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Senate Bill Could Overhaul Digital Asset Market Structure
Since the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Clarity Act on July 17, the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs, which has oversight of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, has been busy working on its own version of the U.S. cryptocurrency regulatory framework. Originally published in Law360 - September 15, 2025....By: Troutman Pepper Locke
Don’t Be the Smartest Person in the Room—Be the Most Useful
In this business, every conference has that one person who wants everyone to know they’re the smartest person in the room. They quote obscure ERISA sections, correct speakers mid-panel, and use acronyms like they’re throwing fastballs. The problem? No one hires the smartest person in the room—they hire the one who makes their life easier....By: Ary Rosenbaum - The Rosenbaum Law Firm P.C.
Client Alert: Generative Artificial Intelligence in Financial Services: A Practical Compliance Playbook for 2026
On December 9, 2025, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) published its 2026 Annual Regulatory Oversight Report (2026 Report). While FINRA scarcely mentioned artificial intelligence (AI) in its 2025 Annual Report beyond the fact that it was an emerging technology, FINRA now dedicates an entire section of the new 2026 Report to the fact that Generative AI is no longer a novelty—it is a supervised technology that demands the same compliance rigor as any critical system....By: Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP
Healthcare & Life Sciences Private Equity Deal Tracker: WindRose Invests in Stellus Rx
WindRose Health Investors has announced a strategic investment in Stellus Rx. Stellus Rx, founded in 2022 and based in Plano, Texas, provides pharmacist-led patient support and dispensing solutions....By: McGuireWoods LLP
Capital, Connectivity And Opportunity: The UAE As The Next Strategic Frontier for Canadian Funds
Canada–UAE investment ties are entering a period of accelerated expansion, underscored by the recent Canada–UAE Investment Summit in Abu Dhabi in November 2025, where Prime Minister Carney from Canada, along with senior leaders from the UAE, signed a new bilateral investment treaty and formally launched negotiations for a Canada-UAE Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA). The signing of the agreement represents the most substantive development in the economic relations between the...By: DLA Piper
CFPB Funding Issues Seem to be Coming to a Head
As we have previously reported, a lawsuit was brought early this year by the unions representing CFPB employees against Acting CFPB Director Vought and the CFPB in the DC District Court. The Court months ago enjoined the CFPB from terminating some 1,400 employees and taking certain other actions in pursuit of Vought’s goal of minimizing the CFPB while the lawsuit is pending....By: Ballard Spahr LLP
CFTC Adopts Pro-Respondent Changes to Wells Process, Aligning with Parallel SEC Changes
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has adopted significant amendments to its Wells process—expanding timelines, increasing transparency, and bringing its procedures into closer alignment with recent reforms by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Our White Collar, Government & Internal Investigations Team outlines what respondents need to know about these changes....By: Alston & Bird
[Video] Daily Compliance News: December 15, 2025, The End of the FCA? 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, including compliance, ethics, risk management, leadership, or general interest, relevant to the compliance professional. Top stories include: • 11th Circuit hears arguments...By: Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist
[Video] A Penny for Your Thoughts? Understanding the Legal Implications of the U.S. Penny Shortage
In this episode of the "Legal Bites Podcast" series, Food and Beverage Litigation attorney Charles Weiss speaks with Corporate attorney Chris Phillips about the legal and operational fallout from the federal government's decision to stop minting pennies. Moderated by Practice Development Manager Kristina Merritt, our lawyers examine how the long-standing reality that pennies cost more to produce than their face value, combined with recent policy decisions, has led to a penny shortage and forced...By: Holland & Knight LLP
ESMA Statement On MiCAR Transitional Measures
The European Securities Markets Authority (ESMA) has issued a statement on the discretionary transitional regime for cryptoasset service providers (CASPs) that offered their services in accordance with applicable law prior to 30 December 2024, contained in the markets in cryptoassets regulation (MiCAR). Member States may decide not to apply the transitional regime or to reduce its duration....By: A&O Shearman
European Commission Publishes Capital Market Integration Package
The European Commission (EC) has published a Communication to the European Parliament, the European Council, the Council, the European Central Bank, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions on further development of capital market integration and supervision within the Union, announcing a set of major legislative reforms. The package seeks to address obstacles to innovation and barriers to integration resulting from divergent rules, duplicative requirements and...By: A&O Shearman
Bank Of England Launches SWES Exercise Focused On Private Markets
The Bank of England (BoE) has launched its second system-wide exploratory scenario (SWES) exercise, this time focused on the private markets ecosystem. It will be run in collaboration with a group of banks and NBFIs active in these markets. Its aim is to better understand how banks and non-banks active in private markets would respond to a severe but plausible global downturn, how their actions interact at a system level, and whether these interactions can amplify stress across the financial...By: A&O Shearman
The General Court Of The CJEU Clarifies The Scope Of VAT Exempt Negotiation Services
The question referred to the Court was whether a comprehensive mortgage intermediation service that proactively sources clients, provides product information, assists with documentation, transmits and tracks proposals, compares offers, advises on financing terms, communicates decisions, and operates on a success-based remuneration model, should be viewed as a VAT exempt negotiation service. The question was raised, in particular, considering that it was found that the intermediary had neither...By: DLA Piper
UK Provisional Licences Authorisation Regime
The UK's Treasury has published a policy update on creating a provisional licences authorisation regime for early-stage financial services firms seeking FCA authorisation. The purpose is to reduce the barriers that financial services firms face when seeking authorisation. The proposed "provisional licences" regime will enable the FCA to grant time-limited permissions (generally up to 18 months) so that firms can get "up and running" in a controlled environment with strong regulatory oversight,...By: A&O Shearman
OCC Issues Preliminary Findings on Its Supervisory Review of Large Banks’ “Debanking” Activities
On December 10, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) released preliminary findings from its supervisory review of “debanking” activities at the nine largest national banks. The objective of the review was to determine whether the banks debanked or discriminated against any customers or potential customers on the basis of their political or religious beliefs or lawful business activities. The review, which was required to be completed by the OCC and other federal banking agencies...By: Troutman Pepper Locke
Fed Requests Input, Looks to Change Check Services
On December 9, 2025, the Federal Reserve published a Request for Information seeking public input on the future of its paper check services. The RFI highlights the possibility of the Fed forgoing future investments in check infrastructure, streamlining current offerings, materially upgrading infrastructure, or even ending the services altogether......By: Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
Changes To EU List Of High-Risk Third Countries With Strategic AML/CTF Framework Deficiencies
The European Commission (EC) has announced that it has listed Russia as a high-risk country with strategic deficiencies in its anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing frameworks (AML/CFT) pursuant to the EU's directive on anti-money laundering and terrorist financing (AMLD IV). This follows Delegated Regulation (EU) 2025/1393, adopted in July, which committed the EC to conclude a review of third countries not listed by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), but whose membership is...By: A&O Shearman
Food Venture Financing News – Weekly Issue No. 264
Food Venture Financing Trends - Campbell's is purchasing a 49% stake in La Regina, the maker of Rao's pasta sauce, for $286 million....By: Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
UK FCA Finalises Policy On Streamlining Complaints Data Reporting
The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published policy statement PS25/19, confirming final rules to modernise complaints reporting. Following its May consultation, the FCA confirms the rules largely as proposed, including: replacing five existing returns with a single consolidated return; removing group-level reporting; updating complaints categorisation to reflect evolving product types; improving guidance on products subject to complaints reporting; and introducing a category to capture...By: A&O Shearman
Hybrid Horizons: Investor Group Issues in Hybrid Capital Transactions: Approvals, Sacred Rights and Disproportionate Treatment
Other installments in our Hybrid Horizons series address issues faced by holders of Hybrid Capital instruments tied to the nature of the security itself and how Hybrid Capital instruments govern the rights and obligations of the Issuer and the investor group collectively. This article discusses inter-investor group dynamics -- issues to consider regarding the internal workings of a group of unaffiliated investors who participate in a Hybrid Capital issuance....By: Proskauer Rose LLP
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