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Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

DOL Expands Investment Advice Subject to Fiduciary Liability

Following previous failed attempts to expand the fiduciary liability of financial services providers, the DOL released a new rule that broadens the definition of “fiduciary” under ERISA. The new rule is expected to face...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

SEC Adopts Long-Anticipated Rules for SPACs: Considerations for Market Participants and SEC Enforcement Objectives in the New...

The rules, originally proposed in March 2022, realign disclosures, marketing practices and other obligations in de-SPAC transactions more closely with traditional IPOs and add increased risk and uncertainty for market...more

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SEC Adopts Expansive (Albeit Slightly Softened) Private Funds Rules

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Today, the SEC (U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission) has adopted the much anticipated so-called “Private Funds Rules” under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (the “Advisers Act”). The Private Funds Rules will impact not...more

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SEC Eyes Further Crypto Regulation as Concerns over Conflicts of Interest Loom

SEC Chair Gary Gensler appears to be readying the SEC for increasing oversight of cryptocurrency exchanges, the latest in a series of regulatory actions targeting the growing industry. In prepared remarks at PLI’s recent...more

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FINRA’s New Research Rules

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The new rules retain many of the current rules’ core requirements, but expand certain obligations and impose requirements on debt research activities for the first time. On August 26, 2015, the Financial Industry...more

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SEC Approves Long-Anticipated FINRA Research Rules

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New FINRA Rule 2241 consolidates and expands upon legacy NASD and NYSE rules to address equity research analyst activities, equity research reports, and conflicts of interest relating to equity research analysts. New FINRA...more

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This Week In Securities Litigation

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In the roll-up to the Labor Day weekend, the SEC issued new rules regarding asset backed securities and credit rating agencies. The Commission also announced a new pilot program on tick size....more

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