Daily Compliance News: July 17, 2025, The COSO Yanked Edition
Five Tips for a New Public Company Director
Daily Compliance News: July 7, 2025 the Disaster on the River Edition
Daily Compliance News: June 25, 2025, The PCAOB Elimination Hits Roadblock Edition
Regulatory Ramblings: Episode 71 – Crypto Fault Lines: Stablecoins, Meme Coins & the Fight for Clarity PLUS: Sanctions, Shell Companies & Fragmented Global Trade
Everything Compliance: Episode 155, To Tesla and Beyond Edition
Everything Compliance: Shout Outs and Rants - Episode 155
Daily Compliance News: June 2, 2025, The Unintended Consequence Edition
LathamTECH in Focus: How Should Crypto Companies Be Thinking About New Laws?
The LathamTECH Podcast — Where Digital Assets Slot Into a Shifting Fintech Regulatory Landscape: Insights From the US, UK, and EU
PODCAST: Williams Mullen's Raising Capital 101: A Securities Podcast - What are the Different Ways Securities Can Be Offered and Sold? (Part 2)
Everything Compliance: Shout Outs and Rants - Episode 154
2 Gurus Talk Compliance: Episode 52 – The Big Jet Plane Edition
Daily Compliance News: May 13, 2025, The Leaving on a Jet Plane Edition
PODCAST: Williams Mullen's Raising Capital 101: A Securities Podcast - What are the Different Ways Securities Can Be Offered and Sold? (Part 1)
Navigating the Future of Payment Stablecoins: Legislative Updates and Market Implications — Payments Pros – The Payments Law Podcast
Navigating the Future of Payment Stablecoins: Legislative Updates and Market Implications — The Crypto Exchange Podcast
Exploring the Administration's Regulatory Impact on Private Equity — PE Pathways Podcast
2 Gurus Talk Compliance: Episode 49 - The Depression Episode
10 For 10: Top Compliance Stories For The Week Ending April 5, 2025
The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published a statement on its work to date reforming the UK capital markets, and what lies ahead in terms of consultations and developments expected later this year and in 2026. The...more
On July 16, Commissioner Hester M. Peirce gave a speech at London’s Guildhall with other financial regulators and industry leaders. In her speech, Commissioner Peirce highlighted the historic ties between the U.S. and the...more
On June 24, Senate Banking Chairman Tim Scott (R-SC), Subcommittee on Digital Assets Chair Cynthia Lummis (R-WY), Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC), and Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN) released a set of guiding principles for the...more
On June 23, 2025, the House of Representatives (the “House”) passed seven bills relating to capital formation. As discussed in a previous post, these bills were reported to the House by the House Committee on Financial...more
This periodic bulletin is designed to help companies identify important legal developments governing the use and acceptance of blockchain technology, smart contracts, and digital assets. While the use cases for blockchain...more
On June 10, 2025, bipartisan majorities of the House Committees on Financial Services and on Agriculture (Committees) voted to advance the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act of 2025 (CLARITY Act)...more
On Tuesday, June 10, the House Committees on Agriculture and Financial Services both favorably reported to the House H.R. 3633, the Digital Asset Market Clarity (CLARITY) Act (as amended). Both committees gave overwhelmingly...more
On June 4, 2025, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued a Concept Release, seeking public feedback on whether the nearly half-a-century-old definition of foreign private issuer (FPI) and the reporting...more
After years of uncertainty and regulation by enforcement, the U.S. may finally be moving toward a more comprehensive framework for the regulation of digital assets. On June 4, 2025, the House Committee on Financial Services...more
Recent legislative activity continued to shape the trajectory of U.S. crypto policy, even as Congress is out of session this week. Lawmakers advanced several financial reform bills before the recess, while federal regulators...more
In connection with the Canadian Securities Administrators’ (“CSA”) recent measures to support the competitiveness of Canada’s capital markets, the CSA have announced an increase to the amount of funds that may be raised under...more
At yesterday's Practising Law Institute’s SEC Speaks program, Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) Chair Paul Atkins shared his views on a wide range of topics. Chair Atkins touched on innovation at the SEC, FinHub and...more
The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has announced the conclusion of its six-week policy sprint aimed at improving consumer investment decisions to support its key objective of supporting growth. With only 9% of UK...more
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published a final report setting out its technical advice to the European Commission on the amendments to the research provisions in the context of the Listing Act...more
Yesterday, the Senate confirmed Paul Atkins as the new SEC Chair. Acting Chair Mark Uyeda will continue at the SEC serving as a SEC Commissioner. Paul is a former SEC Commissioner, serving in that role from 2002 to 2008 and...more
On Tuesday, March 5th, the U.S. House Financial Services Committee debated several bills that could have a significant impact on capital formation in private and public markets. The bills reflect the ongoing push for...more
The International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) has announced the launch of a new alert portal, which is aimed at strengthening the global fight against retail investment fraud...more
A shift in leadership at the Securities and Exchange Commission often brings significant changes in regulatory priorities and enforcement approaches. As anticipated in our firm’s EO Watch alert, “Immediate Practical...more
The Securities Act of 1933, as amended (Securities Act), requires that any offer or sale of securities in the United States must either be registered with the SEC or qualify for an exemption to registration thereunder....more
Earlier this month, the US House of Representative’s Financial Services Committee (the “Committee”) held a hearing entitled “The Future of American Capital: Strengthening Public and Private Markets by Increasing Investor...more
On February 27, 2025, the Securities and Exchange Commission formally abandoned its enforcement action against Coinbase. ...more
According to crypto platform Kraken, the aggregate market cap for all meme coins is over $70 billion. Five meme coins would be considered unicorns (market cap over $1 billion) if they were startups. Dogecoin’s market cap is...more
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has updated its webpage on the notification and disclosure of net short positions, providing an update on short selling. Following the publication of the Short Selling Regulations 2025 in...more
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published a consultation paper (CP25/2) on further changes to the public offers and admissions to trading (POAT) regime and the UK Listing Rules (UKLR). This was published alongside...more
Yes, indeed! What Brad Garlinghouse of Ripple Labs called “Gensler’s reign of terror” ended with Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chair Gary Gensler’s resignation upon President Donald Trump’s inauguration. Paul...more