2/18/2025 8:12:54 PM President Trump’s Recent Executive Orders and Their Potential Impact on Social Initiatives By Ny'esha Young Johnjerica Hodge President Trump started his second term by signing executive orders that covered a number of environmental, social, and governance...
2/13/2025 5:07:06 PM SEC Grants Further Relief From Including Personally Identifiable Information in CAT Reporting By James Brady Michael Lohnes Wayne Aaron Susan Light +1 more... Show less On February 10, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) granted relief exempting industry members from reporting a natural person’s...
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...
2/11/2025 7:23:47 PM President Trump Pauses FCPA Enforcement By Jacques Semmelman On February 10, 2025, President Donald Trump issued an Executive Order titled "Pausing Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Enforcement to...
1/24/2025 2:48:51 PM White House Embraces Crypto as SEC Opens Door for Banks By Dan Davis Alex Kim The Trump administration is moving swiftly to reshape federal digital asset policy. On January 23, President Trump issued an executive...
1/16/2025 9:49:04 PM What Will the New FTC Do With the Green Guides? By Chris Cole The incoming administration will change the Federal Trade Commission leadership. Chair Lina Khan, whose term has expired, is leaving,...
12/16/2024 2:49:53 PM President-Elect Trump Taps Andrew Ferguson to Serve as FTC Chair and Nominates Mark Meador as Commissioner By Trisha Sircar On December 10, 2024, President-elect Donald Trump announced that FTC commissioner Andrew Ferguson will chair the agency, while...
12/9/2024 2:04:28 PM 2024 Year-End Estate Planning: Legislative Proposals By Joshua Rubenstein Jonathan Byer Andrew Toporoff President-Elect Donald Trump has not published a comprehensive tax plan as of the time of this writing, but he and Vice President-Elect...
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...