In April 2025, both the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) announced significant changes to their supervisory and enforcement approaches, signaling a shift in…
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/ Administrative Law, Consumer Protection, Finance & Banking
Legislatures in several states have recently introduced bills that would require certain parties who submit Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) premerger filings to the federal government to provide that same information to the state. On…
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/ Administrative Law, Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Mergers & Acquisitions
On April 4, 2025, the California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation (DFPI) issued proposed regulations to implement certain aspects of the state’s Digital Financial Assets Law (DFAL), which establishes a licensing…
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/ Finance & Banking, Science, Computers, & Technology
As part of an effort to provide greater clarity on the application of the federal securities laws to crypto assets, the SEC’s Division of Corporation Finance has provided its views about the application of certain disclosure…
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/ Securities Law
In a recent filing in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) disclosed that its new leadership has directed staff to initiate a fresh rulemaking process for…
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/ Administrative Law, Business Organizations, Consumer Protection, Finance & Banking
The SEC staff has promulgated new views on stablecoins. Specifically, the staff statement addresses stablecoins that are designed to maintain a stable value relative to the United States Dollar, or “USD,” on a one-for-one…
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/ Finance & Banking, Science, Computers, & Technology, Securities Law
The SEC announced that the Commission had voted to end its defense of the rules requiring disclosure of climate-related risks and greenhouse gas emissions…
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/ Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Securities Law
On March 17, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) announced that the agency granted conditional approval for a leading FinTech company to indirectly acquire a nationally chartered bank, enabling the FinTech…
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/ Finance & Banking, Mergers & Acquisitions
On March 26, 2025, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) of the U.S. Department of Treasury published its revised Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) Beneficial Ownership Information (BOI) reporting rule, also known as…
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/ Administrative Law, Business Organizations, Finance & Banking, International Law & Trade
On March 14, 2025, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit stayed the nationwide injunction a federal district court had issued in National Association of Diversity Officers in Higher Education v…
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/ Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Education Law, Labor & Employment Law
The SEC looked favorably on designated crypto mining activities by stating that such activities are not securities. Specifically, the SEC addressed “proof-of-work” activities. According to the SEC, Proof-of-work (“PoW”) is a…
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/ Finance & Banking, Science, Computers, & Technology, Securities Law
On March 10, 2025, a federal district court in Maryland clarified the scope of its February 21, 2025, nationwide injunction against enforcement of three key provisions in President Trump's executive orders targeting diversity,…
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In light of the Trump administration’s imposition of 25% tariffs on imports from Canada and Mexico, construction industry stakeholders are facing renewed cost pressures and potential project delays. This alert discusses how…
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/ Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Commercial Law & Contracts, Construction Law, International Law & Trade
In a 5-4 ruling on March 4, the U.S. Supreme Court held that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) lacks authority to impose Clean Water Act (CWA) conditions in National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permits…
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/ Administrative Law, Environmental Law
On February 27, 2025, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) of the U.S. Department of Treasury announced that it will not be issuing any fines or penalties or taking any other enforcement actions against any…
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/ Administrative Law, Business Organizations, Finance & Banking
