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The LathamTECH Podcast — Where Digital Assets Slot Into a Shifting Fintech Regulatory Landscape: Insights From the US, UK, and EU

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The global fintech industry finds itself experiencing a sea change. The US seems on the cusp of regulatory changes, as the Securities and Exchange Commission shifts its attitude toward digital assets under a new...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

CLOs and Material Nonpublic Information: Key Takeaways from the SEC’s Settlement with Sound Point

In this alert, we present the key lessons to be learned from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (the SEC) settlement with Sound Point Capital Management, LP (Sound Point), and discuss whether a similar enforcement...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

SEC Amends Schedule 13G Beneficial Ownership Reporting Deadlines

On September 30, 2024, the revised Schedule 13G filing deadlines became effective. In this article, we provide an overview of the new regime and provide a comparison with the corresponding notification deadlines in the EU and...more

American Conference Institute (ACI)

The Road to Net Zero: Core Principles to Prevent Greenwashing

“Net zero” is a topic as hot as the climate these days. With so much regulatory attention being placed on it, companies that do not communicate their net zero efforts appropriately or, worse, intentionally make false and...more

Mayer Brown Free Writings + Perspectives

Investment Research

During his remarks at a meeting of the International Bar Association’s Asset Management Industry Conference on Global Challenges and Opportunities in Boston, Commissioner Uyeda commented on investment research and the...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

The Distributed Ledger: Blockchain, Digital Assets and Smart Contracts - January 2024

SEC Wins Summary Judgment on Howey Issue in Terraform Litigation - On December 28, 2023, Judge Jed Rakoff in the Southern District of New York issued a summary judgment decision in SEC v. Terraform Labs Pte. Ltd., a...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

The Informed Board - Summer 2023

Short sellers make their money by publishing information that attacks a company in order to drive down its share price. How can a company prepare? And what should it not do in the face of a short attack? We offer some tips in...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

[Podcast] The SEC and FCA Annual Reports: Facts, Figures, Trends

In this episode, Akin Gump financial regulatory partner Helen Marshall and white collar defense and government investigations practice co-head Michael Asaro look at SEC and FCA’s annual reports to discuss similarities,...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

Understanding NFTs and Their Legal Implications

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Latham & Watkins lawyers discuss the emerging technology of non-fungible tokens (NFTs), including how they function and their various legal implications in the US, UK, and APAC. Topics: • Understanding NFTs and their...more

Morgan Lewis

SPACs: Financial Conduct Authority Consults on Changes to UK Listing Regime

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Key proposed changes to the UK listing regime include the removal of the presumption of suspension in trading in a SPAC’s shares when it announces a potential acquisition, subject to certain qualifying criteria being met....more

White & Case LLP

UK Schemes of Arrangement and US Securities Considerations

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In structuring a UK scheme of arrangement that involves the restructuring of existing securities and/or the offer of new securities, due consideration must be given to the relevant US securities laws and registration...more

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