On April 16, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) sent an internal memorandum to CFPB staff describing its 2025 supervisory and enforcement priorities. Not surprisingly, the memo highlights its intended departure from…
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/ Administrative Law, Consumer Protection, Finance & Banking
As inspired by a recent newsletter from Ethan Mollick of One Useful Thing, here are 15 types of tasks where artificial intelligence can be useful, given its current capabilities..…
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/ Science, Computers, & Technology
Non-GAAP financial measures are financial metrics that are not based on standard accounting principles but are presented by a company to provide additional insight into its performance. These measures often exclude certain items…
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/ Business Organizations, Finance & Banking, Securities Law
How do you handle a mistake in a Form 10-Q? That depends on the type of mistake it is – and sometimes, the level of the mistake’s materiality. Sometimes companies may feel the need to amend their Form 10-Q – and the reasons for…
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/ Securities Law
In a January 27 client alert, we discussed final regulations issued on December 30, 2024, covering tax reporting requirements applicable to certain decentralized finance (DeFi) platforms operating as noncustodial brokers of…
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/ Administrative Law, Finance & Banking, Taxation
On April 11, 2025, a new rule went into effect in which the United States government will start to strictly enforce the requirement that foreign nationals register their presence with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services…
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/ Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Immigration Law
New C&DIs related to Reg A and Reg D -
On March 12, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Division of Corporation Finance (Corp Fin) issued new and updated compliance and disclosure interpretations (C&DIs) under Rule…
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/ Business Organizations, Securities Law
A few months ago, we put out our own set of a dozen FAQs about the clawback checkboxes on the Form 10-K cover page in this blog. Now, Corp Fin has issued six CDIs on the topic. The new CDIs, which are set forth below, confirm…
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/ Finance & Banking, Securities Law
On 6 April 2025, the unfair commercial practices provisions of the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 (DMCC Act) entered into force, ushering in a new enhanced consumer enforcement regime administered by the UK…
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/ Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Commercial Law & Contracts, Consumer Protection
With tariffs so top of mind right now, I checked in with Cooley’s Beth Sasfai and asked her to think back to her in-house counsel days and what she would be doing to help her company navigate the current environment. Here are 25…
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/ Commercial Law & Contracts, International Law & Trade
The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is taking significant steps to update its approach to merger control following both the coming into force of the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers (DMCC) Act on 1 January…
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/ Administrative Law, Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Mergers & Acquisitions
In Part 3 of our ‘Battery Shorts’ series, we look at the substance restrictions under the new European Union (EU) Batteries Regulation, which have applied since 18 August 2024…
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/ Environmental Law
The decision of the High Court of England and Wales in Durber v. PPB Entertainment Ltd is another helpful case study in how to host a consumer-facing website. It is interesting, given how much time is spent carefully drafting…
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/ Commercial Law & Contracts, Consumer Protection, Science, Computers, & Technology
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…
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/ Administrative Law, Securities Law
Under the UK Online Safety Act 2023 (OSA), a wide range of online services are subject to extensive new obligations related to illegal content and content harmful to children…
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/ Communications & Media Law, Privacy, Science, Computers, & Technology
