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On April 18, 2017, the Supreme Court heard oral argument in Kokesh v. SEC to resolve a circuit split on the issue of whether the five-year statute of limitations in 28 U.S.C. § 2462—wh...
The modified version of the legislation, CHOICE Act 2.0, released by House Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-TX), is mostly known for proposing major financial regul...
President Trump issued a Presidential Memorandum last Friday, April 21, which directed the Treasury Secretary to conduct a review of the Orderly Liquidation Authority (OLA). OLA was estab...
Vanguard has updated its proxy voting guidelines. Previously, the policy for how the investor will vote on environmental and social proposals indicated that, absent a compelling economic ...
The Trump administration’s first certification to Congress regarding Iranian nuclear compliance focused more on Iran’s support for terrorism and the initiation of a National Security ...
On April 3, in the latest of a string of federal court rulings, the U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C. entered final judgment partially invalidating the SEC’s conflict minerals rul...
ISS Board Practices show the continuing strength of key governance trends and the differences in practices between large- and mid-cap companies. Directors elected annually and by majority...
On April 10, 2017, Justice Neil Gorsuch assumed the seat on the U.S. Supreme Court previously held by Justice Antonin Scalia. Justice Gorsuch, who was appointed by President George W. Bus...
The Market Misconduct Tribunal (MMT) delivered its decision in CITIC Limited (formerly CITIC Pacific) case on April 10, 2017. The MMT found that none of the executive directors at the re...
As expected, the DOL has officially delayed the applicability date of the fiduciary rule to June 9, 2017 (the rule was originally scheduled to become applicable on April 10, 2017). In a s...