Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Japan, Australia

Asset Management Regulatory Year in Review 2024

K&L Gates LLP on 2/12/2025

2024 was a year of meaningful regulatory change for asset managers globally. The regulatory activity was wide ranging and without a particular unifying theme. In fact, the wide, and in cases diverging focuses of key global...more

Blockchain Week in Review - August 2018 #2

Perkins Coie on 8/23/2018

SEC Bars Perpetrator of Initial Coin Offering Fraud - On August 14, 2018, the SEC obtained permanent officer-and-director and penny stocks bars against David T. Laurance of Tomahawk Exploration LLC (“Tomahawk”), who...more

Blockchain for Business

Jones Day on 9/6/2017

As the interest in blockchain technology grows, companies will be confronted with numerous decisions, challenges, and legal issues pertaining to its adoption. Relevant matters include the overall design and control of...more

Global Privacy & Cybersecurity Update Vol. 14

Jones Day on 6/5/2017

New York Attorney General Announces Record Number of Data Breach Notices in 2016 - On March 21, 2017, the New York Attorney General's Office announced that it received 1,300 reported data breaches in 2016—a 60 percent...more

Global Privacy & Cybersecurity Update Vol. 13

Jones Day on 3/15/2017

On December 28, 2016, the New York Department of Financial Services ("DFS") released a revised version of a proposed regulation that would require banks, insurance companies, and other financial services institutions...more

Bridging the Week - August 2015

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP on 8/4/2015

ESMA Says “No for Now” to Granting Passport Rights to US Fund Managers Under AIFMD: The European Securities and Markets Authority told the European Commission last week that it was premature to grant passport rights to...more