On March 13, March 25 and June 19, the SEC issued exemptive orders providing temporary relief from certain filing and delivery obligations under the Investment Advisers Act and the Invest...

On June 17, 2020, President Trump signed into law the Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act of 2020 (the “Act”).  The Act requires the President to submit to Congress within 180 days a repor...

On June 11, 2020, the President issued an Executive Order (the “Order”), “Blocking Property of Certain Persons Associated with the International Criminal Court,” which authorizes ...

On June 10, 2020, the Ninth Circuit issued a decision affirming the dismissal of a securities case filed against a life sciences company for supposedly misrepresenting the likelihood that...

We have updated our visual memo on the Main Street Program to reflect the expansion of the program and the revised program documents that the Federal Reserve announced this week. This dec...

We have updated our memo on the legal architecture of the Main Street Program to reflect the expansion of the program and the revised program documents that the Federal Reserve announced ...

In addition to the disruption caused by the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, there have been a number of other significant developments over the past few years and in recent months that m...

The U.S. Department of Labor has issued an information letter confirming its concurrence that the fiduciary rules under ERISA do not preclude 401(k) and other participant-directed retirem...

It is impossible to discuss this proxy season without acknowledging the impact that the COVID-19 pandemic has had and its resulting highs and lows.  While the virus has upended the planni...

Acting Comptroller Brian Brooks is moving quickly to make his mark on the digital activities of national banks and to modernize OCC regulations, especially those that intersect with finte...