The fund finance ecosystem is undergoing a transformative shift. What was once a predominantly bank-dominated market has matured into a sophisticated, multichannel landscape.

The SEC's Division of Corporation Finance has issued a new exemptive order allowing qualifying tender or exchange offers for non-convertible debt securities to remain open for just five business days instead of the standard 20-day period. This order supersedes previous relief from 2015 and expands the conditions under which issuers can utilize abbreviated offering periods. The relief aims to address market inefficiencies and reduce exposure to interest rate fluctuations while maintaining investor protection

The Securities and Exchange Commission has published proposed rules titled "Regulation Crypto Assets" that would establish a comprehensive framework for capital formation and disclosure requirements involving crypto asset-related investment contracts. These proposed rules represent a significant regulatory development, building upon previous SEC guidance by creating pathways for issuers to raise capital through covered investment contracts while also introducing a conditional safe harbor mechanism.

Employers will soon face increased responsibility for an employee’s improper use of a Social Security number. On August 10, 2007, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued a new regulation regarding the legal obligations of employers who receive either a letter from the Social Security Administration (SSA) indicating that the Social Security number provided by an employee does not match the information in SSA files, or a similar letter regarding employment verification forms from the Depar

The Natural Catastrophe Risk and Resilience Task Force of the US National Association of Insurance Commissioners convened to address the escalating challenges of catastrophe risks facing insurance markets. Key discussions centered on developing standardized mitigation programs, expanding flood insurance awareness, and scaling resilience initiatives like FORTIFIED home designations. The meeting also examined the evolving property/casualty reinsurance market and explored new hemispheric partnerships to streng

The House and Senate have each passed a tax bill that includes significant changes to the tax treatment of nonqualified deferred compensation, and the bills are being referred to conference. If enacted, this legislation would require every business to do a thorough review of its employee and director compensation arrangements and its executive employment agreements and, in most cases, will require substantial revisions of these arrangements.

The US Department of Commerce (Commerce) has broken with precedent and chosen to apply countervailing duties to imports from a non-market economy (NME) nation. On October 18, 2007, Commerce announced its affirmative final determinations in the antidumping and countervailing duty (i.e., anti-subsidy) investigations of coated free sheet paper imports from Indonesia, Korea, and the People’s Republic of China (PRC).

The new Vietnam 2018 Law on Competition will come into force from 1 July 2019.

On 18 June 2010, the People's Committee of Hanoi City promulgated Decision 26/2010/QD-UBND ("Decision 26") amending, adding and superseding a number of articles of Decision 153/2006/QD-UBND dated 31 August 2006 on the management of investment, construction and operation of projects in new urban areas in Hanoi City.

In April, Brazil’s National Nuclear Safety Authority (ANSN) issued Resolution No. 14/2026, establishing requirements for the registration of facilities, the adoption of radiological protection measures...

In general, as already expected based on feedback from the public consultation, most of the provisions contained in the now-void Ordinance No. 419/GM/MME were maintained in the new regulation.

Ordinances No. 32/GM/MME and No. 33/GM/MME, both in effect as of December 17, 2021.

The Japanese government announced this weekend that it will be suspending foreign entry into Japan (with certain exceptions) from December 28, 2020...

The government of the Republic of Mozambique, through its petroleum regulatory agency, the Institute of National Petroleum (INP), has announced a competitive tender...

This weekly update examines the latest developments in UK sanctions enforcement, including a landmark arms trafficking conviction and new regulatory guidance from OFSI on Russian sanctions compliance.

For decades, U.S. securities regulation has treated foreign private issuers with 'home country deference,' but this approach is now giving way to 'domestication'—a move to align these issuers with U.S. reporting norms. This paper examines whether recent SEC remarks and actions mark a fundamental shift in regulatory priorities, exploring the rationale behind this hypothesis and what it might mean for foreign issuers accessing U.S. capital markets.

The SEC has temporarily stayed Nasdaq's new $5 million minimum Market Value of Listed Securities requirement following procedural challenges from the Small Public Company Coalition and Cemtrex. This stay creates uncertainty for small-cap and micro-cap companies that could face delisting without a cure period if the rule ultimately takes effect. Boards must now navigate the review process while preparing contingency plans to address potential compliance challenges.

The 2026 proxy season thus far has been out-of-the-ordinary, impacted by regulatory and policy developments that required companies and shareholders to adapt...

In this episode of AI Security and the Law, hosts Stephen Lilley and Veronica Glick sit down with Daniel Castro, President of the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF)...