11/27/2024 4:15:16 PM UK Parliamentary Group Publishes 'Hard-Hitting' Report on the FCA By Carolyn Jackson Nathaniel Lalone Neil Robson Christopher Collins Ciara McBrien Sara Portillo +3 more... Show less The UK’s All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on investment fraud and fairer financial services (a group of thirty Members of Parliament...
11/27/2024 2:15:03 AM Differentiating Between ROFOs and ROFRs By Benzion Westreich Rights of first offer (ROFOs) and rights of first refusal (ROFRs) are two tools often used to provide rights to potential purchasers with...
11/26/2024 6:42:10 PM Penn State Prevails in Retro Logo Infringement Suit By David Halberstadter Jessica Kraver The Nittany Lions are used to winning on the football field, but last week they also snagged a decisive victory in the courtroom. On...
11/25/2024 5:46:50 PM What the Evian 'Carbon-Neutral' Ruling Means for Advertisers By Catherine O'Brien In a notable ESG ruling, U.S. District Judge Nelson Roman dismissed a class action lawsuit against Danone Waters of America that had...
11/25/2024 4:50:18 PM OFAC Warns Foreign Financial Institutions Against Joining Russian Financial Messaging Center By Jacques Semmelman On November 21, 2024, the United States Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control ("OFAC") issued an alert cautioning...
11/22/2024 11:15:31 PM Alpine v. FINRA Big News By Susan Light Wayne Aaron On November 22, the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit granted Alpine a preliminary injunction, ruling that the...
11/21/2024 7:59:27 PM US Federal Court Vacates SEC’s Dealer Rule By James Brady Wayne Aaron Susan Light Earlier today, the US District Judge Reed O’Connor in Fort Worth, Texas vacated the rule recently adopted by the Securities and Exchange...
11/19/2024 5:36:51 PM 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...
11/19/2024 5:30:03 PM 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...
11/13/2024 6:16:10 PM 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...
11/12/2024 4:43:31 PM 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...
11/7/2024 4:00:20 PM 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...
11/5/2024 4:07:16 PM 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...
11/1/2024 5:13:57 PM 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...