Practice Mobile Menu Trigger Overview Experience Team Insights Subscribe to insights Featured insights 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... July 7, 2025 Client Update FinCEN and banking agencies allow banks to collect customers’ SSNs from third parties In a significant step towards modernizing Bank Secrecy Act compliance, FinCEN and the federal banking agencies are providi... May 12, 2025 Client Update OCC bank merger policy: What's old is new again The OCC has reversed recent changes to its bank merger policies through an interim final rule. Our client update is a refr... April 3, 2025 Client Update Ten letters – House Republicans call on the financial regulators to change course House Republicans have set forth their agenda for the financial regulators. Our deck organizes, by agency, the full list ... March 14, 2025 Client Update An update: Seven easy pieces for crypto regulation The SEC has moved with stunning alacrity to put crypto regulation on a sustainable footing. Even as Congress continues to ... See more insights April 24, 2019 Client Update U.S. Department of State to Cancel Iranian Oil Waivers On April 22, 2019, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced that the waivers issued to China, Greece, India, Italy, Japan,... April 23, 2019 Client Update U.S. Banking Agencies Propose Custody Bank Relief under the Supplementary Leverage Ratio The U.S. banking agencies have proposed allowing custodial banking organizations to exclude certain central bank deposits ... April 19, 2019 Client Update U.S. Government Targets “Three Stooges of Socialism” with New Measures Against Cuba, Venezuela, and Nicaragua In separate statements on April 17, 2019 coinciding with the anniversary of the Bay of Pigs invasion, U.S. Secretary of St... April 18, 2019 Client Update CFIUS Imposes $1 Million Civil Monetary Penalty for Breach of Mitigation Agreement The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (“CFIUS” or the “Committee”) recently publicly announced ... April 17, 2019 Client Update FDIC Considers Amendments to Resolution Planning Requirements Yesterday, the FDIC issued and invited comments on a proposal to amend and restate their 165(d) Rule, issued jointly with ... April 16, 2019 Client Update Banking and Cannabis — Updated Briefing on the SAFE Banking Act and STATES Act (April 2019) There is now a serious effort underway by the usually divided Congress to find a way for the growing cannabis sector to en... April 16, 2019 Client Update Recommended Read: The Rise of Risk Management in Financial Institutions and a Potential Unintended Consequence – The Diminution of the Legal Function and the Role of Legal Departments Tom Baxter of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, and formerly the General Counsel of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, has writt... April 15, 2019 Client Update Blockchain Technology — Acquisitions & Joint Ventures Blockchain technology continues to be a lively topic of conversation in legal, business and technology circles. This memo ... April 9, 2019 Client Update SEC Staff Doubles Down on Howey for Digital Assets Last week, the SEC staff published new detailed guidance on its views of when a digital asset may be considered a security... April 8, 2019 Client Update Federal Reserve Proposes Amendments to 165(d) Resolution Plan Rule Today, the Federal Reserve issued and invited comments on a proposal to amend and restate their 165(d) Rule, which impleme... Load More
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...
July 7, 2025 Client Update FinCEN and banking agencies allow banks to collect customers’ SSNs from third parties In a significant step towards modernizing Bank Secrecy Act compliance, FinCEN and the federal banking agencies are providi...
May 12, 2025 Client Update OCC bank merger policy: What's old is new again The OCC has reversed recent changes to its bank merger policies through an interim final rule. Our client update is a refr...
April 3, 2025 Client Update Ten letters – House Republicans call on the financial regulators to change course House Republicans have set forth their agenda for the financial regulators. Our deck organizes, by agency, the full list ...
March 14, 2025 Client Update An update: Seven easy pieces for crypto regulation The SEC has moved with stunning alacrity to put crypto regulation on a sustainable footing. Even as Congress continues to ...
April 24, 2019 Client Update U.S. Department of State to Cancel Iranian Oil Waivers On April 22, 2019, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced that the waivers issued to China, Greece, India, Italy, Japan,...
April 23, 2019 Client Update U.S. Banking Agencies Propose Custody Bank Relief under the Supplementary Leverage Ratio The U.S. banking agencies have proposed allowing custodial banking organizations to exclude certain central bank deposits ...
April 19, 2019 Client Update U.S. Government Targets “Three Stooges of Socialism” with New Measures Against Cuba, Venezuela, and Nicaragua In separate statements on April 17, 2019 coinciding with the anniversary of the Bay of Pigs invasion, U.S. Secretary of St...
April 18, 2019 Client Update CFIUS Imposes $1 Million Civil Monetary Penalty for Breach of Mitigation Agreement The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (“CFIUS” or the “Committee”) recently publicly announced ...
April 17, 2019 Client Update FDIC Considers Amendments to Resolution Planning Requirements Yesterday, the FDIC issued and invited comments on a proposal to amend and restate their 165(d) Rule, issued jointly with ...
April 16, 2019 Client Update Banking and Cannabis — Updated Briefing on the SAFE Banking Act and STATES Act (April 2019) There is now a serious effort underway by the usually divided Congress to find a way for the growing cannabis sector to en...
April 16, 2019 Client Update Recommended Read: The Rise of Risk Management in Financial Institutions and a Potential Unintended Consequence – The Diminution of the Legal Function and the Role of Legal Departments Tom Baxter of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, and formerly the General Counsel of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, has writt...
April 15, 2019 Client Update Blockchain Technology — Acquisitions & Joint Ventures Blockchain technology continues to be a lively topic of conversation in legal, business and technology circles. This memo ...
April 9, 2019 Client Update SEC Staff Doubles Down on Howey for Digital Assets Last week, the SEC staff published new detailed guidance on its views of when a digital asset may be considered a security...
April 8, 2019 Client Update Federal Reserve Proposes Amendments to 165(d) Resolution Plan Rule Today, the Federal Reserve issued and invited comments on a proposal to amend and restate their 165(d) Rule, which impleme...