31 Days to a More Effective Compliance Program: Day 14 – Internal Controls
Innovation in Compliance: Todd Haugh on Ethical Decision Making in the Workplace - Beyond Financial Incentives
Everything Compliance: Episode 147, The Welcome to 2025 Edition
Daily Compliance News: January 14, 2025 The RTO Compliance Edition
Adventures in Compliance: The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes – Business Ethics Lessons in ‘The Adventure of the Blanched Soldier
31 Days to a More Effective Compliance Program: Day 13 – Policies and Procedures
Daily Compliance News: January 13, 2025 The End of Western Civilization Edition
10 For 10: Top Compliance Stories For the Week Ending January 11, 2025
31 Days to a More Effective Compliance Program: Day 12 – The Importance and Construction of a Corporate Code of Conduct
31 Days to a More Effective Compliance Program: Day 11 – Moving Compliance Down into an Organization
Regulatory Ramblings: Episode 61 – Extraterritorial Enforcement of US Laws in Asia Under Trump in 2025 / Hong Kong’s New Stablecoin Bill with Ben Hammond and Ross Feingold
Creativity and Compliance – 10 Creative Tips for 2025
31 Days to a More Effective Compliance Program: Day 10 - Leadership’s Role in Shaping Corporate Culture and Compliance
2 Gurus Talk Compliance: Episode 43 - The Tribute to Jimmy Carter Edition
Daily Compliance News: January 10, 2025 The Enron is Back Edition
31 Days to a More Effective Compliance Program: Day 9-Continuous Monitoring and Continuous Improvement
Business Integrity Innovations: Building a Corruption - Free Zimbabwe: Doris Kumbawa’s Vision
Daily Compliance News: January 9, 2025 The Tribute to Jimmy Carter Edition
31 days to a More Effective Compliance Program: Day 8 - Building Effective Compliance Through Payroll
Compliance into the Weeds: 5 Top Compliance Stories to Watch in 2025
Significant risk transfer transactions or SRTs are one of the fastest growing corners of the financial markets. In this update, the opening of the US market, increasing international regulatory scrutiny and updates to the UK...more
On 27 February 2024, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published its Consultation Paper CP24/2, which revealed the FCA’s new intended approach to publicised enforcement action. This was quickly dubbed the “name and shame”...more
1. Higher Jurisdictional Thresholds For HSR Filings - On January 10, 2025, the Federal Trade Commission announced revised, higher thresholds for premerger filings under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of...more
On January 13, the Federal Acquisition Regulatory (FAR) Council withdrew the greenhouse gas (GHG) disclosure rule that it proposed in late 2022. As explained previously, the proposed rule would have required certain federal...more
On October 10, 2024, the US Federal Trade Commission ("FTC") finalized significant updates to the Hart-Scott-Rodino ("HSR") Form and Instructions ("New HSR Rules"). On November 12, 2024, the New HSR Rules were published on...more
In Gunderson v. The Trade Desk, Inc., the Delaware Court of Chancery held that a charter provision requiring supermajority stockholder approval to amend or repeal The Trade Desk, Inc.’s (Trade Desk) charter was not triggered...more
Recently, the Israel Securities Authority (ISA) published draft rules regulating entities’ notice of exemption from the obligation to obtain a license to provide payment or payment initiation services....more
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is increasing its scrutiny on artificial intelligence (AI)-related disclosures; therefore, companies must tread carefully as year-end reporting season approaches. Specifically,...more
As we enter into 2025, we look back to ESG regulatory developments in December 2024 and reflect on the expected legislation for the coming year. We anticipate more regulatory initiatives in 2025, particularly in the UK. In...more
On Jan. 10, 2025, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced its annual adjustments to the premerger filing thresholds under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act (HSR Act) and to the filing fee thresholds under the Merger Filing Fee...more
In the last couple of months of 2024, the FASB issued some “invitations to comment” intended to allow FASB stakeholders to express their views on whether or not the FASB should pursue the projects identified. It could well...more
The SEC public company cyber disclosure rule raises issues that companies should consider in reviewing existing insurance coverage and in assessing overall risk....more
On May 15, 2024 the SEC issued Release Nos. 34-100155; IA-6604 (the “Adopting Release”) providing for amendments to the safeguards and disposal rules of Regulation S-P (the “Amendments”). The compliance dates for the...more
The IRS this past Friday issued proposed regulations regarding mandatory Roth catch-up contributions. SECURE 2.0 amended the catch-up contribution provisions of the Code....more
The Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 (HSR Act) requires all parties to transactions that meet certain transaction size and other tests to file premerger notification forms for mergers and other...more
On 10 January 2025, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced the annual jurisdictional adjustments for premerger notification filings made pursuant to Section 7A of the Clayton Act, known as the Hart-Scott-Rodino...more
On January 10, 2025, the SEC announced settled charges against Vince McMahon, former Executive Chair and CEO of World Wrestling Entertainment Inc., for signing two settlement agreements without disclosure to the board, anyone...more
This alert serves as a reminder of certain year-end reporting requirements imposed under Section 6039 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, with respect to...more
CryptoLink is a compilation of news stories published by outside organizations. Akin aggregates the stories, but the information contained in them does not necessarily represent the beliefs or opinions of the firm. Akin's...more
Designed for busy in-house counsel, compliance professionals, and anti-corruption lawyers, this newsletter summarizes some of the most important international anti-corruption law and enforcement developments from the past...more
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission recently published a final rule amending the list of permissible investments for customer funds by futures commission merchants and derivatives clearing organizations....more
The Prudent Investor Rule is a legal principal that requires fiduciaries to act in the best interests of a beneficiary and exercise reasonable care, skill, and caution when making investment decisions, which was codified in...more
As expected, the mandatory notification thresholds under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended (the HSR Act), will be increasing. The Size of Transaction threshold will jump from $119.5 million,...more
Current (and likely future) SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce is a securities lawyer by trade and worked as counsel to (the potential) incoming Chair Paul Atkins, so she has particular insight into what the SEC might look like...more
On January 7, 2025, Vice Chancellor Glasscock issued a 68-page post-trial decision in Manti Holdings, LLC v. The Carlyle Group Inc., in which he rejected plaintiffs’ claims of breach of fiduciary duty in connection with the...more
