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[Video] 12 O’Clock High: Navigating Life’s Challenges: A Journey from Military Service to Mental Health Advocacy with Nick Padlo
12 O’Clock High, an award-winning podcast on business leadership, brings together stories from history, the arts, sports, movies, research, and current events to consider leadership lessons. In this episode, Tom Fox speaks with Nick Padlo, a mental health advocate and Founder and CEO of Sophros Recovery, about his diverse professional journey. Growing up in Jacksonville, Florida, Padlo attended West Point and served in the U.S. Army, during which he witnessed significant combat. Post-military,...By: Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist
Trump Administration Begins Swift Implementation of 401(k) EO
The Trump administration is moving quickly to implement the president’s Aug. 7 executive order (EO) to expand retirement savers’ access to alternative investments in private markets through defined contribution (DC) plans, such as 401(k)s. This EO represents an historic policy shift that could fundamentally reshape how Americans save for retirement. Our team is well positioned to help clients engage with the regulators implementing the EO and lawmakers in Congress considering related legislation...By: Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck
The Entrepreneurs Report: Private Company Financing Trends - Q2 2025
Wilson Sonsini is pleased to present the Q2 2025 edition of The Entrepreneurs Report. We’ve compiled a range of data on venture, convertible note, and SAFE financing transactions in which the firm was involved during the second quarter, with the objective of identifying relevant trends in activity and valuation levels for the U.S. venture capital industry in general....By: Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
European Defence Bonds – Can Capital Markets Fund Europe’s Security?
The European Commission unveiled new measures to help Member States ramp up defence spending by 2030 among mounting concerns about Europe's security. The proposals reflect a renewed push to coordinate spending and provide opportunities for the European defence industry....By: White & Case LLP
New Lessons in Regulation, August 2025 - FDIC Revisits Rule on Deposit Insurance Signage
On August 19, the FDIC Board unanimously approved issuance of a proposed rule that seeks to amend advertising disclosures and signage regarding deposit insurance. In 2023, the FDIC updated its rules regarding required advertising disclosures for deposits and representations related to the insured status of deposits....By: Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
Blockchain+ Bi-Weekly—SEC Issues Guidance Regarding Liquid Staking Tokens and Trial of Privacy Technology Developer Ends in Mixed Verdict
Congress may be in its August recess, but the crypto legal developments have not slowed. The SEC’s Division of Corporation Finance released long-awaited guidance on Proof-of-Stake liquid staking tokens, clarifying when such activities may fall outside the scope of securities laws....By: Polsinelli
Blockchain and Digital Assets News and Trends – August 2025
This periodic bulletin is designed to help companies identify important legal developments governing the use and acceptance of blockchain technology, smart contracts, and digital assets....By: DLA Piper
Pennsylvania: What is a Bona Fide Discount Point?
What Happened? Effective August 29, 2026, Pennsylvania enacted House Bill 1103 (the “Bill”) impacting discount points on residential mortgage loans by making amendments to Pennsylvania’s usury code (the Loan Interest and Protection Law (“Law”)), and the Mortgage Licensing Act. First, the Bill amends the Law by repealing the definition of discount points in section 101 and…...By: Alston & Bird
Trump’s Crypto White Paper Talks Tax!
On July 30, 2025, the Trump Administration issued an expansive report on the crypto industry (the “White Paper”), describing the digital asset landscape and outlining the contours of a legislative and regulatory framework. The White Paper covers five topics: market structure, crypto and banking, stablecoins, illicit finance, and tax....By: Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
CFIUS 2024 Annual Report: Key Trends, Enforcement, and Considerations for 2025
The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) released its 2024 Annual Report to Congress on August 6, 2025, outlining key trends in filings for the 2024 calendar year....By: DLA Piper
Alts for All: Administration Acts to Open 401(K) Plans to New Asset Classes
On August 7, 2025, President Trump issued an Executive Order (Order) aimed at easing the path for ERISA fiduciaries to make “alternative asset” investments available to participant-directed defined contribution plan participants....By: A&O Shearman
Art Market Integrity Act Introduced With Bipartisan Support to Combat Money Laundering Risks in the Art Industry
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-IA) and Senator John Fetterman (D-PA) have introduced the Art Market Integrity Act (AMIA) in Congress....By: DLA Piper
New Lessons in Regulation, August 2025 - FRB Rescinds Novel Activities Supervision Program and Vice Chair Bowman Speaks on Embracing Innovation
Last week, (almost two years to the day of when it was issued), the Federal Reserve Board (“FRB”) rescinded SR Letter 23-7 regarding the creation of the Novel Activities Supervision Program. The FRB stated that supervision of certain crypto and fintech activities is now better understood and supervision of those activities will be integrated back into the standard supervisory process....By: Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
EBA Confirm Approach to Postponement of Revised Market Risk Framework
The European Banking Authority (EBA) published a statement confirming that following the European Commission's Delegated Act postponing the application of the market risk framework (FRTB) by one more year, to 1 January 2027, the EBA's no action letter published on 12 August 2024 would remain fully valid and in place. The no action letter advises national competent authorities not to prioritise supervisory or enforcement actions regarding the application of the boundary between the trading and...By: A&O Shearman
EBA Publishes New Q&A in Relation to DORA
The European Banking Authority (EBA) published single rulebook Q&A relating to the Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA). The answers to the questions were given by the joint European Supervisory Authorities....By: A&O Shearman
EC Draft Delegated Regulation on Providing Market Data, What Constitutes a Liquid Market for Equity Instruments, and PTRR Disclosures Under MiFIR
The European Commission (EC) has published a draft delegated regulation amending Delegated Regulation 2017/567 as regards the obligation to provide market data on a reasonable commercial basis, the determination of what constitutes a liquid market for equity instruments, and the definition of and disclosure for post-trade risk reduction (PTRR) services under the markets in financial instruments regulation (MiFIR)....By: A&O Shearman
SEC Staff Issues Guidance on Registered Closed-End Funds of Private Funds
On August 15, 2025, the Staff of the Division of Investment Management (the “Staff”) of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) issued guidance in the form of new Accounting and Disclosure Information (“ADI”), “ADI 2025-16 – Registered Closed-End Funds of Private Funds.” In the past, Staff comments often prompted closed-end funds that invest in private funds (“CE-FOPFs”) to limit their investments or limit the offerees....By: Mayer Brown Free Writings + Perspectives
Second Circuit Vacates Fraud Conviction in First Crypto “Insider Trading” Case
In United States v. Chastain, No. 23-7038, 2025 WL 2165839 (2d Cir. July 31, 2025), the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit vacated wire fraud and money laundering convictions in what the government described as its first crypto insider trading case. The case involves a former employee of OpenSea, an online non-fungible token (“NFT”) marketplace, who allegedly used confidential information about which NFTs would be featured on OpenSea’s homepage to purchase those NFTs before...By: Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP
UK Regulators Propose Additional UK EMIR Reporting Q&A
The Bank of England (BoE) and Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) have together published a consultation paper on proposed additional Q&A under the UK's European Market Infrastructure Regulation....By: A&O Shearman
EBA Publishes New Q&A in Relation to the Securitisation Regulation
The European Banking Authority (EBA) published single rulebook Q&A relating to the Securitisation Regulation. The answers to the questions were given by the European Commission. The Q&A cover......By: A&O Shearman
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