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New Year, New Benefits: Trump Accounts Offer a New Opportunity for Employer-Sponsored Benefits
Trump Accounts are a new, tax-favored savings vehicle for minors created under the One, Big, Beautiful Bill Act....By: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
Securities Enforcement Roundup – December 2025
In this issue of our monthly Securities Enforcement Roundup, we highlight top securities enforcement developments from December 2025....By: Morgan Lewis
RegFi Episode 82: Understanding Bank-Fintech Partnerships in Today’s Regulatory Environment
Orrick partner Walt Zalenski joins RegFi co-hosts Jerry Buckley and Caroline Stapleton for a conversation that explores how bank-fintech partnerships work, the legal and regulatory challenges they face, and how the proposed Bank-Fintech Partnership Enhancement Act could help create a regulatory environment that fosters innovation....By: Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
Tennessee Department of Revenue Rules Bitcoin Teller Machines Exempt from Tennessee Business Tax
In late December 2025, the Tennessee Department of Revenue (the Department) posted Revenue Ruling #25-10, which concluded that the Tennessee business tax does not apply to Bitcoin teller machines, citing Business Tax Regulation 1320-04-05-.02(3)....By: Baker Donelson
Building Value in Infusion: Data, Compliance, and Deal Readiness
Season 2, Episode 1: Building Value in Infusion: Data, Compliance, and Deal Readiness Join host Eric Tower and his guest Rob Monahan, Managing Director at Triangle Healthcare Advisors, for an insightful conversation on the BRight Minds in Healthcare Delivery podcast. In this episode, Eric and Rob dive deep into the evolving landscape of healthcare delivery, focusing on the business of infusion care, mergers and acquisitions (“M&A”), and the strategies driving innovation in patient services. Rob...By: Blank Rome LLP
New guidance on OISP’s publicly traded securities exception and the COINS Act
On December 23, 2025, the US Department of the Treasury (Treasury) released additional guidance in the form of seven additional frequently asked questions (FAQs), clarifying certain aspects of the Outbound Investment Security Program (OISP)....By: McDermott Will & Schulte
Year ahead in the UK for private fund managers
The private fund management sector will face unprecedented regulatory change in the UK in 2026 as new rules and regulations are introduced, which are designed to promote competition and growth, whilst supporting financial stability and maintaining an appropriate degree of investor protection....By: McDermott Will & Schulte
Amendments to Bermuda’s Beneficial Ownership Act
The Beneficial Ownership Amendment Act 2025 came into effect on 30 December 2025, introducing changes to the Beneficial Ownership Act 2025 (the “Act”); these changes are as follows....By: Carey Olsen
CTA – Where Does It Stand Today?
The Corporate Transparency Act (the “CTA” or the “Act”) has dropped off of most people’s radar, perhaps prematurely. Although December 2025 was not the CTA roller coaster that December 2024 was, it still provided some year-end entertainment....By: Dickinson Wright
Do Institutional Investors Have a Fiduciary Duty (Sometimes) Not to Vote Proxies?
Last week, the SEC’s Division of Investment Management Director Brian Daly delivered this speech that discussed fiduciary duties and proxy voting. Here are the main points of the speech:...By: Cooley LLP
Dealmaker’s Digest - January 2026
In Dealmaker’s Digest, read the top 10 latest developments in global transactions. We offer insights into M&A activity across industries and borders....By: Ropes & Gray LLP
California’s Proposed ‘Billionaire Tax’: Nine Things to Know
A proposed California ballot initiative – “The 2026 Billionaire Tax Act” (also known as Initiative 25-0024) – has been getting a lot of attention, and it could have implications for business valuations, capital structures and other decisions in the coming year....By: Cooley LLP
22 State AGs Sue CFPB Acting Director for Loss of Access to CFPB Resources
In 2025, we wrote how Democrat state attorneys general opposed CFPB’s ANPRs reducing CFPB oversight, a bipartisan group of AGs urged the CFPB to distribute consumer refunds, and a Democratic group of AGs filed an amicus brief warning against dismantling the CFPB....By: Kelley Drye & Warren LLP
CFPB and DOJ Withdraw 2023 Statement on ECOA and Noncitizen Borrowers
On January 12, 2026, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) formally withdrew their October 2023 joint statement addressing creditors’ consideration of immigration status under the Equal Credit Opportunity Act (ECOA) and its implementing Regulation B....By: Cooley LLP
Annual SEC Section 13 Filing Requirements for Venture, Private Equity Funds - January 2026
Venture and private equity funds and other investors that own equity securities of public companies may have numerous Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filing requirements – including filings based on the size of the holdings of a particular portfolio company,...By: Cooley LLP
Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) Seeks to Expand Hedging Options for Energy End-Users
On December 21, 2025, the CFTC’s Market Participants Division (“MPD”) issued a no‑action letter that could materially expand hedging options for commercial energy companies by allowing firms to exclude certain “Energy Commodity End‑User Swaps” from the swap dealer de minimis calculation during a pilot period, subject to conditions....By: Baker Botts L.L.P.
Key Negotiation Points for Back-Leverage Structures
This third instalment of our five-part series offering insights into CRE back-leverage examines the terms most frequently negotiated when documenting back-leverage transactions in Europe....By: Ropes & Gray LLP
Q3 2025 Venture Financing Report – Interview With Mark Spoto
On capital concentrating in fewer, later‑stage ‘category winners’: The surge in invested capital in Series D rounds and beyond even as deal counts fell is clearly attributable to the growth in artificial intelligence-related companies....By: Cooley LLP
Reinventing Bank Risk Mgmt. After 2025's Cartel Crackdown
The Trump administration's 2025 campaign against transnational drug cartels has not stopped at the border. It has been waged through terrorism designations, geographic targeting orders, economic sanctions and an unmistakable reorientation of criminal enforcement — tools that run straight through the U.S. financial system. Originally Published by Law360 - January 13, 2026....By: Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP
SEC Staff Provides Clarity on the Custody of Cryptoasset Securities
The Staff statement provides a framework for broker-dealers seeking to maintain “physical possession” of digital asset securities, emphasizing operational security and risk mitigation....By: Latham & Watkins LLP
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