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Northern dealmaking heats up: Nordic M&A and PE activity on the rise in 2025
Economies across the Nordic region are posting steady growth despite geopolitical headwinds. Denmark has had a relatively strong year, with its economy set to grow 2 percent in 2025. Underlying factors such as healthy industrial production, renewed North Sea gas extraction and demand for pharmaceutical exports are all contributing to this expansion....By: White & Case LLP
Strategic Planning for Protecting Your Intellectual Property Rights Before Seeking Investment in the US: A Playbook for Foreign Investors
Executive Summary - Foreign investors entering the U.S. market face compressed timelines, intense competition, and exacting diligence. Intellectual property — patents, trademarks, trade secrets, and copyrights — is a core asset of a foreign investor’s business in the U.S. that increases valuation of the U.S. entity. Yet, many foreign investors prioritize setting up a U.S. entity or other structures, selecting the physical location of a U.S. office or manufacturing site, or applying for work...By: Troutman Pepper Locke
IRS Continues to Tighten its Focus on U.S. Cryptocurrency Investors
2025 has brought substantial new challenges as the IRS continues to tighten its focus on U.S. cryptocurrency investors. Cryptocurrency brokerages are required to report gross proceeds for each digital asset transaction they manage on IRS Form 1099-DA. This requirement applies to all digital currency transactions on or after January 1st of this year (2025)....By: Allen Barron, Inc.
Structuring Your European Capital in the U.S.: Choosing the Right Investment Instrument (SAFE, Convertible Note, or Stock)
Foreign investment in the U.S. market, particularly in high-growth technology companies, often begins with the formation of a Delaware corporation. This is a common choice for U.S. startups seeking capital, primarily due to Delaware’s mature, predictable, and investor-friendly corporate law....By: Tarter Krinsky & Drogin LLP
Tax in a Time of Transition: Navigating the Shifting Global Tax Policy Landscape
The global tax environment is becoming increasingly complex and interconnected, with significant implications for compliance, risk management, and strategic planning. Recent developments such as the OECD’s Pillar Two global minimum tax, EU regulatory reforms, and evolving US and Asian tax policies are reshaping how multinational enterprises operate....By: DLA Piper
State Watch: Consumer Protection Enforcement Update - November 2025
November 2025: A flurry of activity from the states, from privacy cases in Arizona and California to a multistate coalition investigating BNPL providers just as the holiday shopping season gets underway...By: Hudson Cook, LLP
Education Beats Enrollment — Every Time
There’s a metric that every plan provider loves to brag about: enrollment rates. Auto-enrollment has made it so easy that even the most indifferent employee ends up in the plan. Great, right? Well… not so fast....By: Ary Rosenbaum - The Rosenbaum Law Firm P.C.
[Audio] Deck the Halls, Not the Trade Lines: Auto Fraud Talk — Moving the Metal: The Auto Finance Podcast
On today’s episode of Moving the Metal: The Auto Finance Podcast, hosts Brooke Conkle and Chris Capurso discuss TransUnion’s study on fraud-related charge-off losses in auto lending, exploring how bad actors enter the car-buying journey through tactics such as application phishing, synthetic identities, trade-in data exposure, and “digital warming.” They examine why auto fraud can have outsized impacts compared to other products, the surprising concentration of losses among higher credit tiers,...By: Troutman Pepper Locke
[Video] Compliance Tip of the Day – Preparing for an Investigation
Welcome to “Compliance Tip of the Day,” the podcast that brings you daily insights and practical advice for navigating the ever-evolving landscape of compliance and regulatory requirements. Whether you’re a seasoned compliance professional or just starting your journey, we aim to provide you with bite-sized, actionable tips to help you stay on top of your compliance game. Join us as we explore the latest industry trends, share best practices, and demystify complex compliance issues to keep your...By: Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist
The Big Leap Into Stablecoins and Bitcoin
Stablecoins have come a long way from being a tool mostly used by crypto traders looking to avoid volatility. Today, they are sitting at the center of digital finance, attracting serious attention from policymakers, banks, and compliance professionals alike......By: Ankura
The Likely Road Ahead for the CFTC Under Chair Selig
In October 2025, the Administration nominated Michael Selig to serve as Chairman of the CFTC, which currently is under the leadership of CFTC Acting Chairman Caroline Pham. Selig currently serves as chief counsel to the SEC's Crypto Task Force and previously worked in private practice, where his client roster included a number of crypto firms......By: Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
Talking Trends: The Annual Download and 2026 on the Horizon
In Women in Private Credit: Talking Trends, we dive into the world of private credit through the lens of eminent women in the field – from professionals at the forefront of the industry to our own lawyers. Together, we navigate the trends and topics influencing private credit against the backdrop of today’s ever-evolving geopolitical landscape....By: Proskauer Rose LLP
HUD Recently Announced the 2026 Loan Limits for FHA Forward Mortgages and HECMs
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) recently announced the 2026 loan limits for FHA insured forward mortgage loans and FHA insured Home Equity Conversion Mortgages (HECMs). The announcements were made in Mortgagee Letter 2025-23 and Mortgagee Letter 2025-22, respectively....By: Ballard Spahr LLP
[Video] AI Today in 5: December 16, 2025, The Things to Never Tell a Chatbot Edition
Welcome to AI Today in 5, the newest edition to the Compliance Podcast Network. Each day, Tom Fox will bring you 5 stories about AI to start your day. Sit back, enjoy a cup of morning coffee, and listen in to the AI Today In 5. All, from the Compliance Podcast Network. Each day, we consider four stories from the business world, compliance, ethics, risk management, leadership, or general interest related to AI. Top AI stories include: • 4 things to never tell a chatbot. (BusinessInsider):...By: Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist
Navigating Complex Asset Valuation in High-Net-Worth Divorces
In high-net-worth (“HNW”), what you own is rarely the real battle, it’s what those assets are truly worth. HNW divorces bring unique financial and legal challenges that go far beyond traditional marital estate division....By: DarrowEverett LLP
[Video] Innovation in Compliance: Exploring Fractional and Adjunct Risk Professionals with Gerry Zack
Innovation comes in 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 welcomes back Gerry Zack to discuss a novel service offering in the compliance and risk management community: fractional and adjunct risk professionals. Zack explains how these roles can supplement...By: Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist
[Video] Daily Compliance News: December 16, 2025, The Don’t Feed the Pig 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: • The slogan that brought down...By: Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist
Passport to Trouble: Court Dismisses Foreign Bank Accountholders’ Penalty Challenge
Enforcing foreign bank account reporting requirements through penalties has been an IRS priority for several years, spawning numerous precedent-setting cases throughout the courts. In the latest such case[1], a federal appeals court rebuffed foreign bank accountholders’ efforts to resist the federal government’s robust powers to collect those penalties. This case demonstrates two things: (1) not all IRS-administered penalties are treated like taxes and (2) understanding the difference is...By: PilieroMazza PLLC
Economic Outlook 2026 - Adapting to a New World: From Ambition to Investment
2025: Disruptive U.S. Policy and Economic Resilience - The U.S. and global economies proved resilient in 2025. There were reasons, particularly around U.S. President Donald Trump’s April 1 “Liberation Day,” to fear a global trade war or corrections in financial markets that would cause a recession in the United States and a sharp slowing of the global economy....By: Bennett Jones LLP
Congressional Research Service Report Details CFPB Budget Trends, Funding Disputes, and Policy Options
On December 5, the Congressional Research Service (CRS) released a report analyzing the CFPB’s budget, funding trends, and related policy issues. The report reviewed the CFPB’s unique funding structure, which relies on quarterly transfers from the Fed subject to a statutory cap....By: Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
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