Summaries of recent legislative and regulatory developments with respect to:
•The SEC’s Examination Priorities for 2021-
•The SEC’s Focus on Digital Asset Securities-
•The SEC’s New Marketing Rule... ...more
4/1/2021
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Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
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Digital Assets ,
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General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
IARD ,
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Investment Advisers Act of 1940 ,
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Net Operating Losses ,
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Unauthorized Transactions
Israel’s global reputation as ‘Start-up Nation’ and the country’s increasingly warm relationships with countries subject to U.S. economic sanctions may be headed for a collision course with the U.S. government. While these...more
On November 19, 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (OCIE) released a risk alert (the Risk Alert) identifying common compliance issues related to Rule 206(4)-7 (the...more
12/7/2020
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Compliance ,
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OCIE ,
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U.S. Treasury
Could your upcoming commercial real estate transaction or investment raise national security concerns?
Under recently developed federal law, the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), a...more
7/14/2020
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Commercial Real Estate Market ,
Department of Defense (DOD) ,
FBI ,
Foreign Investment ,
Information Sharing ,
Investors ,
National Security ,
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Partnerships ,
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U.S. Treasury
On May 14, 2020, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), the Department of State, and the U.S. Coast Guard issued a Sanctions Advisory for the Maritime Industry, Energy and Metals...more