On March 17, 2026, the California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation announced it would suspend implementation of the California Fair Investment Practices by Venture Capital Companies Act.
On March 17, 2026, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission issued an interpretive release addressing the application of the federal securities laws to crypto assets and related transactions.
On March 12, 2026, the Federal Trade Commission issued an Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking seeking public comment on a proposed rulemaking to address potential unfair or deceptive fee practices in connection with rental housing.
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission recognized that processing delays associated with the unusually large number of Form ID applications being submitted due to the Holding Foreign Insiders Accountable Act may contribute to FPIs failing to meet the March 18,
Effective March 1, 2026, FinCEN’s Residential Real Estate Rule will impose streamlined reporting (the Real Estate Report) and recordkeeping requirements on certain persons involved in residential real estate closings and settlements (collectively, Reporting Persons).
On Aug. 21, 2025, Judge Margaret Ryan, a former senior judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces, was named the Securities and Exchange Commission’s director of the Division of Enforcement.
In 2025, debanking initiatives continued to intensify, with new guidance, legislation, and other actions at both the federal and state levels aimed at so-called “discriminatory debanking.”
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit in National Small Business United vs. U.S. Department of the Treasury reversed the decision of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama decision, which found that the Corporate
On Dec. 18, 2025, President Donald Trump signed the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 (NDAA) into law. The NDAA includes Section 8103, the Holding Foreign Insiders Accountable Act (HFIAA), which abolishes certain of the current exemptions for
