Practice Mobile Menu Trigger Overview Experience Team Insights Subscribe to insights Featured insights December 1, 2025 Client Update OCC updates BSA/AML examination procedures for community banks The OCC released new Bank Secrecy Act examination procedures to reduce regulatory burdens for community banks, continuing ... October 14, 2025 Client Update Key takeaways from the FDIC and OCC supervisory proposals The FDIC and OCC propose to codify safety and soundness and reputational risk. This update contains our key takeaways, vie... October 13, 2025 Client Update FinCEN and banking agencies release updated SAR guidance FinCEN and the federal banking agencies released new FAQs intended to streamline suspicious activity reporting obligations... August 19, 2025 Client Update Crypto’s integration into the traditional financial system is underway President Trump entered the White House in January 2025 promising to make the United States the “Crypto Capital of the W... July 18, 2025 Client Update GENIUS Act is enacted The President has signed the bipartisan GENIUS Act – a landmark stablecoin bill – into law. Our client update breaks d... July 18, 2025 Client Update GENIUS Act: AML/CFT and sanctions compliance The President has signed the bipartisan GENIUS Act into law. Our client update breaks down the AML/CFT and sanctions compl... See more insights February 14, 2011 Client Update Summary of the Federal Reserve’s Final Regulations on the Conformance Period for the Volcker Rule The final regulations implement the conformance period during which banking entities must bring their activities, investme... February 9, 2011 Client Update Summary of Federal Reserve Proposed Rule on Definitions Related to Nonbank Financial Companies and Interconnectedness of Systemically Important Firms On February 8, 2011, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (the “Board”) issued a notice of proposed ru... January 25, 2011 Client Update Investing In or Acquiring Troubled Banks: The Problem of Holding Company Debt In the wake of the recent purchase of AmericanWest Bank by a joint venture between a Goldman Sachs fund and Oaktree Capita... January 24, 2011 Client Update SEC Study on the Fiduciary Duty of Investment Advisers and Broker-Dealers On January 21, 2011, the Securities and Exchange Commission released its much anticipated staff study on the effectiveness... January 20, 2011 Client Update Summary of the Volcker Rule Study – Hedge Funds and Private Equity Funds The study by the Financial Stability Oversight Council (“FSOC”) of the funds portion of the Volcker Rule includes usef... January 19, 2011 Client Update Summary of the Section 622 Study and Recommendations Regarding Concentration Limits on Large Financial Companies, Released by the Financial Stability Oversight Council on January 18, 2011 As required by the Dodd-Frank Act, the Financial Stability Oversight Council (the “FSOC” or “Council”), has comple... January 19, 2011 Client Update Summary of the Volcker Rule Study – Proprietary Trading The Financial Stability Oversight Council’s (“FSOC” or the “Council”) studyon the Volcker Rule calls for robust ... January 19, 2011 Client Update Working Summary of the Financial Stability Oversight Council’s January 18, 2011 Proposed Rules on Designation of Systemically Important Nonbank Financial Companies The designation of systemically important nonbank financial companies has generated significant interest from multiple sta... November 30, 2010 Client Update CFTC Proposes to Register and Regulate Swap Dealers and Major Swap Participants On November 10, 2010, the CFTC proposed rules concerning swap dealers and major swap participants (“swaps entities”) u... November 24, 2010 Client Update SEC Issues Proposal Implementing Advisers Act Registration and Reporting Amendments Under the Dodd-Frank Act On November 19, 2010, the SEC issued a release (the “Implementing Release”) in which it proposed rules and rule amendm... Load More
December 1, 2025 Client Update OCC updates BSA/AML examination procedures for community banks The OCC released new Bank Secrecy Act examination procedures to reduce regulatory burdens for community banks, continuing ...
October 14, 2025 Client Update Key takeaways from the FDIC and OCC supervisory proposals The FDIC and OCC propose to codify safety and soundness and reputational risk. This update contains our key takeaways, vie...
October 13, 2025 Client Update FinCEN and banking agencies release updated SAR guidance FinCEN and the federal banking agencies released new FAQs intended to streamline suspicious activity reporting obligations...
August 19, 2025 Client Update Crypto’s integration into the traditional financial system is underway President Trump entered the White House in January 2025 promising to make the United States the “Crypto Capital of the W...
July 18, 2025 Client Update GENIUS Act is enacted The President has signed the bipartisan GENIUS Act – a landmark stablecoin bill – into law. Our client update breaks d...
July 18, 2025 Client Update GENIUS Act: AML/CFT and sanctions compliance The President has signed the bipartisan GENIUS Act into law. Our client update breaks down the AML/CFT and sanctions compl...
February 14, 2011 Client Update Summary of the Federal Reserve’s Final Regulations on the Conformance Period for the Volcker Rule The final regulations implement the conformance period during which banking entities must bring their activities, investme...
February 9, 2011 Client Update Summary of Federal Reserve Proposed Rule on Definitions Related to Nonbank Financial Companies and Interconnectedness of Systemically Important Firms On February 8, 2011, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (the “Board”) issued a notice of proposed ru...
January 25, 2011 Client Update Investing In or Acquiring Troubled Banks: The Problem of Holding Company Debt In the wake of the recent purchase of AmericanWest Bank by a joint venture between a Goldman Sachs fund and Oaktree Capita...
January 24, 2011 Client Update SEC Study on the Fiduciary Duty of Investment Advisers and Broker-Dealers On January 21, 2011, the Securities and Exchange Commission released its much anticipated staff study on the effectiveness...
January 20, 2011 Client Update Summary of the Volcker Rule Study – Hedge Funds and Private Equity Funds The study by the Financial Stability Oversight Council (“FSOC”) of the funds portion of the Volcker Rule includes usef...
January 19, 2011 Client Update Summary of the Section 622 Study and Recommendations Regarding Concentration Limits on Large Financial Companies, Released by the Financial Stability Oversight Council on January 18, 2011 As required by the Dodd-Frank Act, the Financial Stability Oversight Council (the “FSOC” or “Council”), has comple...
January 19, 2011 Client Update Summary of the Volcker Rule Study – Proprietary Trading The Financial Stability Oversight Council’s (“FSOC” or the “Council”) studyon the Volcker Rule calls for robust ...
January 19, 2011 Client Update Working Summary of the Financial Stability Oversight Council’s January 18, 2011 Proposed Rules on Designation of Systemically Important Nonbank Financial Companies The designation of systemically important nonbank financial companies has generated significant interest from multiple sta...
November 30, 2010 Client Update CFTC Proposes to Register and Regulate Swap Dealers and Major Swap Participants On November 10, 2010, the CFTC proposed rules concerning swap dealers and major swap participants (“swaps entities”) u...
November 24, 2010 Client Update SEC Issues Proposal Implementing Advisers Act Registration and Reporting Amendments Under the Dodd-Frank Act On November 19, 2010, the SEC issued a release (the “Implementing Release”) in which it proposed rules and rule amendm...