pledge to make the...
1/6/2025 2:08:46 PM M&A Predictions and Guidance for 2025 By Ethan Klingsberg 1. No private equity M&A boom in 2025, but…. Thousands of private equity portfolio companies are past their “sell by” dates and private...
11/11/2024 4:19:46 PM Take Two: What could a second Trump Administration mean for bank regulation in the U.S.? By David Sewell Alison Hashmall Nariné Atamian Bank stocks surged the day after Donald J. Trump won election to a second presidential term, recording double-digit gains on a widespread...
9/9/2024 3:56:35 PM FinCEN Adopts Rule Extending AML/CFT Requirements to RIAs and ERAs, Further Increasing Regulatory Obligations on Investment Advisers By David Sewell Timothy Clark Ivet Bell David Nicolardi Nathaniel Balk Nariné Atamian +3 more... Show less On August 28, 2024, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) adopted a final rule that extends anti-money laundering (AML) and...
7/30/2024 2:56:14 PM Banking Agencies Signal Increased Scrutiny of Bank-Fintech Partnerships By David Sewell Alison Hashmall Nathaniel Balk Nariné Atamian +1 more... Show less On July 25, 2024, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (FRB), and...
6/3/2024 5:10:21 PM Reenergized CFPB Poised to Rev Up Rulemaking and Enforcement By David Sewell Alison Hashmall Nathaniel Balk Nariné Atamian +1 more... Show less On May 16, 2024, the Supreme Court handed a major victory to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB” or the “Bureau”), holding...