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Yesterday the Securities and Exchange Commission proposed a broad expansion of the popular “testing the waters” provisions to all companies, including seasoned reporting companies, sm...
Today, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced revised Hart-Scott-Rodino Act (HSR) reporting thresholds under which transactions will be reportable only if, as a result of such trans...
On 7 February 2019, the Financial Conduct Authority published four Technical Notes relating to sponsors’ obligations. This memorandum considers the contents of these notes and the impac...
Cannabis legislation for banking is now getting more serious attention, as it should. On Wednesday, February 13, the Consumer Protection and Financial Institutions Subcommittee of the Hou...
The Federal Reserve, FDIC and OCC (the Banking Agencies) recently published a proposal to increase the thresholds associated with the “major assets” prohibition governing management o...
2018 marked the tenth anniversary of China’s Anti-Monopoly Law. While the past year saw little change in the substance of Chinese antitrust enforcement, it did bring potentially signifi...
On January 28, 2019, the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) sanctioned Petroleos de Venezuela S.A. (“PdVSA”), Venezuela’s state-owned oil com...
On January 17 2019, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued a decision strongly suggesting that make-whole premiums are not payable in bankruptcy to unsecured and undersecu...
Rules and Regulations
SEC Proposes Significant Changes to Rules for Funds of Funds
SEC Staff Grants No-Action Relief to Madison Capital Funding LLC Under Section 206(4) and Rule 206(4...