06 Jun, 2024 The Office of the National Cyber Director Releases 2024 Report on Cybersecurity Posture By Trisha Sircar On May 7, 2024, the Office of the National Cyber Director (ONCD) released the 2024 Report on the Cybersecurity Posture of the United...
19 Nov, 2024 New Administration, New Direction? What Swap Dealers Can Expect From CFTC Post-2024 Election By Alex Kim Carl Kennedy The 2024 US presidential elections may signal a shift in the Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC or Commission) regulatory and...
19 Nov, 2024 Expected CFTC Implementations Post-2024 Election: Key Considerations for Futures Commission Merchants By Carl Kennedy Stephen Morris Eli Krasnow Nicholas Gervasi +1 more... Show less The 2024 US elections may signal a shift in the policy orientation of other federal financial regulators, but at the Commodity Futures...
13 Nov, 2024 OFAC Publishes Sanctions Guidance for the Maritime Shipping Industry By Jacques Semmelman On Oct. 31, 2024, The Office of Foreign Assets Control ("OFAC") of the U.S. Department of the Treasury published a “Sanctions Guidance...
12 Nov, 2024 The SEC Adopts Rules Amending the Covered Clearing Agency Standards By Nathaniel Lalone James Brady Carl Kennedy Christopher Collins Ciara McBrien Sara Portillo +3 more... Show less The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has recently adopted final rules applicable to SEC-registered Covered Clearing Agencies...
07 Nov, 2024 Industry Insights From a Restructuring Powerhouse: A Conversation With Jamie Sprayregen By Paul Musser In the latest TMA Chicago Midwest Podcast episode, I sat down with James (Jamie) Sprayregen, Vice Chairman at Hilco Global. Jamie, a...
05 Nov, 2024 Hydrochloric Acid, Sewage Backup, and the Use of Independent Contractors By Joseph Fiorill A federal court in West Virginia has ruled – in case you had any doubts – that using an independent contractor to transport your product...
05 Nov, 2024 Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals Affirms Dismissal of Putative Securities Class Action Brought by Short Seller By Sarah Eichenberger Michael Diver Michael Lohnes On October 15, 2024, the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit affirmed the dismissal of a putative securities class...
01 Nov, 2024 UK Securitisation Framework Comes into Force By Christopher Collins Nathaniel Lalone On 1 November 2024, the UK’s onshored version of the EU’s Securitisation Regulation was replaced by the UK’s new regulatory framework for...
30 Oct, 2024 Fly Carbon Neutral? Qantas Accused of Greenwashing in New Complaint By Catherine O'Brien Qantas Airways is facing a formal complaint lodged with the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) by the Environmental...
29 Oct, 2024 In Settlement, Don't Promise What You Can't Control (and Beware of Limited-Choice Forms) By Joseph Fiorill Filling out a form with limited-choice options that do not correspond to the answers you would like to provide is a frustrating...
25 Oct, 2024 The CFTC Amends Part 40 to Streamline and Improve Product Submission Processes By Carl Kennedy Nicholas Gervasi The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) finalized amendments to its regulations governing how CFTC-registered exchanges,...
24 Oct, 2024 Answer Your Lawyer's Emails By Joseph Fiorill A recent opinion of the D.C. Court of Appeals is, on the surface, about procedural doctrines on service of process and court notices. ...
22 Oct, 2024 The European Commission Reports on the First Year of the EU-US Data Privacy Framework By Trisha Sircar In July 2023, the European Commission adopted an adequacy decision for the EU-US Data Privacy Framework (DPF), as we previously reported....
22 Oct, 2024 NYDFS Cybersecurity Regulation Compliance Requirements for November 1, 2024 By Trisha Sircar As we previously reported, in 2023 the New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) amended its cybersecurity regulation, 23...
22 Oct, 2024 SEC's 2025 Exam Priorities Include Cybersecurity and AI By Trisha Sircar On October 21, 2024, the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC's) Division of Examinations (the Division) released its 2025...
18 Oct, 2024 Counting Down to DORA Compliance: Recent Developments By Nathaniel Lalone Ciara McBrien With less than three months remaining until the implementation date of the EU Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA), this note...