#WorkforceWednesday®: Can the President Fire NLRB Members Without Cause? SCOTUS May Decide - Employment Law This Week®
The Presumption of Innocence Podcast: Episode 59 - Enforcement Priorities of the Second Trump Administration: DOJ Focus
A New Era at the Federal Election Commission?
Labor & Employment Actions in Biden's First 100 Days
When Should Presidential Appointees Lawyer Up? [More with McGlinchey, Ep. 17]
Recent Developments at the National Labor Relations Board under the Biden Administration
Life Sciences Quarterly: A View From Washington: What to Expect From the SEC
The Trump administration continues to rollback policies on DEI and banking regulation while facing various lawsuits over its personnel, spending, and immigration actions....more
The Trump administration continues to curb regulation and federal spending while defending previous actions in court. This week, President Trump issued executive orders asserting direct control over independent agencies...more
Trump Picks New SEC Head, SEC Enforcement Starts Strong in 2025, and Latest Lessons from EXAMS: Details Matter and Duty of Care Fails - Welcome to our January 2025 Regulatory Roundup, where we provide practical advice on the...more
In the past week, we have seen the possible end to the ‘crypto winter’ in the United States, with the Trump Administration signaling that a range of pro-crypto reforms are ahead. These signals, which will likely develop into...more
Few industries experienced a more drastic reversal of fortune on Election Day than the cryptocurrency sector. On November 4, several of its largest companies were locked in a seemingly interminable battle with the Securities...more
“CEOs tended to take a wait and see approach at the start of the first Trump administration. But it would be a mistake not to engage early and often with Trump 2.0.” — Howard Schweitzer, CEO, Cozen O’Connor Public Strategies...more
On Wednesday, November 6, 2024, major media outlets announced Donald J. Trump as the winner of the 2024 U.S. presidential election. This alert discusses the potential impact of Mr. Trump’s election on the U.S. Securities and...more
Pittsburgh-based PNC Financial Services Group has reached a deal worth some $11.6 billion to buy the U.S. operations of BBVA, a Spanish lender. The mash-up, “one of the biggest banking deals since the 2008 financial crisis,”...more
On November 29, the SEC did an about-face and admitted its ALJs are “inferior officers” (not merely employees) subject to the Constitution’s Article II appointment provisions. The Solicitor General’s brief on behalf of the...more
Blue Apron co-founder Matt Salzberg is following the Steve Ells path of stepping aside as CEO after recent struggles. In Blue Apron’s case, the company’s never really recovered from the rough patch that started not long after...more
DealBook’s Common Sense column takes a look at the AT&T/Time Warner deal and the “battle lines” forming for an “epic” antitrust battle, in spite of the vertical nature of the merger (the companies don’t compete in any...more
As Broc Romanek noted yesterday, President Donald Trump has nominated Columbia Law School Professor Robert J. Jackson, Jr. to become a member of the Securities and Exchange Commission. Over the years, Professor Jackson’s...more
ANTICORRUPTION DEVELOPMENTS - Steven Peikin Reported to Become Co-Director of SEC’s Enforcement Division - On May 26, 2017, The Wall Street Journal reported that recently confirmed Commissioner Jay Clayton will hire...more
ANTICORRUPTION DEVELOPMENTS - Steven Peikin Reported to Become Co-Director of SEC’s Enforcement Division - On May 26, 2017, The Wall Street Journal reported that recently confirmed Commissioner Jay Clayton will...more
The SEC has been relatively quiet since November because it has been without a chair or a full board. At least one of those issues was resolved last week when Jay Clayton was sworn in as the SEC Chair. See here. Nine...more
Supplemental CFTC Regulation AT Proposal Generally Criticized as Too Prescriptive: The Commodity Futures Trading Commission's November 2016 amended proposed rules to address algorithmic trading and users of algorithmic...more
A new era at the SEC officially began last week when Jay Clayton was sworn in as the 32nd Chairman of the SEC. The Senate’s confirmation of Mr. Clayton on May 2nd by a 61 to 37 vote continued the Trump Administration’s...more
On Thursday, March 23, Jay Clayton, President Trump’s nominee for Chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission, testified before the Senate Banking committee at his confirmation hearing. In both his prepared statement...more