In the wake of the Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins Act (GENIUS Act), the federal banking agencies have issued joint guidance to provide clarity on supervisory expectations for banks that provide…
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/ Finance & Banking
On July 18, 2025, President Trump signed into law the Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins Act (the “GENIUS Act”), after it passed both the U.S. Senate by a vote of 68-30 and the U.S. House in a…
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/ Finance & Banking, Science, Computers, & Technology
The Nutter Securities Enforcement Update is a periodic update of noteworthy recent securities enforcement activity, settlements, decisions, and charges. We provide brief summaries that highlight recent enforcement action filings…
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/ Business Organizations, Securities Law
Welcome to the June edition of Nutter’s Environment & Energy Insights, a periodic update of current trends in environment and energy law. In May 2025, Maryland and Washington became the latest states to join a growing trend…
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/ Environmental Law
The Federal Reserve has announced that the agency will no longer assess reputational risk when examining banks’ risk management processes. According to the June 23 announcement, the Federal Reserve has already begun reviewing…
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/ Administrative Law, Conflict of Laws, Finance & Banking
Agentic AI refers to artificial intelligence systems capable of autonomously pursuing goals without requiring constant human intervention. Unlike traditional reactive AI – designed to respond to human prompts – agentic AI…
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/ Commercial Law & Contracts
The FDIC and OCC have rescinded policy statements adopted in 2024 that changed the ways each agency considered bank merger transactions and have reinstated their prior procedures for evaluating bank mergers. The FDIC on May 20…
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/ Finance & Banking, Mergers & Acquisitions
The Nutter Securities Enforcement Update is a periodic update of noteworthy recent securities enforcement activity, settlements, decisions, and charges. We provide brief summaries that highlight recent enforcement action filings…
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/ Finance & Banking, Securities Law
On May 12, the Republican majority leadership in the House of Representatives released for consideration its tax and spending reconciliation legislation, called the “One Big, Beautiful Bill” (the “Bill”). This major piece of…
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/ Business Organizations, International Law & Trade, Nonprofit Law, Taxation, Wills, Trusts, & Estate Planning
Welcome to the May edition of Nutter’s Environment & Energy Insights, a periodic update of current trends in environment and energy law. This month we cover: Healey Administration unveils new energy bill…
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/ Administrative Law, Energy & Utilities, Environmental Law
Drinking From the D.C. Firehose: 10 FAQs for Charitable Organizations and Their Donors…
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/ Nonprofit Law
Welcome to the April edition of Nutter’s Environment & Energy Insights, a periodic update of current trends in environment and energy law. This month we cover: EPA is changing the meaning of “waters of the United States.” Again…
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/ Administrative Law, Environmental Law
The Federal Reserve has announced multiple decisions to rescind existing requirements for crypto-asset activities. The April 24 announcement included the rescission of a 2022 supervisory letter that required state member banks…
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/ Consumer Protection, Finance & Banking, Securities Law
The federal banking agencies have announced their intent to issue a proposal to rescind the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) final rule originally issued in October 2023. In their announcement on March 28, the agencies also…
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/ Consumer Protection, Finance & Banking, Mergers & Acquisitions
As many property owners already know, the Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources (DOER) has begun sending letters to building owners informing them of their obligation to report energy usage for buildings over 20,000 gross…
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/ Administrative Law, Energy & Utilities, Real Estate - Commercial
