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On December 25, 2017, the Government of Shenzhen, China announced that the previous Shenzhen Court of International Arbitration (“SCIA”) and Shenzhen Arbitration Commission will be co...
The SEC has agreed with a company that it can exclude a shareholder proposal that asks the board to amend its existing bylaw to lower the ownership threshold from 25% to 10% of the compan...
The Financial Stability Board, Basel Committee on Banking Supervision, Committee on Payments and Market Infrastructures and International Organization of Securities Commissions announced ...
The SEC Staff decided that a no-action letter by Apple citing the recently issued SLB 14I was not excludable based on the information presented. The Staff noted that “We are unable to c...
Rules and Regulations
CFTC Proposes to Clarify the Treatment of Leveraged, Margined, or Financed Retail Virtual Currency Transactions
Industry Update
SEC Announces Updates to Form N...
The U.S. banking agencies recently issued final rules that will require U.S. G-SIBs and certain foreign G-SIBs to amend their swap contracts, repurchase agreements and other qualified fin...
There are distinct, but subtle, shifts in tone in the FSOC’s 2017 Annual Report, especially when compared to previous annual reports and read together with three recent Treasury reports...
Rules and Regulations
CFTC Proposes to Clarify the Treatment of Leveraged, Margined, or Financed Retail Virtual Currency Transactions
Litigation
SEC Charges Investment Adviser and Prin...
Large-scale data breaches can give rise to a host of legal problems for the breached entity, ranging from consumer class action litigation to congressional inquiries and state attorneys g...
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act has now passed both houses of Congress and is expected to soon be signed into law. In this memo we address disclosure considerations for public companies that co...