7/18/2025 9:13:38 PM Trump Administration: Regulatory Framework for Digital Assets Begins to Emerge as House Sends Stablecoin Legislation to President and Passes Market Infrastructure Bill By David Sewell Alison Hashmall Melissa Hodgman Chris DeCresce Brock Dahl Austin Evers Andrew Dockham Nariné Atamian Abby Shamray +6 more... Show less After a rocky start to its highly-anticipated “Crypto Week,” the House of Representatives voted 308–122 to adopt the Guiding and...
7/10/2025 8:52:48 PM D.C. Circuit Reins in SEC Authority: Proxy Voting Advice No Longer a Solicitation Under the Exchange Act By Melissa Hodgman Elizabeth Bieber Erik Gerding David Nicolardi +1 more... Show less Executive Summary In a pivotal decision issued on July 1, 2025, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit ruled that proxy voting...
7/2/2025 6:34:41 PM Supreme Court to Decide Key Case on Private Shareholder Lawsuits Against Registered Investment Funds By Erik Gerding Melissa Hodgman David Nicolardi Introduction On June 30, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court granted cert to hear a case that could significantly impact how registered...
6/26/2025 10:25:20 PM SEC Changes Course on Priorities, Unsurprisingly Continues Enforcing the FCPA, and Selects New Agency Leaders By Melissa Hodgman Erik Gerding Elizabeth Bieber Amella Viso Becky Sokolow +2 more... Show less Continuing its trend of reversing course from the last Administration, and with a nod to promoting innovation, the U.S. Securities and...
3/24/2025 5:09:24 PM SEC Marketing Rule FAQs Provide Relief to Investment Advisers Presenting Extracted Performance and Investment Characteristics By Timothy Clark Ivet Bell David Nicolardi Rosie Jiang +1 more... Show less Introduction On March 19, 2025, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) staff posted two Frequently Asked Questions (“FAQs”)...
1/27/2025 7:48:38 PM Life sciences – what to watch in 2025 By Adam Golden Kristen Riemenschneider Madeleine Tavcar We asked more than 200 Freshfields lawyers – across geographies and practice areas: what are the 1-2 issues top of mind for you and your...
10/24/2024 1:18:51 PM Leading the Change: 2025 Data Law Trends report By Christine Lyon Giles Pratt Christoph Werkmeister We’re excited to share our latest report, Leading the Change: 2025 Data Law Trends. Data now impacts all aspects of businesses, from...
9/26/2024 3:02:19 PM SEC Approves New Quality Control Standard for Public Company Accounting Firms By Pamela Marcogliese Jeremy Barr Ariana Negron On September 9, 2024 the SEC adopted Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) rules that establish new quality control...
8/26/2024 1:28:54 PM DOJ Unveils the Corporate Whistleblower Awards Pilot Program By Adam Siegel Eric Bruce Timothy Howard Jennifer Loeb Daniel Cendan Kimberly Zelnick Alessandra Scalise Aedan Collins Young Park Connor Lang +7 more... Show less Earlier this month, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) officially launched its new three-year Corporate Whistleblower Awards Pilot...
5/17/2024 1:38:22 PM Third Time’s the Charm? FDIC, OCC, and FHFA Re-Propose Incentive-Based Compensation Rule By Nicole Foster Lori Goodman Alison Hashmall David Sewell Jordan Salzman Nariné Atamian Daniel Klingenbrunn +4 more... Show less On May 6, 2024, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), and Federal Housing...