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FINRA’s 2020 Risk Monitoring and Examination Priorities Letter

By William Mack & Jennifer D. Newton

January 17, 2020

On Jan. 9, 2020, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) released its 2020 Risk Monitoring and Examination Priorities Letter, in which it identifies its areas of examination focus for 2020. The cover note also highlights key changes in FINRA’s risk monitoring and examination program. These changes include the consolidation of FINRA’s three examination programs into a single risk monitoring framework. As part of this new framework, FINRA expects to categorize every FINRA member firm…

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First Circuit Concludes That Two Private Equity Funds Were Not Liable for Pension Fund Withdrawal Liability of Portfolio Company

By Steven B. Lapidus & Ian A. Herbert

January 16, 2020

In its recent decision in Sun Capital Partners III, LP v. New England Teamsters & Trucking Indus. Pension Fund, the First Circuit Court of Appeals decided that two investment funds established by a private equity firm to acquire and provide management services to various portfolio companies were not liable for the withdrawal liabilities for unfunded benefits under a union pension plan contributed to by one of their portfolio companies. Under the Multiemployer Pension Plan Amendment…

GT Israel Law Blog

Outlook 2020: Gambling Legislation and Enforcement in the Netherlands

By Jacomijn Christ & Jan Herfkens

January 15, 2020

The Dutch government is updating its legislation and policy on both online gambling and land-based gambling. In GT Alert, we briefly describe the most relevant legal developments of 2019 in this area, and also look forward to 2020. Online gambling’s illegality in the Netherlands notwithstanding, the number of people in the Netherlands who participate in online gambling has increased steadily over the last few years. According to research of Motivaction (link in Dutch), 1.8…

GT Amsterdam Law Blog

Outlook 2020: Gambling Legislation and Enforcement in the Netherlands

By Jacomijn Christ & Jan Herfkens

January 15, 2020

Hot Off The Hill

Trump Administration Proposes Significant Streamlining of National Environmental Policy Act

By Zackary D. Knaub, Steven C. Russo, Howard L. Nelson & Steven Barringer

January 14, 2020

On Jan. 9, 2020, the Trump administration’s Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) proposed rules that would update comprehensively the regulations promulgated under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) for the first time in 40 years. After 40 years there is little question that the regulations could use updating and that environmental reviews can be streamlined. However, these proposed revisions go beyond seeking efficiencies and better coordination. Rather, they seek to narrow federal agencies’ NEPA obligations…

E2 Law Blog

Trump Administration Proposes Significant Streamlining of National Environmental Policy Act

By Zackary D. Knaub, Steven C. Russo, Howard L. Nelson & Steven Barringer

January 14, 2020

E2 Law Blog

New York Governor Proposes $3 Billion Bond for Environmental Measures

By Steven C. Russo & Zackary D. Knaub

January 10, 2020

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In his 2020 State of the State speech, New York Governor Andrew M. Cuomo led with a proposal to issue a $3 Billion ‘Restore Mother Nature Environmental’ Bond Act. The administration is calling it the nation’s most aggressive habitat restoration and flood reduction program. Additionally, the program appears to contemplate funding beyond the $3 billion, noting that the program will be funded “in part” by the bond issuance. In New York, such a bond, if…

Inside Business Immigration

You are invited: Immigration Law Webinar – A Review of 2019 and a Look Forward to 2020

By Greenberg Traurig

January 10, 2020

A number of changes to U.S. immigration law occurred in 2019. As we look ahead into the new year, we continue to see new and proposed changes to U.S. immigration policy. This webinar will discuss significant developments from 2019 as well as a summary of potential changes to the U.S. business immigration system in 2020. Wednesday, January 22, 2020 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. EST Register here. Presenters: Jay Ruby Shareholder Laura Reiff Shareholder Courtney Noce Shareholder …

Financial Services Observer

SEC Publishes OCIE 2020 Examination Priorities

By Richard M. Cutshall

January 9, 2020

On Jan. 7, the SEC announced the publication of the annual Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (OCIE) 2020 Examination Priorities. In addition to the examination priorities themselves, the 28-page publication includes statistics related to OCIE’s 2019 examination program, touting OCIE’s completion of over 3,000 examinations covering ~15% of registered investment advisers and verification of 31 million investor accounts aggregating over $1.5 trillion in fiscal year 2019. The examination priorities themselves are a mix of…

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And It Begins – Privacy Legislation Introduced in Virginia

By Gretchen A. Ramos

January 9, 2020

On January 8, 2020, the “Virginia Privacy Act” (HB 473), was introduced for consideration to the General Assembly of Virginia. The proposed legislation includes notice requirements similar to the California Consumer Privacy Act’s (CCPA), provides consumers with rights similar to those under the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), and unlike either the CCPA or the GDPR, would require data controllers to perform and document a privacy risk assessment for every processing…

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FINRA’s 2020 Risk Monitoring and Examination Priorities Letter

First Circuit Concludes That Two Private Equity Funds Were Not Liable for Pension Fund Withdrawal Liability of Portfolio Company

Outlook 2020: Gambling Legislation and Enforcement in the Netherlands

Outlook 2020: Gambling Legislation and Enforcement in the Netherlands

Trump Administration Proposes Significant Streamlining of National Environmental Policy Act

Trump Administration Proposes Significant Streamlining of National Environmental Policy Act

New York Governor Proposes $3 Billion Bond for Environmental Measures

You are invited: Immigration Law Webinar – A Review of 2019 and a Look Forward to 2020

SEC Publishes OCIE 2020 Examination Priorities

And It Begins – Privacy Legislation Introduced in Virginia

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