The advent of a Trump Administration and Republican control of both houses of Congress opens the door to a period of intense debate on U.S. policy toward Iran generally and sanctions reli...

In a recently released white paper, former Small Business Administration head Karen Mills and former Economic Council aide Brayden McCarthy call for regulatory action in the small busines...

After National Fuel Gas declared GAMCO’s proxy access nomination to be invalid, which we previously discussed here, GAMCO filed amendment no. 10 to its Schedule 13D, announcing that its...

The results of this month’s Presidential and Congressional elections have significantly changed expectations regarding the federal estate, gift and generation-skipping transfer (GST) ta...

President-elect Trump has promised to undo a number of environmental policies and regulations issued by the Obama administration, to promote increased fossil fuel exploration and producti...

The incoming Trump administration has promised to “dismantle the Dodd-Frank Act.” In previous posts, we’ve described the technical mechanisms that an incoming administration can use...

National Fuel Gas (NFG) has informed GAMCO Asset Management (GAMCO) that its board has concluded that the company does not need to include GAMCO’s nominee in its 2017 proxy materials be...

On November 17, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, based in Philadelphia, held that noteholders were entitled to payment of an optional redemption premium at the make-whole ...

Industry Update OCIE Director Wyatt Addresses National Society of Compliance Professionals 2016 National Conference SEC Announces Enforcement Results for FY 2016 SEC Releases Statistics ...

Those who are not closely following PHH v. CFPB may not be aware that the panel decision is not final and effective. PHH is the D.C. Circuit decision holding that the current structure of...