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On September 9, 2019, the Internal Revenue Service released proposed regulations that, if finalized in their current form, would in many cases dramatically reduce the portion of a company...
In the latest development in the complex and evolving sanctions targeting the Government of Venezuela, on September 9, 2019, the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Cont...
On September 9, the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control published a final rule amending the Cuban Assets Control Regulations to:
remove the general license au...
The FDIC and the OCC approved final amendments to the original Volcker Rule regulations, which were first adopted in December 2013. The Federal Reserve, SEC and CFTC are expected to appr...
On September 3, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York unsealed an order ruling that, under certain circumstances, the Mandatory Victims Restitution Act—w...
The SEC staff has changed its policy on issuing no-action letters to companies seeking to exclude a shareholder proposal from a proxy statement. The agency said it may sometimes respond o...
A key feature of many modern credit agreements is an “incremental” or “accordion” provision, which can allow a borrower to increase the aggregate amount of financing available und...
Financial services regulatory reform continues to evolve in 2019. As we observe the changing landscape, here is the Fall Focus Edition of our reference tool, which provides context and s...
As we look forward to fall, we have updated our brief deck summarizing the leadership and staffing changes among federal financial regulators, including announced nominations, confirmatio...
The Federal Trade Commission recently obtained a fine from Third Point LLC and three of its funds for alleged violations of the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 that a...