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Shifting Sands: The Future of Offshore Regulatory Disputes (Part 1)

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As an evolving area of commercial disputes in the Cayman Islands, global enforcement trends provide us with valuable insight into the types of regulatory proceedings on the horizon for offshore jurisdictions. In this first...more

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Blockchain+ Bi-Weekly - January 2024

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The Blockchain Bi-Weekly presented by the Polsinelli Blockchain+ team is a rundown of some of the key stories in the Web3, blockchain and crypto ecosystems curated by our attorneys navigating the intersections of code, smart...more

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Energy & Sustainability Litigation Updates - January 2024

Federal Regulatory Developments - In a recent filing with the Office of Management and Budget, the Securities & Exchange Commission disclosed that the vote by the SEC Commissioners as to whether to issue the SEC’s...more

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Blockchain+ Bi-Weekly - December 2023

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The Blockchain Bi-Weekly presented by the Polsinelli Blockchain+ team is a rundown of some of the key stories in the Web3, blockchain and crypto ecosystems curated by our attorneys navigating the intersections of code, smart...more

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

SEC Releases Staff Accounting Bulletin on Accounting, Reporting, and Disclosure Obligations for Crypto-Assets

The Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) released Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 121 (“SAB 121”) on March 31, 2022. SAB 121 provides SEC staff’s views regarding accounting treatment of obligations incident to a reporting...more

Mayer Brown Free Writings + Perspectives

President Trump Signs the HFCAA into Law Prompting SEC to Change Course

On December 18, 2020, President Trump signed the Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act (HFCAA) into law. Later that day, US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman Jay Clayton published a statement providing an...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

SEC Adopts Amendments to Management’s Discussion and Analysis and Other Financial Disclosures

On November 19, 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission adopted final amendments to the disclosure rules affecting Management’s Discussion and Analysis (MD&A) and related financial disclosures....more

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

SEC Updates ‘Fund of Funds’ Rules for Registered Investment Companies, Business Development Companies

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently overhauled the rules applicable to “fund of funds” arrangements (where funds invest in other funds), rescinding many of the existing rules and exemptions and replacing...more

Mayer Brown Free Writings + Perspectives

SEC Adopts Amendments to Regulation S-K

At an open meeting held yesterday morning, the Securities and Exchange Commission voted to adopt the previously proposed amendments to Regulation S-K Items 101, 103 and 105.  These changes affect the Business section, Risk...more

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

SEC Simplifies Financial Disclosure Requirements for Subsidiary Guarantors

On March 2, 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission voted to adopt amendments to the financial disclosure requirements for guarantors and issuers of guaranteed securities registered or being registered in Rule 3-10 of...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

Videocast: Asset management regulation in 2020 videocast series – Regulators step up pressure to implement LIBOR transition plans

Regulators are increasing pressure on financial institutions to demonstrate that they are proactively addressing the transition away from the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR). The New York State Department of Financial...more

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SEC Disclosure Alert: Key Performance Metrics, Financial Reporting and Sustainability

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On January 30, 2020, the SEC issued guidance on the use of key performance metrics for public companies discussing their financial results and proposed amendments to certain financial reporting requirements. The published...more

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SEC’s Proposed Amendments to Financial Disclosure Requirements in Regulation S-K and New Guidance on Metrics in MD&A

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On January 30, 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced its proposal to amend certain financial disclosure requirements in Regulation S-K for the purpose of eliminating duplicative disclosures and...more

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SEC Proposal To Modernize MD&A Disclosures and Guidance on MD&A Performance Metrics

On Jan. 30, 2020, the SEC proposed amendments to modernize Management’s Discussion and Analysis (MD&A) financial disclosure requirements in Regulation S-K....more

Morgan Lewis

Protecting Your Investment: Insights For 2020

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Investors and investment managers around the globe are seeing increasing rules and regulations on how they can deploy their money, how they can advertise their services, and how they have to report to regulators. ...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

SEC Proposes Amendments To Enhance MD&A Disclosures and Issues New MD&A Interpretative Guidance

The SEC issued documents on January 30, 2020, regarding management discussion and analysis (MD&A) and other disclosures. ...more

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FDIC Adopts Changes to Securitization Safe Harbor Rule

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Since its adoption in 2010, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation’s (the “FDIC”) securitization safe harbor rule, 12 C.F.R. § 360.6 (the “Rule”), which relates to the treatment of financial assets transferred in...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

SEC Proposes Rule Amendments Designed to Expand Access to Private Investment Opportunities

By a 3-2 vote, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) approved the publication of a release on December 18, 2019, generally expanding the scope of the definitions of “accredited investor” in Rule 501(a) of...more

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Proposed Expansion of “Accredited Investor” Definition Would Benefit Issuers and Investors

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The Securities and Exchange Commission is proposing to expand the definition of “accredited investor” to include additional entities that could bear the economic risks of investment and certain financially sophisticated...more

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CFTC Codifies Registration and Reporting Relief for Commodity Pool Operators and Commodity Trading Advisors

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (the “CFTC”) approved the publication of two releases (the “Final Rules”) on November 25, 2019, adopting final amendments to Part 4 of the CFTC Rules which codify and expand a number...more

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The SEC Proposes Amendments to the Accredited Investor Definition

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On December 18, 2019, the SEC proposed amendments to its definition of “accredited investor” to add new categories of qualifying natural persons and entities able to participate in certain exempt offerings without specific...more

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

SEC proposes simplification of derivatives rules for closed-end, other funds

The SEC voted to propose a rule designed to enhance the regulation of the use of derivatives by registered investment companies, including closed-end funds, as well as mutual funds, ETFs and business development companies....more

A&O Shearman

Governance & Securities Law Focus: Europe Edition, October 2019

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Below is a summary of the main developments in US and EU corporate governance and securities law and certain financial markets regulation developments since our last update in July 2019. ...more

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

SEC Filing Fee Rate Increase Effective Oct. 1, 2019

In its first fee rate advisory for fiscal year 2020, the SEC announced that filing fees applicable to securities registrations by public companies and other issuers will be increased by 7.1%: from $121.20 to $129.80 per...more

Mayer Brown Free Writings + Perspectives

SEC Increases Filing Fees for Fiscal Year 2020

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has announced an increase in the filing fees to be paid by public companies and other issuers during the SEC’s 2020 fiscal year. ...more

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