Practice Mobile Menu Trigger Overview Experience Team Insights Subscribe to insights January 20, 2020 Articles & Books The objectivity of the reasonable basis defense to tax penalties If a taxpayer underpays taxes because of negligence, a penalty of 20% applies. Treasury regulations provide for an excep... January 17, 2020 Client Update Federal Banking Agencies Recognize the Rise of Index Funds and Passive Investing In a welcome move, two recent actions by the Federal Reserve, OCC and FDIC (the Banking Agencies) recognize the increasing... January 16, 2020 Client Update Encouraging Innovation: Brokered Deposits—What Fintechs Need to Know to Partner with Banks under the FDIC’s Proposed Regulations In a step forward for the digital transformation of banking and partnerships between banks and fintechs, the FDIC released... January 16, 2020 Client Update DOJ and FTC Release Draft Vertical Merger Guidelines: a Modest and Overdue Makeover On January 10, 2020, the U.S. Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission released a long-awaited draft of new Vert... January 16, 2020 Client Update SEC Proposes to Expand Access to Private Offerings Proposed amendments to definitions of “accredited investor” and “qualified institutional buyer” would expand priva... January 16, 2020 Client Update DOJ and FTC Release Draft Vertical Merger Guidelines: a Modest and Overdue Makeover On January 10, 2020, the U.S. Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission released a long-awaited draft of new Vert... January 16, 2020 Client Update SEC Proposes to Expand Access to Private Offerings Proposed amendments to definitions of “accredited investor” and “qualified institutional buyer” would expand priva... January 15, 2020 Client Update FSOC Shift to an Activities-Based Approach Signals an Emphasis on the Risks to Financial Stability from Digital Transformation The Financial Stability Oversight Council’s (FSOC) recently revised guidelines (the 2019 Guidelines) on how it will iden... January 14, 2020 Client Update “Maximum Pressure” to the Max: United States Sanctions Additional Sectors of Iran’s Economy On January 10, 2020, President Trump issued Executive order 13902 (“E.O. 13902”) which authorizes the U.S. Department ... January 14, 2020 Client Update Proposed Rule on Derivatives Use by Registered Funds Our client memorandum discusses the key takeaways and main provisions of proposed new Rule 18f-4 under the Investment Comp... Load More
January 20, 2020 Articles & Books The objectivity of the reasonable basis defense to tax penalties If a taxpayer underpays taxes because of negligence, a penalty of 20% applies. Treasury regulations provide for an excep...
January 17, 2020 Client Update Federal Banking Agencies Recognize the Rise of Index Funds and Passive Investing In a welcome move, two recent actions by the Federal Reserve, OCC and FDIC (the Banking Agencies) recognize the increasing...
January 16, 2020 Client Update Encouraging Innovation: Brokered Deposits—What Fintechs Need to Know to Partner with Banks under the FDIC’s Proposed Regulations In a step forward for the digital transformation of banking and partnerships between banks and fintechs, the FDIC released...
January 16, 2020 Client Update DOJ and FTC Release Draft Vertical Merger Guidelines: a Modest and Overdue Makeover On January 10, 2020, the U.S. Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission released a long-awaited draft of new Vert...
January 16, 2020 Client Update SEC Proposes to Expand Access to Private Offerings Proposed amendments to definitions of “accredited investor” and “qualified institutional buyer” would expand priva...
January 16, 2020 Client Update DOJ and FTC Release Draft Vertical Merger Guidelines: a Modest and Overdue Makeover On January 10, 2020, the U.S. Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission released a long-awaited draft of new Vert...
January 16, 2020 Client Update SEC Proposes to Expand Access to Private Offerings Proposed amendments to definitions of “accredited investor” and “qualified institutional buyer” would expand priva...
January 15, 2020 Client Update FSOC Shift to an Activities-Based Approach Signals an Emphasis on the Risks to Financial Stability from Digital Transformation The Financial Stability Oversight Council’s (FSOC) recently revised guidelines (the 2019 Guidelines) on how it will iden...
January 14, 2020 Client Update “Maximum Pressure” to the Max: United States Sanctions Additional Sectors of Iran’s Economy On January 10, 2020, President Trump issued Executive order 13902 (“E.O. 13902”) which authorizes the U.S. Department ...
January 14, 2020 Client Update Proposed Rule on Derivatives Use by Registered Funds Our client memorandum discusses the key takeaways and main provisions of proposed new Rule 18f-4 under the Investment Comp...