On October 13, 2016, the Securities and Exchange Commission adopted rules to implement modern reporting and disclosure requirements for registered investment companies and open‑end funds.

On June 8, 2016, the Securities and Exchange Commission publicized the implementation of "rules that will establish timely and accurate trade acknowledgment and verification requirements for security-based swap entities that enter into SBS transactions."

On April 29, the Securities and Exchange Commission published proposed rules that would require non-United States persons that use United States personnel to arrange.

On January 15, the Securities and Exchange Commission reopened the comment period for proposed amendments to rule 13n-4...

On June 9, the CFTC officially swore in Sharon Bowen, to serve as a commissioner.

The OCC issued risk management guidance that addresses periodic reevaluations of risks associated with foreign correspondent banking accounts.

The Treasury announced an effort to revive the residential mortgage-backed private label securities market to improve the overall efficiency of the U.S. housing finance system.

On August 7, the Fed provided a snapshot of the self-perceived financial and economic well-being of U.S. households and the issues they face, based on responses to the Board’s 2013 Survey of Household Economics and Decisionmaking.

This article is an examination of the way imprecise language contained in the subpoena form issued for mandatory use in California state courts frustrates parties...

On April 6, 2017, the European Commission published a speech that considered a number of areas in the financial services sector where action can be taken to reduce uncertainty and strengthen recovery.

On April 5, 2017, it was announced that the European Parliament voted to adopt the Money Market Funds Regulation ("MMFR").

The UK Supreme Court rules that the Government cannot trigger Article 50 without a vote in Parliament.

Antitrust partner Alex Okuliar and associate Elena Kamenir published a column on Competition Policy International about recent commentary by the global enforcement community on pricing algorithms...

Orrick Antitrust & Competition partner Jim Tierney moderated a panel on "International Mergers: Working Across Multiple Jurisdictions" at the 2nd edition of the Global Antitrust Economics Conference...

Barbara de Marigny and David Ronn of Orrick's MLP team authored an article for Oil & Gas Financial Journal on new IRS regulations designed to curtail the use of debt to reduce tax...

On February 10, 2017, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) extended to February 11, 2018 the expiration dates of certain interim final rules relating to "exemptions under [various securities laws]...

The U.S. Department of the Treasury issued proposed regulations that provide guidance on the transition from LIBOR.

Following our post on the district court's extraterritoriality decision, the bankruptcy court dismissed the actions against several defendants on the grounds that the presumption against extraterritoriality ...

Bob Loeb, a partner in Orrick's Supreme Court & Appellate group and a former appellate counsel at the U.S. Department of Justice, where he handled numerous national security related cases, recently participated in an episode of The Lawfare Podcast

Grady Bolding, a partner in Orrick's Tax team in San Francisco, recently co-authored an article with Orrick alum Richard Harrochs, now a Managing Director and Global Head of M&A...