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Clearing of euro-denominated securities
The UK’s anti-money laundering regime
Since the first edition of Lex et Brexit was published two weeks ago,...
As of July 19, 2016, 271 rulemaking deadlines have passed. Of the 271 rulemaking requirements with deadlines that have passed, 210 (77.5%) have been met with finalized rules and rules hav...
Last Wednesday, the SEC issued a proposal aimed at eliminating or updating duplicative, overlapping and obsolete disclosure requirements. The proposal is welcome, but largely technical in...
At an SEC open meeting today, the Staff of the SEC recommended to the Commission what Chair White characterized as part of its “modest but important work” toward the disclosure effect...
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News and Calendar
The Third Country Passport under MifIR – Panacea for Post Passport Pain?
The Impact of Brexit on U.K. payment service providers
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The House voted 243-180 yesterday to add language to a fiscal year spending bill that would bar the SEC from writing rules to require universal ballots in proxy contests. The spending bil...
On June 29, 2016, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) announced an increase in the maximum civil penalties it may impose for violations of the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act (“HSR Act”) a...
On Friday, the SEC approved NASDAQ rules that require its listed companies to publicly disclose compensation or other payments by third parties to board members or nominees.
NASDAQ made t...
Chair White’s speech before the International Corporate Governance Network (ICGN) discussed the SEC’s role in U.S. public company governance and focused on the agency’s efforts on b...
Spurred by a provision in the Dodd-Frank Act of 2010, in August 2012 the SEC adopted rules requiring companies to disclose payments made to governments in order to further oil, natural ga...