Workplace Sexual Assault and Third-Party Risk: What’s the Tea in L&E?
Law School Toolbox Podcast Episode 509: Listen and Learn -- Third-Party Rights in Contracts (Part 2 - Beneficiaries)
Law School Toolbox Podcast Episode 508: Listen and Learn -- Third-Party Rights in Contracts (Part 1 - Rules)
Compliance Tip of the Day: Leveraging AI for Real-Time Third-Party Risk Management
Episode 365 -- Four Sanctions Cases Everyone Should Know
The Privacy Insider Podcast Episode 12: Compliance Is Good Business: Getting Beyond Fines with Tom Fox of Compliance Podcast Network
Bar Exam Toolbox Podcast Episode 296: Listen and Learn -- Third-Party Rights in Contracts (Part 1 - Rules)
Corporate Use of Third-Party Artificial Intelligence (AI) Tools
One Month to More Effective Written Standards: Day 17 – Policies for Third-Parties
Third Party Observation in Patent Prosecution in China
Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: Recent Federal and State Debt Collection Developments
Thobekile Cynthia Khumalo on Third Party Due Diligence
Protecting Trade Secrets When Facing Lawsuits or Alternative Dispute Resolution Procedures
Education Data Privacy and Security Laws: Best Practices for School Districts
Episode 162 -- Jessica Sanderson on How to Conduct a Remote Third Party Audit
VIDEO: Update on Third Party Workers’ Compensation Settlements in Pennsylvania
Episode 120: Interview of NAVEX Global Third-Party Risk Officials: Chris Bailey and Stephen Gooding
Subro Sense Podcast - Unpacking Product Claims Against Amazon
Business Succession Planning: Strategies for the Transition
E17: Carpenter Decision Builds Up Privacy from #SCOTUS
On January 28, 2025, FINRA published its annual regulatory oversight report for 2025 (Report), which highlights observations and findings from FINRA’s oversight programs. The Report covers 24 topics, and for each topic it...more
Welcome to the latest issue of Bracewell’s FINRA Facts and Trends, a monthly newsletter devoted to condensing and digesting recent FINRA developments in the areas of enforcement, regulation and dispute resolution. We dedicate...more
Many governments are grappling with the question of how to regulate artificial intelligence to ensure it is adopted safely and used responsibly without hampering innovation. Governments have generally indicated similar...more
Recently, FINRA accepted a letter of acceptance, waiver and consent from a brokerage firm to settle alleged rule violations. The settlement concerns a series of unauthorized Automated Clearing House (ACH) transfers from a...more
If the trustee in breach of trust conveys the trust property to a third party to the trust relationship, would the transferee be a necessary party to any action for breach of trust that the trust beneficiaries might bring?...more
I. Overview - Broker-dealers, like most companies, rely on third-party vendors for a wide variety of functions. This common practice of outsourcing does not relieve a broker-dealer of its regulatory compliance and...more
Who Needs to Know FINRA member firms. - Why It Matters On August 13, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority released a regulatory notice to member firms, clarifying their existing obligations on the supervision of...more
Bass, Berry & Sims attorney Chris Lazarini discussed a court’s authority to compel arbitration where FINRA has declined to accept a case. In this case, following the Director of FINRA’s Office of Dispute Resolution...more
In July 2020, FINRA issued Regulatory Notice 20-21, which is designed to provide guidance to broker-dealers in connection with their creation and use of retail communications relating to private placements. The notice...more
On September 15, 2015, OCIE issued a risk alert relating to its new cybersecurity examination initiative. This is the second round of these examinations, and the alert provides a detailed look at OCIE’s current areas of...more
FINRA has made no secret of its interest in broker compensation, and the potential conflicts of interest that can be generated by some types of compensation practices. FINRA discussed these issues in its 2015 annual...more
On June 25, 2015, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) set a compliance date of July 31, 2015 for the ban on payments to third parties for the solicitation of advisory business from any government entity under Rule...more
The Securities and Exchange Commission’s Rule 206(4)-5 (Pay-to-Play Rule) under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended, prohibits, among other restrictions, an investment adviser subject to the rule, and its covered...more
In this issue: - Nallengara to Replace Cross as Corp. Fin. Chief - FINRA Rule Relating to Private Placements of Securities Effective December 3 - Additional Guidance on FINRA’s Suitability Rule - No-Action...more