10/19/2026 5:03:52 PM Turning Straw Into Gold: BOLI Exchanges and the Open Insurable Interest Question By Henry Bregstein In July, we wrote about the final regulations under T.D. 10052, which confirm that a Section 1035 exchange is no longer, by itself, a...
10/19/2026 1:53:57 PM Rethinking the 'Qualified Client' Standard By Michael Didiuk Adam Bolter Alex San Martin The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has proposed treating “accredited investors” under Regulation D as “qualified clients” under...
10/16/2026 6:39:14 PM Fraud Proves To Be a Viable Ground for Vacating an Entire Arbitration Award Without Remand or Rehearing By Ted Huffman Will Davis Overturning an arbitration award can be challenging. The Federal Arbitration Act (FAA) imposes a heavy presumption in favor of...
10/15/2026 9:37:02 PM SEC Approval Opens the Door to Event-Based Trading in the Securities Markets By Dan Davis Matt Kluchenek James Brady Alex Kim Alex San Martin +2 more... Show less Prediction-market-style trading is entering the securities markets. On October 13, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved...
10/12/2026 9:24:01 PM CFTC Draws the Line Between Event Contracts and “Casino-Style Gambling Products” By Dan Davis Matt Kluchenek Alex Kim Alex San Martin +1 more... Show less The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC or the Commission) has moved to clarify and codify the distinction under the Commodity...
10/12/2026 4:51:43 PM FCA Finalises Guidance on the Prudential Overall Risk Assessment for Cryptoasset Firms By Christopher Collins Charlotte Hill Carolyn Jackson Nathaniel Lalone Sara Portillo Neil Robson Ciara Watson James Wells +5 more... Show less The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published two sets of finalised non-Handbook guidance on COREPRU 7 (FG26/9) and CRYPTOPRU 7...
10/6/2026 8:44:22 PM The CFTC Sets its Sights on Retail Leveraged Crypto Transactions By Dan Davis Matt Kluchenek Alex Kim Alex San Martin +1 more... Show less The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has taken another significant step towards developing a broader federal regulatory...
10/1/2026 1:20:49 PM UK Regulators Publish Tokenisation Feedback Statement and Call for Input By Nathaniel Lalone Carolyn Jackson Neil Robson Charlotte Hill Christopher Collins Ciara Watson Sara Portillo +4 more... Show less The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and the Bank of England (BoE) (together, the Regulators) have published a joint Feedback...