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On May 13, 2019, the Supreme Court issued a 5-4 decision in Apple v. Pepper, holding that iPhone users have standing as “direct purchasers” under the Illinois Brick doctrine to sue Ap...
A bipartisan group of 38 state and territorial attorneys general has signed an open letter to Congress calling for legislative change for banking and financial institutions wishing to pro...
On May 8, 2019, the one-year anniversary of his decision to end the United States’ participation in the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (“JCPOA”) with Iran, President Trump issue...
On April 30, 2019, Assistant Attorney General Brian Benczkowski of the Criminal Division of the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) announced an updated version of the Criminal Division’s...
On May 3, 2019, the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) published A Framework for OFAC Compliance Commitments (the “Compliance Framework”), a guidanc...
On May 3, the SEC proposed changes to the financial disclosure rules for acquisitions and dispositions of businesses, taking a significant step toward easing the reporting burden. The pro...
A federal judge has put the fintech charter into the deep hibernation of a long litigation battle. It is back to the drawing board for those who might desire a fintech charter. Time to ta...
LIBOR is expected to be phased out by 2021 but US corporates continue to issue LIBOR-based floating-rate notes (FRNs). Although the defined term “LIBOR” in FRN indentures typically in...
The Federal Reserve has requested comment on a highly anticipated notice of proposed rulemaking to amend its regulatory framework for deciding when a company exercises a controlling influ...
Rules and Regulations
SEC Issues Notice of Intent to Grant Exemptive Relief for Non-Transparent Active ETFs
ADI 2019-07 – Review of Certain Filings under Automatic Effectiveness Rules
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