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Recent Developments for Directors - May 2025

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In an effort to reverse corporate departures from Delaware, its state legislature amended the Delaware General Corporation Law to overturn multiple Chancery Court decisions....more

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Securities Law Update - September 2024

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Welcome to the latest edition of Fenwick’s Securities Law Update. This issue contains updates and important reminders on...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

SEC adopts amendments to Form PF reporting for hedge fund and private equity fund advisers

On May 3, 2023, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) adopted, on a 3-2 vote, amendments to Form PF requiring certain current event reporting for Large Hedge Fund Advisers (as defined below), certain quarterly...more

Harris Beach Murtha PLLC

The Ins and Outs of the SEC’s New Marketing Rule - Part One: An Overview

On December 22, 2020, the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) announced that it was adopting amendments (collectively, the “Marketing Rule”) under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (the “Advisers...more

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Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act Signed into Law

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The Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act (Act), which was signed into law by President Trump on December 18, 2020, amends the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (Sarbanes-Oxley) and requires the Securities and Exchange...more

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House Looks to Put the Brakes on Reg BI

On the heels of the SEC’s recent approval of the “Reg BI Package,” on June 26, 2019 the U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill that would prevent enforcement of Reg BI. Specifically, Rep. Maxine Waters included a last...more

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House Financial Services Committee Passes Bill to Expand Dodd-Frank Whistleblower Protection to Internal Whistleblowers

On May 8, 2019, the House Committee on Financial Services passed H.R. 2515, the Whistleblower Protection Reform Act of 2019, which would amend Section 922 of Dodd-Frank to extend the statute’s anti-retaliation protections to...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

New Effort to Exempt Crypto Currency from Certain SEC, Tax and Other Regulatory Burdens

A new bill, the Token Taxonomy Act was introduced to congress to amend the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to exclude digital tokens from the definition of a security, to direct the Securities...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

SEC Adopts Amendments to Modernize and Simplify Disclosure Requirements

As mandated by the 2015 FAST Act, the amendments will simplify disclosure requirements, reduce costs and burdens and improve access to information. The amendments will provide for the redaction of confidential and...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

Last Minute Amendment to Financial CHOICE Act of 2017: Offering and Registration Flexibility for Registered Closed-End Funds

On June 8, 2017, the US House of Representatives passed the Financial CHOICE Act of 2017 (H.R. 10) (the CHOICE Act) with 233 votes for, 186 votes against and 11 abstaining. Rep. Jeb Hensarling (R-TX), the chairman of the...more

King & Spalding

Financial Services Legislation: 2015 in Review and What to Expect in 2016

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To the surprise of many, Congress passed a number of financial services bills in 2015, including six that amended the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010....more

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Can Regulation A+ Succeed Where Regulation A Failed?

On March 25, 2014, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted final amendments to Regulation A under the Securities Act of 1933, or what is now being referred to as Regulation A+. While much of the existing...more

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Financial Services Weekly News Roundup - January 2015 #4

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The CFTC Exercises Expanded Jurisdiction Over Retail Transactions in Physical Commodities. Title VII of the Dodd-Frank Act of 2010 amended the Commodity Exchange Act (CEA) to add new authority over certain leveraged,...more

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