The Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) released this Monday its draft standards for Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) disclosure, launching a 90-day public comment ...

On September 27, 2017, Congress passed the Fair Access to Investment Research Act of 2017 (the “FAIR Act”), sending the bill to President Trump for his signature.  The FAIR Act instru...

Many have commented on the suit filed last week challenging the CFPB’s arbitration rule, but few have considered what impact, if any, the suit could have on the fast-approaching complia...

ADP rejected Pershing Square’s recommendation to use a universal proxy card, arguing that given the solicitation has already commenced, changing the voting procedures for a new and unte...

On Tuesday the House of Representatives passed a bill (H.R. 1624) that would require the federal banking agencies to amend their liquidity rules (including the LCR Rule) to treat all “m...

This past Friday, a federal district court set aside the temporary regulations that frustrated certain inversion transactions, including the proposed Pfizer/Allergan merger, which was aba...

There has been significant attention to the first major policy speech by the CFTC’s newly-minted Enforcement Division Director, James McDonald on September 25, 2017.  Mr. McDonald’s s...

New revenue recognition rules (ASC 606 and IFRS 15) are required to be adopted by most public companies starting January 1, 2018 and most private companies starting January 1, 2019. These...

The U.S. banking agencies this week released a proposal that would significantly amend the U.S. Basel III capital rules of all three agencies by simplifying the capital treatment of sever...

Industry Update SEC Staff Issues Information Update on Compliance with Form ADV Amendments for Other-Than-Annual Amendments SEC Grants No-Action Relief to Registered Closed-End Managemen...