On April 18, 2025, the Federal Reserve and the OCC approved Capital One's proposed acquisition of Discover, without objection from DOJ.

The Federal Communications Commission has proposed rules to completely overhaul its satellite and earth station licensing process by creating a "licensing assembly line" that is more efficient and predictable than current licensing procedures.

On August 18, 2025, the Second Circuit affirmed the dismissal of a putative ERISA class action alleging that the defendant fiduciaries of an employer-sponsored defined contribution retirement benefit plan had mismanaged the plan.

Beginning July 27, companies with significant business in Washington State will need to submit all HSR filings to the Attorney General of Washington.

On November 12, 2024, the U.S. Department of Justice ("DOJ") published updated guidance on how the DOJ's Antitrust Division will evaluate corporate compliance programs when making charging decisions and sentencing recommendations relating to criminal antitrust violations.

Correspondent banking is a service provided by U.S. banking organizations to foreign banks that do not have a U.S. banking subsidiary or branch.

The SEC rescinded Rule 202.5(e), which had codified the SEC rule requiring settling parties to agree that they would not publicly deny the SEC’s allegations. The change brings the SEC in line with the majority of federal agencies, including the CFTC which announced a similar change in early June. New language reflecting the change is already appearing in SEC orders.

On July 29, 2026, the U.S. Department of the Treasury (“Treasury”), as Chair of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (“CFIUS” or the “Committee”), published new guidance for the public in the form of a CFIUS Risk Matrix.

On November 18, 2024, the U.S. Department of the Treasury ("Treasury") issued a final rule governing the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States ("CFIUS" or the "Committee") that serves as the first substantive update to the monitoring and enforcement provisions of the CFIUS regulations.

The California Attorney General recently fined Healthline Media, LLC $1.55 million—the largest CCPA settlement to date—for violating California's privacy law by failing to honor "opt out" requests of website users and making other improper disclosures of their personal information (PI).

Section 1402(a)(13) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code"), excludes "the distributive share of any item of income or loss of a limited partner, as such" from earnings subject to U.S. federal self-employment tax ("SECA").

Yesterday, Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed into law bipartisan legislation (the "New Legislation") enacting significant amendments to the Texas Business Organizations Code (TBOC).

On May 5, 2026, the Securities and Exchange Commission proposed long-awaited rule and form amendments that would give public companies the option of filing semiannual reports to meet their interim reporting obligations in lieu of the quarterly reports that are currently required.

On June 10, 2025, the Ninth Circuit reversed the dismissal of a putative securities fraud class action alleging that defendants[1] violated Section 12...

On July 21, the California Air Resources Board (“CARB”) held a public workshop to provide updates on the implementation of SB 253, the Climate Corporate Data Accountability Act, which requires U.S.-based entities doing business in California with more than $1 billion in annual revenue to disclose their Scope 1, 2 and 3 greenhouse gas (“GHG”) emissions. During the workshop, CARB introduced a revised reporting deadline, a phased-in approach to Scope 3 reporting, changes to the treatment of insurance companies, and proposed assurance requirements that would apply from 2027 and beyond.

The Supreme Court agreed to hear Sripetch v. SEC to resolve a circuit split over the SEC's disgorgement authority. Specifically, SCOTUS will decide if the Commission must show identifiable investor harm to seek disgorgement in enforcement proceedings.

In recent weeks, Chairman Atkins has made several statements regarding the private credit industry. Specifically, in his remarks at the Economic Club of Washington, Chairman Atkins stated in no uncertain terms that “opacity in th[e] space can be an issue” and “valuation, transparency, and credit quality are key.

On February 6, 2026, the U.S. Department of the Treasury ("Treasury"), as chair of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States ("CFIUS" or the "Committee") announced that it is progressing its implementation of a proposed Known Investor Program (the "Program").

On January 16, 2026, in Sirius Solutions LLLP, v. Commissioner ("Sirius") the Fifth Circuit court of appeals ruled that for purposes of the self-employment tax exception that applies to a limited partner's distributive share of partnership income...

In response to a White House report directing the SEC and CFTC to develop regulations to make the U.S. the "crypto capital of the world," SEC Chairman Atkins announced "Project Crypto," a "Commission-wide initiative to modernize the securities rules and regulations."