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 September 11, 2017 Client Update New CFTC Enforcement Director Emphasizes Benefits of Self-Reporting In the August 25th episode of the CFTC podcast, CFTC Talks, the new Director of the CFTC’s Enforcement Division, James M... September 5, 2017 Client Update U.S. Banking Agencies Propose to Delay the Phase-In of Certain Capital Rules for Non-Advanced Approaches Banking Organizations The U.S. banking agencies (the Federal Reserve, OCC and FDIC) propose to delay the last phase of the U.S. Basel III capita... August 31, 2017 Client Update DOL Confirms Plan to Delay Full Applicability Date of Exemptions Related to Fiduciary Rule As a follow-up to our prior post, the OMB has approved the DOL’s proposal to delay the full applicability date of the ex... August 25, 2017 Client Update Issuance of Venezuela-related Executive Order and Associated General Licenses On August 24, 2017 the Trump Administration issued a new Executive Order (“E.O.”), “Imposing Additional Sanctions Wi... August 21, 2017 Client Update U.S. Banking Agencies Clarify Capital Treatment of Cleared Derivatives with Settled-to-Market Variation Margin Recently, certain derivatives clearinghouses have changed their rulebooks to treat daily payments of mark-to-market variat... August 14, 2017 Client Update CFTC Staff Extends Position Limit Aggregation Relief The CFTC’s position limit rules, which currently apply to limited types of futures contracts and options on futures, inc... August 14, 2017 Client Update Spoofing Rule Governing Commodities Trading Survives Constitutional Vagueness Challenge in the Seventh Circuit In a closely watched case, the Seventh Circuit last week affirmed the felony conviction of Michael Coscia, a New Jersey hi... August 14, 2017 Client Update The Federal Reserve Breathes Fresh Air into Its Corporate Governance Guidance The Federal Reserve’s proposed supervisory guidance on corporate governance is a breath of fresh air that should encoura... August 10, 2017 Client Update D.C. Circuit Raises the Bar on SEC Review of SRO Rule Filings—May Further Slow Pace of Agency Actions A recent decision by the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals effectively raises the standard for SEC review and approval of rule... August 8, 2017 Client Update What Happens if the CFPB Arbitration Rule Isn't Overturned? - Ten Practical Tips to Think About Now Since the CFPB issued its Arbitration Rule in July, most commentators have focused on ways the rule may be blocked from go... 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...
September 11, 2017 Client Update New CFTC Enforcement Director Emphasizes Benefits of Self-Reporting In the August 25th episode of the CFTC podcast, CFTC Talks, the new Director of the CFTC’s Enforcement Division, James M...
September 5, 2017 Client Update U.S. Banking Agencies Propose to Delay the Phase-In of Certain Capital Rules for Non-Advanced Approaches Banking Organizations The U.S. banking agencies (the Federal Reserve, OCC and FDIC) propose to delay the last phase of the U.S. Basel III capita...
August 31, 2017 Client Update DOL Confirms Plan to Delay Full Applicability Date of Exemptions Related to Fiduciary Rule As a follow-up to our prior post, the OMB has approved the DOL’s proposal to delay the full applicability date of the ex...
August 25, 2017 Client Update Issuance of Venezuela-related Executive Order and Associated General Licenses On August 24, 2017 the Trump Administration issued a new Executive Order (“E.O.”), “Imposing Additional Sanctions Wi...
August 21, 2017 Client Update U.S. Banking Agencies Clarify Capital Treatment of Cleared Derivatives with Settled-to-Market Variation Margin Recently, certain derivatives clearinghouses have changed their rulebooks to treat daily payments of mark-to-market variat...
August 14, 2017 Client Update CFTC Staff Extends Position Limit Aggregation Relief The CFTC’s position limit rules, which currently apply to limited types of futures contracts and options on futures, inc...
August 14, 2017 Client Update Spoofing Rule Governing Commodities Trading Survives Constitutional Vagueness Challenge in the Seventh Circuit In a closely watched case, the Seventh Circuit last week affirmed the felony conviction of Michael Coscia, a New Jersey hi...
August 14, 2017 Client Update The Federal Reserve Breathes Fresh Air into Its Corporate Governance Guidance The Federal Reserve’s proposed supervisory guidance on corporate governance is a breath of fresh air that should encoura...
August 10, 2017 Client Update D.C. Circuit Raises the Bar on SEC Review of SRO Rule Filings—May Further Slow Pace of Agency Actions A recent decision by the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals effectively raises the standard for SEC review and approval of rule...
August 8, 2017 Client Update What Happens if the CFPB Arbitration Rule Isn't Overturned? - Ten Practical Tips to Think About Now Since the CFPB issued its Arbitration Rule in July, most commentators have focused on ways the rule may be blocked from go...