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A UK scheme of arrangement is a court-approved mechanism under the UK Companies Act 2006 which permits a company to enter into a compromise or arrangement with its shareholders and/or its...
We have updated our Volcker Rule flowcharts for recent amendments to the covered fund provisions of the Volcker Rule regulations. These are the second wave of amendments to the Volcker R...
On Friday, July 3, 2020, the Department of Justice’s Criminal Division and the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Enforcement Division published the Second Edition of its Resource G...
On June 29, 2020, the U.S. Department of Labor (the DOL) issued a final regulation reinstating the original fiduciary rule under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974. The D...
Each proxy season, Institutional Shareholder Services Inc. (“ISS”) constructs a peer group for each company prior to the company’s next proxy disclosure. ISS’ methodology for cons...
The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) provides economic support in multiple forms to nonprofit and tax-exempt organizations facing hardship due to the COVID-1...
The CFTC last week formally withdrew its controversial Proposed Regulation Automated Trading (Proposed Reg AT) and—consistent with Chairman Tarbert’s principles-based approach to regu...
On June 30, 2020, the U.S. Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission released a final version of the agencies’ updated Vertical Merger Guidelines. The updated Guidelines are br...
COVID-19 Update
SEC Extends Relief for Virtual Meetings of Registered Fund Boards
Rules and Regulations
SEC’s Division of Investment Management Delivers No-Action Letter to Investmen...
Rules and Regulations
CFTC Adopts a Final Rule Limiting Commodity Pool Operator Registration Exemption
Final Volcker Rule 2.1 – Covered Funds
Industry Update
OCIE Issues Risk Alert o...