SEC Chair Paul Atkins has announced a proposal to modernize outdated rules that currently impede public companies from conducting registered offerings efficiently.

Artificial intelligence is fundamentally reshaping the security landscape, making fraud, scams, cyberattacks, and disinformation faster, cheaper, and more difficult to detect. As AI-powered threats blur traditional attack categories and agentic AI introduces new challenges around identity verification and liability, existing legal frameworks reveal critical gaps in reimbursement policies, cross-jurisdictional coordination, and transaction traceability. This conversation explores the evolving threat environm

As autonomous AI agents begin to reshape the internet, how can we ensure they operate securely and transparently? This episode explores a groundbreaking proposal to leverage the Domain Name System as a trust layer for the emerging agentic web, examining both the technical architecture and governance challenges of building infrastructure for AI-driven interactions.

On August 22, 2017 a panel of Appellate Federal Judges of the Regional Federal Tribunal of the 4th Region (TRF4) responsible for civil lawsuits in the context of operation Car Wash ruled, that the Federal...

Throughout 2022, there were several legislative innovations and changes in the understanding of the courts on matters of great relevance to the real estate market,...

Dr. Martin Heuber has taken the helm as Managing Partner of Mayer Brown in Germany, succeeding Guido Zeppenfeld in this leadership role. What strategic priorities is this banking and finance expert setting in the current market climate, and how are debt funds performing under his guidance?

The Securities and Exchange Commission has expanded exemptive relief from beneficial ownership reporting requirements under the Holding Foreign Insiders Accountable Act, adding three new qualifying jurisdictions to its list.

The Saudi Center for Commercial Arbitration has released a comprehensive 249-page Country Report examining how Saudi Arabia's arbitration framework compares to international standards set by the UNCITRAL Model Law. Through analysis of nearly 1,000 court decisions and detailed comparison of current and proposed legislation, the report provides critical insights into the Kingdom's evolving arbitration landscape and its alignment with global best practices.

Representative Sean Casten has introduced legislation requiring companies with multi-class stock structures to disclose voting results broken down by share class, addressing growing concerns about transparency as one-third of 2025 IPOs featured dual-class structures. The bill would mandate detailed vote tallies within four business days of shareholder meetings...

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has proposed extensive amendments to the registered offering framework under the Securities Act of 1933, potentially marking the most significant offering reform in over two decades. The proposal aims to broaden eligibility for Form S-3 registration and provide enhanced registration and communication benefits to a wider universe of issuers.

In this MB Microtalk video, Mayer Brown's Tim Nagy discusses FINRA Regulatory Notice 23-08, which provides supplemental and updated guidance on private placements.

If a principal auditor’s report refers to and relies on the auditor of a subsidiary or equity method investee of the registrant whose audit report is required to be included in a SEC filing, the auditor of the subsidiary or investee must comply with the SEC’s independence rules, including partner rotation requirements, and the principal auditor is primarily responsible for determining and confirming compliance with these rules.

How are frontier AI models transforming vulnerability management in enterprise security? Cisco's Senior Director for Technology Policy reveals how advanced AI helped review 1.8 billion lines of code in eight weeks instead of eight years, while maintaining just 3% false positives. The discussion explores the delicate balance between giving defenders early access to cutting-edge models and the practical challenges of accelerating patch cycles in an AI-driven security landscape.

Cybersecurity veteran Jeff Greene joins hosts Stephen Lilley and Veronica Glick to explore how AI is fundamentally transforming the security landscape, from enabling vulnerability exploitation at machine...

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