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Woodruff Sawyer

Mid-Year SCA Trends Hold Steady, with Slightly Fewer Filings and High-Dollar Settlements [Report]

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The D&O Databox™ Mid-Year Report provides insights about securities class action activities, developments, and historical trends—sourced from Databox, our proprietary database and leading resource for securities class action...more

Bracewell LLP

Derivatives and Securities Dealers' Pre-Hedging of Client Trades Faces Potential New Rules

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Derivatives and securities dealers and some of their market users are locked in a potentially consequential debate over what legal standards should be adopted to govern pre-hedging (also called “pre-positioning” or...more

Whiteford

Client Alert: The New Terrain for Going Public—Strategic Insight for Capital Raisers Amid Regulatory Change

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Imagine a small, fast-growing tech company preparing to go public in 2025. The leadership team, relying on practices that were standard just a few years ago, drafts generic risk disclosures, leans on flexible governance...more

Stikeman Elliott LLP

OSC Publishes 2025 Examination Priorities for Dealers, Advisers, Investment Fund Managers and Other Regulated Entities

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The Registration, Inspections and Examinations Division (“RIE”) of the Ontario Securities Commission (“OSC”) has released its 2025 examination priorities, which are informed by the OSC’s 2024-2030 Strategic Plan as well as...more

Alston & Bird

SEC Withdraws Proposed Cyber-Related Rule Applicable to Broker-Dealers And Signals SolarWinds Settlement on the Horizon

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The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently announced the withdrawal of several Biden-era regulations, including a proposed rule that would have required a broad range of platforms and financial intermediaries (such...more

A&O Shearman

ESMA announces intention to publish guidance on algorithmic pre-trade controls under MiFID II

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The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published a press release sharing its view that the pre-trade controls that investment firms have implemented warrant further convergence. The EU Markets in Financial...more

Woodruff Sawyer

SPACs Are Back: Takeaways from the 2025 SPAC Conference

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On June 17 and 18, DealFlow Events held its annual SPAC conference, a long-standing gathering of key players in the SPAC ecosystem. I was once again invited to speak at the event, which provided an opportunity to explore...more

Stikeman Elliott LLP

CSA Release Three-Year Business Plan

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On June 26, 2025, the Canadian Securities Administrators (“CSA”) published their 2025-2028 business plan (the “Plan”), which sets out the priorities that the CSA have committed to pursuing over the next three years....more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Daily Compliance News: July 7, 2025 the Disaster on the River Edition

Welcome to the Daily Compliance News. Each day, Tom Fox, the Voice of Compliance, brings you compliance-related stories to start your day. Sit back, enjoy a cup of morning coffee, and listen in to the Daily Compliance News....more

NAVEX

Watch Out for Hoax Reports to Your Hotline

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We’ve recently been made aware of an increase in anonymous hoax emails and online reports posted to multiple companies through their internal reporting systems. The wording of these posts were identical and alleged violation...more

Mayer Brown Free Writings + Perspectives

SEC Office of the Investor Advocate Report

Pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act, the Investor Advocate is required to file two reports annually with the Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Financial Services of the...more

Bennett Jones LLP

Requirements and Guidelines From Canadian Regulators, Public Bodies and Courts for the Use of Artificial Intelligence

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Organizations are increasingly embedding artificial intelligence (AI) in operations in order to drive efficiency; however, the risks of hallucinated output are being progressively considered by regulators, government bodies,...more

A&O Shearman

EC adopts Delegated Regulation to delay the application of Basel 3 market risk prudential requirements by an additional year

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The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published a comprehensive set of principles, accompanied by a press release, aimed at strengthening the supervision of third-party risks across the EU financial sector....more

Proskauer - The Capital Commitment

Three Risks to Monitor in Private Credit

Private credit has become an essential source of financing globally, with fund sponsors enjoying strong demand from borrowers, market participants, and investors.  However, as the industry’s “golden age” continues, regulatory...more

Jenner & Block

[Ongoing Program] CLE Relay - Session 5 - Navigating 2025 Public Company Legal and Regulatory Risks in a Shifting Economic...

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Jenner’s Public Company Advisory Group offers a multidisciplinary overview of the key legal, regulatory, and compliance issues public companies are facing in 2025, including the impact of economic uncertainty and an...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Everything Compliance: Shout Outs and Rants - Episode 155

Welcome to this Edition of Everything Compliance, Shout-Outs, and Rants. In this episode, we have the quintet of Matt Kelly, Jonathan Armstrong, Jonathan Marks, and Special Guest Panelist Hemma Lomax, all hosted by Tom Fox. ...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Daily Compliance News: June 2, 2025, The Unintended Consequence Edition

Welcome to the Daily Compliance News. Each day, Tom Fox, the Voice of Compliance, brings you compliance-related stories to start your day. Sit back, enjoy a cup of morning coffee, and listen in to the Daily Compliance News....more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Rules in Motion, May 2025 - IOSCO Publishes Final Reports on Finfluencers, Online Imitative Trading Practices and Digital...

On May 19, 2025, the International Organization of Securities Commissions (“IOSCO”) published its Final Reports on Finfluencers, Online Imitative Trading Practices and Digital Engagement Practices (the “Reports”), as part of...more

Maynard Nexsen

When Firms Receive Written Notice of Outside Business Activities

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In the world of outside business activity (OBA) disclosure, many FINRA enforcement actions center on whether a registered person gave, or did not give, prior written notice of those activities to their member firm. These...more

A&O Shearman

IOSCO publishes final reports on finfluencers, online imitative trading practices and digital engagement practices

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The International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) has published final reports on finfluencers, online imitative trading practices and digital engagement practices, accompanied by a press release. These reports...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Venezuela Update: May 21, 2025 (Spanish)

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Holland & Knight's Venezuela Focus Team invites you to read our Venezuela Update, in which we discuss the latest news, trends and developments in Venezuela that impact the interests of businesses across all industry sectors. ...more

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Venezuela Update: May 21, 2025 (English)

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Holland & Knight's Venezuela Focus Team invites you to read our Venezuela Update, in which we discuss the latest news, trends and developments in Venezuela that impact the interests of businesses across all industry sectors. ...more

SEC Compliance Consultants, Inc. (SEC³)

Top Compliance Program Mistakes (and How to Avoid Them) (Part 1 of 2)

Chief Compliance Officers face the challenge of running a comprehensive yet efficient compliance program that nimbly adapts to changing regulatory requirements and business practices. As compliance consultants, we see our...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

2 Gurus Talk Compliance: Episode 52 – The Big Jet Plane Edition

What happens when two top compliance commentators get together? They talk compliance, of course. Join Tom Fox and Kristy Grant-Hart in 2 Gurus Talk Compliance as they discuss the latest compliance issues in this week’s...more

Patomak Global Partners

Key Takeaways from SEC Crypto Task Force Custody Roundtable

Situation Overview: The SEC’s Crypto Task Force is advancing its exploration of regulatory frameworks for digital asset custody. What: The SEC hosted its third roundtable, Know Your Custodian, focusing on challenges and...more

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