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UK Equity Capital Markets Insights — April 2026
On 26 March, FTSE Russell announced a change in its inclusion criteria for its FTSE UK Index Series to align the minimum free float requirement for both UK incorporated and non-UK incorporated companies. The announcement follows consultation on the subject launched in January (for more information, see the February edition of this newsletter)....By: Paul Hastings LLP
New CFTC Enforcement Director Outlines Updated CFTC Enforcement Priorities, Previews New Cooperation Advisory, and Warns on Prediction Market Misconduct
New Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Director of Enforcement David I. Miller made several significant announcements in remarks at NYU Law School on March 31. Miller discussed what the CFTC Division of Enforcement (the Division) will prioritize during his term, drew attention to reported misconduct in prediction markets, and outlined upcoming changes to the Division’s staff advisory on cooperation....By: Lowenstein Sandler LLP
Treasury Proposes GENIUS Act Rule, CFTC Challenges States, DOL Expands Alternative Investments in 401(k)s, Congress Releases Updated Crypto Tax Bill
The Treasury Department issued a notice of proposed rulemaking for determining whether a state-level regulatory regime is substantially similar to the federal regulatory framework under the GENIUS Act. The CFTC filed lawsuits challenging the actions of Arizona, Connecticut and Illinois against CFTC-registered designated contract markets, asserting the CFTC’s exclusive jurisdiction to regulate event contracts under the Commodity Exchange Act....By: Paul Hastings LLP
The Website Mistake That Can Hurt Your Private Offering
Imagine you’re a startup founder in the middle of a capital raise. Revenue is climbing. A few well-known angels are in the round, so you refresh your website to highlight your company’s momentum: “Rapid national expansion.” “Backed by experienced investors.” “Join us as we scale.”...By: Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP
Choosing SAFE Investors: What early-stage founders should consider
Nick Feldman and Cody Peterson, partners in Orrick's Technology Companies Group, share practical guidance on building an early investor base. Learn about: The administrative burden of managing many small investors through future financing rounds Why leading venture investors may require all SAFE holders to sign documents at conversion – regardless of contractual obligations How to think about investor expectations and cooperation in future transactions...By: Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
Which Legal Issues Should Commercial Real Estate Sponsors Prioritize in a High-Rate, Low-Volume Market?
With interest rates elevated and transaction velocity significantly reduced, many commercial real estate (CRE) sponsors have shifted from acquisition-oriented strategies to asset management and capital preservation....By: Woods Rogers
FinCEN Issues Advisory to Financial Sector Enhancing Obligations with Respect to Policing Health Care Fraud Schemes
On March 30, 2026, as part of the Trump Administration’s commitment to rooting out fraud against the government, the United States Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) issued an advisory “to urge financial institutions to be vigilant in identifying and reporting suspicious transactions potentially related to health care fraud schemes targeting Medicare, Medicaid, and other Federal and state health care benefit programs.” This advisory applies to a broad...By: Maynard Nexsen
Enforcement News: Financial Elder Abuse, Vulnerability, and the SEC’s Enforcement Response
Financial abuse of seniors and other vulnerable adults is among the most damaging and the least visible forms of investor harm. It arises when age, illness, cognitive decline, or dependence on trusted professionals erodes an individual’s ability to evaluate advice or resist coercion, even while legal capacity nominally remains intact......By: Freiberger Haber LLP
SEC Rescinds Crypto Accounting Rule: What It Means for Money Transmitters and Digital Asset Custody
Accounting Barriers Fall for Banks, Federal Regulators Clear the Path, and the GENIUS Act Reshapes the Competitive Landscape, but State-Regulated Money Transmitters Face Mounting Indirect Pressure...By: Ankura
[Video] Innovation in Compliance: Dr. Rohan Lall: Innovation, Clinical Evidence, and Compliance in Electrifying Spine Surgery
Innovation occurs across many areas, and compliance professionals need not only to be ready for it but also to embrace it. Join Tom Fox, the Voice of Compliance, as he visits with top innovative minds, thinkers, and creators in the award-winning Innovation in Compliance podcast. In this episode, host Tom Fox visits with Dr. Rohan Lall, a clinically trained Neurological Surgeon and Chief Medical Officer of SynerFuse, about innovation in spine surgery and the compliance infrastructure needed to...By: Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist
[Video] Daily Compliance News: April 7, 2026, The Corporate Retreat from Hell Edition
Welcome to the Daily Compliance News. Each day, Tom Fox, the Voice of Compliance, brings you compliance-related stories to start your day. Sit back, enjoy a cup of morning coffee, and listen in to the Daily Compliance News. All, from the Compliance Podcast Network. Each day, we consider four stories from the business world, compliance, ethics, risk management, leadership, or general interest for the compliance professional. Top stories include: • AI in auditing. (FT):...By: Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist
Off-the-Table: Pre-Exit Founder Liquidity in Venture-Backed Startups
For founders and executives at venture-backed startups, equity is often the centerpiece of compensation – and the primary driver of long-term wealth. But unlike cash compensation, that equity is typically illiquid for years. Outside of an IPO or a sale of the company, opportunities to turn shares into cash are limited, tightly controlled and often more complex than anticipated....By: Farrell Fritz, P.C.
Business Email Compromises: Current Legal Trends and Key Strategies
Businesses have for years suffered from a sophisticated, targeted cybercrime that exploits trust, human relationships, and our reliance on digital communication: the business email compromise (BEC). Sometimes referred to as “man-in-the-middle attacks,” BECs are among the most financially damaging cyber-attacks....By: Foley Hoag LLP - Security, Privacy and the
Weekly Blockchain Blog - April 2026
Crypto Exchanges Achieve, and Seek, OCC Charters; Stablecoin Study Published - A major U.S. cryptocurrency exchange recently announced that it has received conditional approval from the U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) for a national trust bank charter....By: BakerHostetler
CFPB submits $75.8M budget request to Fed for third quarter 2026
On March 30, the CFPB notified the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon that its acting director had submitted a $75.8 million funding request to the Fed for the third quarter of fiscal year 2026. The notice states that the acting director prepared the request “in accordance with” a separate district court injunction issued in litigation in the District of Columbia....By: Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
NCUA announces eighth round of deregulatory initiative
On March 24, the NCUA proposed a rule to remove prescriptive limits on federally insured credit unions’ ability to purchase or participate in third-party auto loans, marking the eighth round of its ongoing initiative to streamline regulations and remove provisions it considers outdated or duplicative......By: Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
SEC Enforcement Speaks in 2026: Enforcement Division Moves “Full Steam Ahead” with Focus on Quality over Quantity, Procedural Fairness, and Targeted Pursuit of Non-Fraud Violations
At the 2026 SEC Speaks Conference held in Washington, D.C., Acting Enforcement Director Sam Waldon declared that the Commission’s Enforcement Division is moving “full steam ahead” by focusing on quality over quantity and bringing actions against those who “lie, cheat, and steal.” With case quality as the Division’s benchmark, Waldon rejected traditional metrics—case counts, penalty totals, and aggregate dollar amounts—as effective measures of the SEC’s enforcement program....By: McGuireWoods LLP
The Draft Money Laundering And Terrorist Financing (Amendment) Regulations 2026
The draft Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing (Amendment) Regulations 2026 were laid before UK Parliament, alongside a draft explanatory memorandum. The draft Regulations propose amendments to the Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing and Transfer of Funds (Information on the Payer) Regulations 2017 (MLRs) to implement the government's consultation response to its 2024 consultation on improving the effectiveness of the MLRs....By: A&O Shearman
The State AG Report – 04.02.2026
Here are curated AG and federal regulatory news stories highlighting key areas in which state and federal regulators’ decisions are having an impact across the US: • FTC Says OkCupid’s Data Sharing Was a Bad Match - • Michigan Republicans Select Doug Lloyd for AG - • Washington Calls Kalshi’s Wager - • FTC Warns Major Payment Companies on “Debanking” - • Florida AG Flags NFL’s Rooney Rule - • Iowa Demands Change Over Data Breach Fallout-...By: Cozen O'Connor
Under Pressure and Proving It
What Marketing Leaders in Financial Services are Doing Differently - The pressure on marketing teams in financial services has been building for years. Tighter budgets, leaner headcounts, more scrutiny from leadership, and a technology landscape that changes faster than most teams can absorb. The question used to be: are we doing enough? Increasingly, it has become: can you prove it?...By: Integreon
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