SEC EMSAC To Examine Market Quality And Customer Issues

Ankura's latest insights explore how organizations can transform data and analytics investments into actionable business value through decision intelligence, while addressing critical challenges in AI workforce readiness, cybersecurity threats, and regulatory compliance across multiple industries. The collection examines emerging opportunities in stablecoin regulation, healthcare data optimization, and procurement efficiency.

Explore insights on retail trends, digital asset regulation, sports integrity, AI governance, and cybersecurity threats. Discover how algorithmic pricing is reshaping customer experience, what California's DFAL means for crypto firms, and how AI is transforming deal-making across industries.

Explore insights on retail trends, digital asset regulation, sports integrity, AI governance, and cybersecurity threats. Discover how algorithmic pricing is reshaping customer experience, what California's DFAL means for crypto firms, and how AI is transforming deal-making and business operations.

Explore insights on retail trends, digital asset regulation, sports integrity, AI governance, and cybersecurity threats. Discover how algorithmic pricing is reshaping customer experience, what California's DFAL means for crypto firms, and how AI is transforming deal-making across industries.

Ankura's latest insights explore critical challenges across construction forensics, AI governance, cybersecurity threats, and retail transformation. From linear scheduling techniques in delay analysis to emerging GPU-based attacks and the evolving consumer value equation, these articles examine how organizations can navigate complexity, manage risk, and drive strategic value in rapidly changing markets.

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TDK Ventures' 100X 2026 conference in Burlingame brought together founders, investors, and corporate leaders to explore the convergence of energy transition and digital innovation...

The 2026 midterms could fundamentally alter congressional oversight of telecommunications, media, and technology companies. With Democrats signaling aggressive investigations into affordability, corporate pricing, and regulatory favoritism, and Republicans continuing probes into government influence over content moderation, TMT sector stakeholders face heightened scrutiny regardless of which party controls Congress. This analysis examines the key oversight risks companies should anticipate and the strategic

Consumer subsector performance diverged sharply in Q2 2026, with Home & Outdoor and Durables leading a strong reversal driven by seasonal demand and tariff-refund tailwinds...

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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration have signed a Memorandum of Understanding establishing a cooperative framework for interagency information sharing...

As organizations accelerate their adoption of generative AI, attention is increasingly shifting from the technology itself to the contractual frameworks that govern its use. What may appear to be standard licensing language can have significant implications for how businesses leverage AI tools, incorporate AI-generated content into their operations, and pursue future innovation strategies. This article examines one of the more consequential and evolving aspects of generative AI contracting, highlighting are

The Eleventh Circuit's reversal in U.S. ex rel. Zafirov v. Florida Medical Associates addresses one of the most anticipated False Claims Act decisions in years, ruling that qui tam provisions do not violate the Appointments Clause. While this decision aligns with other circuit courts, it leaves critical constitutional questions unresolved, including Take Care and Vesting Clause challenges that could reshape FCA litigation.

President Trump's Executive Order 14421 declares a national emergency targeting foreign-produced equipment in the U.S. bulk-power system, granting the Secretary of Energy sweeping authority to review, restrict, and potentially require replacement of equipment linked to countries under U.S. arms embargoes. While no immediate restrictions take effect, the Order's broad scope encompasses battery storage systems, utility-scale inverters, industrial control systems, and related software, with implementation regu

The OCC and FDIC have jointly finalized a rule that fundamentally redefines what constitutes an "unsafe or unsound practice" in banking supervision, establishing new binding standards for when examiners may issue matters requiring attention. This regulatory shift aims to concentrate supervisory attention on material financial risks rather than procedural deficiencies, while providing banks with stronger grounds to challenge supervisory findings that lack connection to substantive financial harm.

California's Air Resources Board has released comprehensive guidance for entities preparing their first greenhouse gas emissions reports under SB 253, introducing a voluntary reporting platform and clarifying expectations for the November 2026 deadline. The guidance addresses critical questions about data collection requirements, assurance standards, and enforcement discretion for companies that weren't tracking emissions as of December 2024. Understanding these reporting parameters and submission options w

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's new EDGAR Next platform requires all filers, including public companies and Section 16 insiders, to complete annual confirmations to maintain filing access. What are the key deadlines, procedures, and consequences of failing to meet this ongoing compliance requirement that could result in loss of EDGAR access and potential filing delinquencies?

The Delaware Court of Chancery dismissed a class action challenging Vista Equity Partners' take-private acquisition of KnowBe4, Inc., finding that plaintiffs failed to adequately allege a control group among institutional investors and the CEO. The decision examines stringent pleading standards for control groups and demonstrates how a fully informed stockholder vote can cleanse transactions involving director-level conflicts, even when entire fairness review would otherwise apply.

This September 2026 edition of Quorum examines critical developments in corporate governance, M&A transactions, and securities regulation, including Delaware Court decisions on strategic investor rights and control group standards, new SEC guidance on beneficial ownership reporting, and Supreme Court rulings on disgorgement remedies. The newsletter also analyzes FTC perspectives on vertical mergers in defense sectors and provides comprehensive updates on the SEC's 2026 regulatory agenda under Chairman Atkin

The U.S. Supreme Court has unanimously ruled that the SEC may obtain disgorgement without proving investors suffered financial losses, resolving a circuit split in favor of the Commission. While the majority opinion preserves disgorgement as a powerful enforcement tool, Justice Thomas's concurrence raises fundamental questions about whether disgorgement has become a legal remedy triggering Seventh Amendment jury trial rights.