6/16/2025 1:17:09 PM SEC Requests Stay of CAT-Related Class Action Proceedings By James Brady Michael Lohnes Nicholas Gervasi On June 11, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) requested a stay of proceedings in a pending class action lawsuit challenging...
6/2/2025 7:04:23 PM Can There be Only One? The CFTC Faces an Unprecedented Moment with Potentially One Commissioner By Carl Kennedy Dan Davis Nicholas Gervasi As commissioners continue to depart, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC or Commission) may soon find itself in an...
5/30/2025 5:53:44 PM Stay on Alert: CFTC Staff Reminds Registered Exchanges and Clearinghouses to Evaluate and Calibrate Their Volatility Control Mechanisms By Carl Kennedy Eli Krasnow The Commodity Futures Training Commission’s (“CFTC”) Division of Market Oversight and Division of Clearing and Risk issued an advisory...
5/29/2025 7:44:38 PM SEC Signals Reevaluation of CAT Reporting Amid Broader Transparency and Regulatory Reform Efforts By James Brady Michael Lohnes Nicholas Gervasi Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman Paul S. Atkins recently directed SEC staff to conduct a review of the Consolidated...
5/16/2025 9:05:45 PM A Sigh of Relief: SEC Reporting Parties Can Continue Following CFTC Reporting Rules When Reporting Security-Based Swap Data Until 2029 By Carl Kennedy Nicholas Gervasi As a result of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC or the Commission) recently extending relief that the Commission originally...
5/5/2025 2:42:50 PM UK Cryptoassets: Draft Legislation and FCA Discussion Paper Published By Christopher Collins Neil Robson Carolyn Jackson Nathaniel Lalone Ciara McBrien Sara Portillo +3 more... Show less On 29 April, UK Chancellor Rachel Reeves announced the publication by HM Treasury of near-final legislation to bring cryptoassets within...
4/22/2025 9:26:25 PM Financial Industry Concerns Cause FCC to Delay Implementation of Broad Consent Revocation Requirement under TCPA By Ted Huffman On April 11, 2025, a controversial new rule by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) was set to take effect to modify consent...
4/17/2025 6:48:01 PM The CFPB Shuts Down Controversial "Regulation Through Guidance" Practices By Ted Huffman Eric Hail The acting head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) continues to winnow out regulatory tools used by agency staff under...
4/1/2025 6:28:31 PM Winding Back the Clock: CFTC Withdraws Controversial SEF Registration Staff Letter By Carl Kennedy Carolyn Jackson Nathaniel Lalone Christopher Collins +1 more... Show less The Division of Market Oversight (DMO) of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has withdrawn its previous staff advisory...
3/17/2025 7:33:09 PM FINRA Proposes and Seeks Comment on Simplified Rules for Outside Business Activities and Private Securities Transactions By Wayne Aaron On Friday, March 14, in Regulatory Notice 25-05, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) proposed a new rule to address when...
3/7/2025 10:36:26 PM CFPB Drops Challenge That Lease-to-Own Agreements Be Regulated As "Credit" By Eric Hail Ted Huffman On Thursday, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) dropped its high-profile enforcement action against Acima in Utah federal...
3/5/2025 11:46:48 PM NYDFS Annual Compliance Submissions Due April 15, 2025 and New Compliance Requirements Effective on May 1, 2025 By Trisha Sircar As we previously reported, in 2023 the New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) amended its cybersecurity regulation, 23...
2/24/2025 4:42:42 PM President Trump Executive Order on Supervision of 'Independent' Agencies By Dan Davis Carl Kennedy Nicholas Gervasi Amidst a blitz of executive action, on February 18, President Donald Trump signed an executive order entitled “Ensuring Accountability...
2/12/2025 5:58:06 PM CFPB Shaken Up While Courts Address Consumer Fraud Obligations Under EFTA and Convenience Fees By Stuart Richter Eric Hail Ted Huffman Camille Brooks +1 more... Show less The new administration continues to shake up the financial services regulatory environment. The CFPB’s new acting director indicated...
2/7/2025 2:50:33 PM FCA Publishes Policy Statement on UK’s Commodity Derivatives Regulatory Framework Reform By Carolyn Jackson Christopher Collins Ciara McBrien On 5 February 2025, the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published a policy statement (PS25/1) setting out its response and final...
1/22/2025 9:34:33 AM FCA Consults on Second Phase of Enforcement Investigation Proposals By Carolyn Jackson Nathaniel Lalone Neil Robson Christopher Collins Ciara McBrien Sara Portillo +3 more... Show less Following the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)’s February 2024 consultation on changes to its Enforcement Guide and publicising...