The Senate just passed the bipartisan GENIUS Act, a landmark stablecoin bill, by a 68-30 vote. Attention now turns to whether and how the House of Representatives will advance its version...

The UK’s new consumer protection regime equips the CMA with extensive new direct enforcement powers, establishes additional banned practices, and provides for penalties as high as 10% o...

On June 9, 2025, DOJ announced new guidelines for the investigation and enforcement of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA). The Head of DOJ’s Criminal Division also provided additi...

On May 29, 2025, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) held its first public workshop on its progress for implementing California’s climate disclosure laws, S.B. 253 and S.B. 261. C...

The SEC has taken the first step in what could potentially be the most sweeping change in decades to its approach to foreign private issuers. Reacting to changes in the population of SEC-...

The Treasury and State Departments have issued sanctions relief permitting U.S. and foreign persons to engage in a broad set of transactions with Syrian businesses, the Syrian government ...

The FTC and DOJ recently announced the first settlements of merger enforcement actions reached under the second Trump administration. These actions follow comments from leadership at the ...

In April 2025, the SEC filed 13 actions against a combined total of 20 defendants and respondents. (These figures exclude follow-on actions, bars and suspensions.) There were no CFTC acti...

In this issue, we discuss state law restrictions on the use of ESG factors by financial institutions, including with respect to managing investments or investment standards for public funds.

Over the past several years, many states have enacted laws targeting the consideration of ESG factors in investing and business practices. These laws vary widely in scope and design and c...