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 June 27, 2018 Client Update OFAC Announces Regulations and Guidance Implementing Withdrawal from the JCPOA On June 27, 2018, the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) announced amendments to t... June 25, 2018 Client Update Supreme Court Holds that SEC Administrative Law Judges Have Been Unconstitutionally Appointed in Decision that is Likely to Have Far-Reaching Impact The Supreme Court’s opinion in Lucia v. SEC, holding that SEC ALJs qualify as Officers of the United States under the Co... June 22, 2018 Client Update SDNY Weighs In on the Constitutionality of the CFPB’s Structure Arguments surrounding the constitutionality of the CFPB’s structure, never fully put to rest despite the D.C. Circuit’... June 20, 2018 Client Update Federal Banking Agencies’ New Policy on Coordinating Enforcement Actions Is an Important First Step Not enough attention has been paid to the FFIEC’s policy announcement on enforcement which is, we hope, the first step t... June 19, 2018 Client Update FCA Publishes the Final Rules for the Premium Listing Segment for Sovereign-Controlled Commercial Companies On 8 June 2018 the UK Financial Conduct Authority announced that it is taking forward its proposals to establish a new pre... June 18, 2018 Client Update Proposed Amendments to the Volcker Rule Regulations This visual memorandum describes the proposed amendments to the Volcker Rule regulations issued by the Federal Reserve, FD... June 18, 2018 Client Update The Federal Reserve’s Proposed Governance Guidance for Boards and Management and Proposed Large Financial Institution Rating System In connection with Margaret E. Tahyar’s participation in the 2018 Prudential Regulation Conference to be hosted by SIFMA... June 18, 2018 Client Update Visual Memoranda: The Federal Reserve’s Proposed Governance Guidance for Boards and Management and Proposed Large Financial Institution Rating System On June 19, 2018, Margaret E. Tahyar will moderate the “Supervisory and Examination Issues and Updates” panel at the 2... June 13, 2018 Client Update Bipartisan Marijuana Bill Would Permit Banking Legal Cannabis Businesses The banking sector should pay close attention to the recent bipartisan bill supporting marijuana legal reform (the “Stre... June 1, 2018 Client Update OFAC Further Expands, Extends, Russia-related General Licenses The Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) has recently issued several new or amende... 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...
June 27, 2018 Client Update OFAC Announces Regulations and Guidance Implementing Withdrawal from the JCPOA On June 27, 2018, the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) announced amendments to t...
June 25, 2018 Client Update Supreme Court Holds that SEC Administrative Law Judges Have Been Unconstitutionally Appointed in Decision that is Likely to Have Far-Reaching Impact The Supreme Court’s opinion in Lucia v. SEC, holding that SEC ALJs qualify as Officers of the United States under the Co...
June 22, 2018 Client Update SDNY Weighs In on the Constitutionality of the CFPB’s Structure Arguments surrounding the constitutionality of the CFPB’s structure, never fully put to rest despite the D.C. Circuit’...
June 20, 2018 Client Update Federal Banking Agencies’ New Policy on Coordinating Enforcement Actions Is an Important First Step Not enough attention has been paid to the FFIEC’s policy announcement on enforcement which is, we hope, the first step t...
June 19, 2018 Client Update FCA Publishes the Final Rules for the Premium Listing Segment for Sovereign-Controlled Commercial Companies On 8 June 2018 the UK Financial Conduct Authority announced that it is taking forward its proposals to establish a new pre...
June 18, 2018 Client Update Proposed Amendments to the Volcker Rule Regulations This visual memorandum describes the proposed amendments to the Volcker Rule regulations issued by the Federal Reserve, FD...
June 18, 2018 Client Update The Federal Reserve’s Proposed Governance Guidance for Boards and Management and Proposed Large Financial Institution Rating System In connection with Margaret E. Tahyar’s participation in the 2018 Prudential Regulation Conference to be hosted by SIFMA...
June 18, 2018 Client Update Visual Memoranda: The Federal Reserve’s Proposed Governance Guidance for Boards and Management and Proposed Large Financial Institution Rating System On June 19, 2018, Margaret E. Tahyar will moderate the “Supervisory and Examination Issues and Updates” panel at the 2...
June 13, 2018 Client Update Bipartisan Marijuana Bill Would Permit Banking Legal Cannabis Businesses The banking sector should pay close attention to the recent bipartisan bill supporting marijuana legal reform (the “Stre...
June 1, 2018 Client Update OFAC Further Expands, Extends, Russia-related General Licenses The Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) has recently issued several new or amende...