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Regulator Alphabet Soup, December 2025 - Supporting Community Banks, Comments From Comptroller Gould
During a speech earlier this week, Comptroller of the Currency, Jonathan V. Gould addressed the House Committee on Financial Services regarding his agency’s “work implementing the President’s economic agenda by ensuring that America’s federal banking system is safe and sound, and remains the world’s most trusted, dynamic, and resilient.”...By: Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
FATF Updates Grey List of Monitored Jurisdictions
The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has issued its latest updates to the grey list and black list, removing four jurisdictions from increased monitoring while leaving the high-risk list unchanged. Our Investment Funds Team outlines what investment advisers need to know following the October 2025 changes....By: Alston & Bird
German Federal Finance Court Clarifies RETT Exemptions: Important Decisions on Section 16 of the RETT Act - Legal Insights Germany
In two decisions dated May 7, 2025 (II R 16/23, II R 26/23), the Federal Fiscal Court (BFH) clarified the requirements for tax exemptions in the case of share transfers in companies that own real estate. The rulings concern the interpretation and scope of application of Section 16 (2) No. 1 and No. 3 Real Estate Transfer Tax Act (GrEStG), in particular in connection with repeated transactions and the restoration of the previous ownership status, thereby strengthening the taxpayers’ positions....By: Morgan Lewis
Regulator Alphabet Soup, December 2025 - FRB, FDIC, OCC and NCUA Testify at Congressional Oversight Hearings
On December 2, 2025 the House Financial Services Committee held an oversight hearing with leaders of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”), Federal Reserve Board (“FRB”), the National Credit Union Administration (“NCUA”) and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (“OCC”)....By: Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
Dutch Public Takeovers by Private Equity Firms: Opportunities and Key Considerations - Beyond the Deal: Dutch Market Insight Series
This article is the 1st in a series of Thought Leadership items on this subject. Stay tuned for more. A shifting landscape in Dutch capital markets The Dutch capital markets are undergoing a significant transformation. In recent years, the number of companies delisting from Euronext Amsterdam has outpaced new listings – a trend driven by rising compliance costs, increasingly stringent reporting obligations, and the undervaluation of small- and mid-cap listed companies compared to their...By: Hogan Lovells
AI as IP™: A Framework for Boards, Executives, and Investors
This article is the second installment in our three-part series, Artificial Intelligence as Intellectual Property or “AI as IP™”, which explores how artificial intelligence assets should be treated as a form of intellectual property and enterprise capital....By: J.S. Held
From “Gotcha” to Guidance: SEC’s 2026 Examination Priorities Emphasize Cooperation
On November 17, 2025, the Division of Examinations (the “Division”) of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) published its annual 2026 Examination Priorities (the “Exam Priorities”). The Exam Priorities are largely consistent with those of prior years, despite the philosophical differences between SEC Chairman Paul Atkins and his predecessor....By: BCLP
[Video] ACI Post Conference Reflections: Vince Walden on AI and Data Analytics in Anti-Corruption Compliance
By special arrangement with ACI, I was able to record several participants, speakers, panelists, and moderators from the recently concluded ACI FCPA and Global Anti-Corruption Conference held at the Gaylord near Washington, DC. This podcast details the guest’s experience at the event. In the first of our series, I visit with Vince Walden, President of konaAI, a Covasant company. Walden provides a detailed recap of the pre-conference workshop, which was focused on AI and Data Analytics for...By: Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist
The White Collar Appeal: Second Circuit Affirms Conviction of Goldman Sachs Managing Director in 1MDB Scandal
Ng Chong Hwa, better known as Roger Ng, is a Malaysian national who ran Goldman Sachs’ operations in Malaysia from 2012 to 2014. According to his former Goldman colleague Timothy Leissner’s trial testimony, between 2012 and 2013, Ng and Leissner conspired with Jho Low to embezzle more than $2.5 billion from the Malaysian sovereign wealth fund known as 1MDB....By: Quinn Emanuel
State Attorneys General Launch New BNPL Inquiry
On December 1, Attorneys General from Connecticut, North Carolina, California, Colorado, Illinois, Minnesota, and Wisconsin sent letters to certain buy now pay later (BNPL) providers requesting information related to their loan products. The Attorneys General are seeking to understand issues related to BNPL and whether BNPL providers may be violating applicable consumer protection laws....By: Husch Blackwell LLP
SEC Advances Capital Formation and Tokenization Initiatives as Congress Passes Venture Capital Bills and Prudential Regulators Address GENIUS Act Implementation and Debanking
The House passed two capital formation bills aimed at easing securities regulations for venture capital funds, and the following day SEC Chair Paul Atkins outlined the Commission’s agenda to revive U.S. capital markets, including plans to introduce an “innovation exemption” for certain crypto-related activities. The SEC also convened a panel examining how tokenization could modernize the issuance, trading and settlement of public equities while ensuring that existing investor protections...By: Paul Hastings LLP
SBA Requires 8(a) Federal Contracting Program Participants to Produce Financial Records
On Friday, Dec. 5, the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) sent letters to all 4,300 8(a) Business Development Program (8(a) Program) participants requiring production of detailed financial records for the last three years. Contractors must comply with the SBA’s request by Jan. 5, 2026. Noncompliance may lead to loss of 8(a) Program certification, further investigation and remedial actions....By: Warner Norcross + Judd
Trump Accounts Get First Round of Guidance
On December 2, President Trump announced that a wealthy benefactor had committed to contribute $6.25 billion to seed certain Trump accounts, a new form of IRA for children under age 18. Trump accounts were codified under section 530A of the Internal Revenue Code by the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), and allow family members and others to contribute to an eligible child’s Trump account beginning July 4, 2026. Under OBBBA, the federal government will fund Trump accounts with a $1,000...By: Groom Law Group, Chartered
From “Operation Chokepoint 2.0” to Fair Banking: What the House Report Alleges and How the OCC Responded
On November 25, the House Financial Services Committee majority staff published Operation Chokepoint 2.0: Biden’s Debanking of Digital Assets, a detailed account of how, in the Committee’s view, federal prudential regulators between 2021 and early 2025 discouraged banks from serving lawful digital asset businesses through informal guidance, supervisory posture, and enforcement....By: Troutman Pepper Locke
New York’s Highest Court Says FAPA Applies Retroactively
Almost three years after New York’s “Foreclosure Abuse Prevention Act” (FAPA) changed how the six-year time clock applicable to mortgage actions starts and stops, the state’s highest court resolved a heavily litigated dispute, concluding that FAPA is, indeed, retroactive....By: Goodwin
When “Trust the Advisor” Isn’t Enough: Lessons from the Elanco TDF Case
I’ve always said, “You’re only one rigorous process away from averting a major fiduciary failure.” It’s one thing to trust your advisors — but completely another to delegate without oversight. So when I saw the article in NAPA – National Association of Plan Advisors titled “Suit Says Plan Sponsor ‘Uncritically Relied’ on Advisor TDF Choice,” I flipped back through the decades of plan-committee meetings I’ve sat in, the ones where we drilled into vendors and funds and saved clients from...By: Ary Rosenbaum - The Rosenbaum Law Firm P.C.
Alberta Securities Commission Publishes 2025 Corporate Finance Disclosure Report
Each year, the Alberta Securities Commission (ASC) publishes its Corporate Finance Disclosure Report, providing important insights into the ASC’s areas of focus and offering practical guidance to reporting issuers in complying with their continuous disclosure obligations. The ASC recently released its 2025 Corporate Finance Disclosure Report (Report), which highlights key issues identified in the ASC’s continuous disclosure reviews, provides guidance on the ASC’s expectations in relation to...By: Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP
Supercharging Defense Startups: How the SBIC & SBICCT Programs Unlock Funding Without Forfeiting Set-Asides
It’s no secret: the federal procurement system is undergoing major changes. The President’s “Revolutionary FAR Overhaul” is well underway, the Department of War (“DoW”) has recently announced that traditional program executive offices will be replaced with portfolio acquisition executives, and the Secretary of the Army, Dan Driscoll, made it clear at the most recent AUSA (Association of the United States Army) exposition that “We cannot . . . wait to innovate until Americans are dying on the...By: Maynard Nexsen
6 Key Takeaways | Update on Significant Unclaimed Property Issues
Kilpatrick’s Jordan Goodman presented an update on significant unclaimed property issues nationwide during a Council On State Taxation (COST) webinar on December 5, 2025....By: Kilpatrick
Council Of The EU And European Parliament Reach Provisional Agreement On EU Payments Package
The Council of the EU and the European Parliament have announced a provisional political agreement on the EU payments package. While the final texts of the third Payment Services Directive (PSD3) and the Payment Services Regulation (PSR) are not yet available, press releases indicate that negotiations centred on three key areas: fraud prevention, transparency and open banking....By: A&O Shearman
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