The independence and role of the legal department within regulated banking organizations has come under pressure in recent years. This pressure has been exacerbated by a clash of professi...

On Sept. 6, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission staff announced a significant change to its policy on issuing no-action letters to companies seeking to exclude a shareholder propo...

On July 22, 2019, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and 50 state and territorial attorneys general settled their claims against Equifax I...

Davis Polk partners Nora Jordan, Leor Landa and Gregory Rowland authored the 2019-2020 edition of Advising Private Funds: A Comprehensive Guide To Representing Hedge Funds, Private Equity...

  Davis Polk partner Gregory Rowland and counsel Sarah Kim served as contributing editors for the 2nd edition of International Comparative Legal Guide: Public Investment Funds 2019. Rowla...

 Davis Polk’s Joe Hall and Betty M. Huber served as contributors for the 12th edition of International Comparative Legal Guide: Corporate Governance 2019, authoring the “ESG in the US...

This article aims to demystify the legal framework and legal interpretation for the newly minted, digital-native lawyer and for the curious regulatory reader, using the banking sector as ...

Davis Polk partner Ronan Harty and counsel Mary Marks authored the “United States” chapter in the twenty-fourth edition of Getting The Deal Through: Merger Control. The book provides ...

Financial regulatory reform has remained firmly on the agenda of both lawmakers and regulators in the United States throughout 2018 and into 2019. Overall, the fundamental features of the...

The SEC’s digital asset Framework summarizes and extends the traditional Howey analysis for determining when an investable asset is a security. The author suggests that the Framework fo...