The Securities and Exchange Commission recently announced that its Investor Advisory Committee will be meeting on September 19, 2024. The meeting will consist of two panels.
The first panel will consider investment advice and the fiduciary duty obligation. The agenda
Readers may remember our rather gloomy blog on Mr. Gove’s Renters’ Reform Bill. Our view then was that landlords didn’t need to panic – yet. Unfortunately, with the Renters’ Rights Bill, it may be time for landlords to start
Multinational groups constantly evolve, grow, and consolidate, and operational facts and circumstances always change. Say a growing company decides to expand internationally. It may choose to incorporate new foreign subsidiaries that will operate a manufacturing facility in one country and
European Union Commissioner of Home Affairs Ylva Johansson has announced that the EU’s new Entry/Exit System (EES) will launch on November 10, 2024. EES is intended to function as an automated electronic system for registering the entry and exit of
The Securities and Exchange Commission recently announced that the fees that registrants pay to register their securities with the SEC will increase from $147.60 per million dollars to $153.10 per million dollars, effective October 1. The new fee rate will be
On August 14, 2024, FINRA published an update (the “Update”) on its ongoing efforts to engage with its members related to crypto asset activities. The Update describes “crypto assets” as assets that are issued or transferred using distributed ledger or
The Court of Appeal recently handed down judgment in Yieldpoint Stable Value Fund, LP v Kimura Commodity Trade Finance Fund Limited [2024] EWCA Civ 639, on Kimura’s appeal from the High Court’s decision1 that a participation agreement between Yieldpoint and
In response to the significant ambiguities raised by New Hampshire’s recent amendments to its Motor Vehicle Retail Installment Sales Act — not to mention their immediate effectiveness and draconian liability provisions — the state’s Banking Department has issued several nuggets
The Financial Accounting Standards Board (the “FASB”) recently completed an update to its Conceptual Framework for Financial Reporting (the “Framework”). The Framework is a body of interrelated objectives and fundamentals that provides the FASB with guidance as it sets standards for
Earlier this month, the Southern District of New York issued its final ruling and remedies order in Securities and Exchange Commission v. Ripple Labs, Inc. Judge Analisa Torres found that the SEC failed to show that any investor was harmed