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Securities Law Update - September 2025

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

Husch Blackwell LLP

What Filers Should Know as the EDGAR Next Deadline Approaches

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As detailed in our prior alert, on September 27, 2024, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted final rule and form amendments to the SEC’s Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval System (EDGAR)....more

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

SEC Decreases Fee Rates for Fiscal 2026, which begins October 1, 2025

The SEC announced a fee decrease for issuers registering their securities. In fiscal 2026, the fee rates for registration of securities and certain other transactions will be $138.10 per million dollars, down 9.8% from...more

Fenwick & West LLP

SEC Staff Statement: Certain Liquid Staking Activities and Staking Receipt Tokens Do Not Involve the Offer and Sale of Securities

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On August 5, 2025, the Securities and Exchange Commission Division of Corporation Finance released a statement on liquid staking as a follow-on to its May 29, 2025, protocol staking statement. The liquid staking statement...more

Carlton Fields

Expect Focus - Volume III, August 2025

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At the beginning of July, SEC Chair Paul Atkins painted a picture: tokenization was the “next step” in the evolution of securities. Generally, tokenization entails creating a digital representation of a real-world asset —...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

SEC filers must enroll in EDGAR Next by September 15

US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filers have until September 15, 2025, to enroll in Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval (EDGAR) Next. Any filers not enrolled before the deadline will lose the ability...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Just Over Two Weeks to Complete EDGAR Next Enrollment

In 2024, the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted “EDGAR Next,” which involved amendments intended to provide an easier method of accessing and managing accounts on the SEC’s Electronic Data...more

Carlton Fields

FINRA Raises Curtain on Limits to Membership Expulsion and Denial

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In a dramatic response to a federal appellate court critique, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) has rewritten part of its regulatory script. On June 2, 2025 — the same day the U.S. Supreme Court denied...more

Cooley LLP

EDGAR Next: How to Handle Five Issues That Might Arise

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With the deadline for mandatory use of EDGAR Next around the corner – September 15th – here are the five biggest issues we’ve been working with clients on (as told to me by Cooley’s Luci Altman), some of which mirror the “Top...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

FDA Pivots on Publishing Complete Response Letters, Raising SEC Disclosure and Securities Litigation Implications

On July 10, 2025, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that it was embracing “radical transparency” by publishing more than 200 Complete Response Letters (CRLs) — letters the agency issues to a sponsor when...more

Hanson Bridgett

Understanding EDGAR Next

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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) adopted changes to its Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval System (“EDGAR”) used by private and public companies and other reporting persons to submit...more

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EDGAR Next: Reminders and Considerations with Under a Month Remaining to Enroll

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The deadline to enroll in EDGAR Next is fast approaching, warranting a few reminders for EDGAR filers—including reporting entities, Section 16 reporting persons, and Section 13 filers—that have not yet completed the...more

Jones Day

Crypto Exchange-Traded Products: Navigating the Intersection of Crypto and Securities

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Direct ownership of crypto-assets or mere exposure to the value of crypto-assets is an investment decision, with both investment methods requiring specific approaches to mitigate and manage risks effectively....more

Cooley LLP

Flowchart: Guide to the 10-K Clawback Checkboxes

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We have published a new resource – the “Guide to the 10-K Clawback Checkboxes” – to help guide you through the statutory and regulatory requirements for the Form 10-K clawback checkboxes....more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

SEC Targets Broker-Dealers for Reg BI Violations

On August 11, 2025, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) brought two settled administrative proceedings against a broker-dealer and one of its registered representatives for violations of Regulation Best Interest...more

Seward & Kissel LLP

SEC Eliminates Longstanding Limits on Registered Closed-End Funds Providing Retail Investors with Increased Access to Private...

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The Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) staff recently announced that the Division of Investment Management (the “Division”) will no longer require registered closed-end funds that invest in private funds...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

President’s Working Group on Digital Asset Markets releases its report: Strengthening American Leadership in Digital Financial...

On the heels of Executive Order 14178, the President’s Working Group on Digital Asset Markets (Working Group) has released its comprehensive report, “Strengthening American Leadership in Digital Financial Technology” (the...more

Alston & Bird

SEC Formalizes and Expands Guidance Increasing Retail Access to Private Funds

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Our Investment Funds Team explains the Securities and Exchange Commission new guidance that expands retail investor access to private funds by relaxing previous restrictions....more

Mayer Brown Free Writings + Perspectives

SEC Staff Issues Guidance on Rule 15c3-3a and Treasury Clearing

On August 6, 2025, the Staff of the Division of Trading and Markets of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) released an updated set of Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) addressing the application of Rule 15c3-3a to...more

Ropes & Gray LLP

SEC Issues New Guidance for Registered Closed-End Funds Investing in Private Funds

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As previously described in a May Ropes & Gray Alert, the SEC staff no longer requires retail closed-end funds to limit their investments in private funds – i.e., funds relying upon Sections 3(c)(1) or 3(c)(7) of the 1940 Act...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

SEC Rescinds Staff Position Limiting Registered Closed-End Funds’ Investments in Private Funds

On August 15, 2025, the Division of Investment Management (the “Division”) of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) published Accounting and Disclosure Information 2025-16 (ADI), providing updated guidance for...more

Seward & Kissel LLP

SEC Lifts 15% Limit on Private-Asset Holdings for Registered Closed-End Funds that Invest in Private Funds

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Who may be interested: Registered Closed-End Funds, Registered Investment Advisers, Compliance Staff, Boards of Directors, Broker-Dealers, Private Fund Managers - Quick Take: The Securities and Exchange Commission (the...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

SEC Staff Clarifies That Liquid Staking Activities Do Not Implicate US Federal Securities Laws

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The Staff provides the market with additional crypto clarity, holding that liquid staking does not qualify as a security under the Howey test....more

Foley & Lardner LLP

SEC Intensifies Scrutiny of Chief Compliance Officers

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Two recent SEC enforcement actions serve as a sharp reminder that Chief Compliance Officers (CCOs) can face personal liability for what they do – or fail to do – in the course of regulatory examinations for registered...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Financial Markets and Funds Quick Take | Issue 41

Katten's Financial Markets and Funds Quick Take is a monthly newsletter highlighting key noteworthy developments potentially affecting financial markets and funds....more

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