On May 25, 2022, the SEC proposed two rules relating to Environmental, Social, and Governance ("ESG") practices by registered funds and investment advisers...

Those warning shots include the "naming-and-shaming" of private equity firms invested in companies against which the Bureau has taken public enforcement actions.

On August 25, 2022, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission adopted final rules implementing the "pay versus performance" provisions of the Dodd-Frank Act.

Effective for all contested director elections after August 31, 2022, public companies and stockholder proponents must use universal proxy cards that include all director nominees.

This week, the PRI (Principles for Responsible Investment – an international network of investors supported by the United Nations) published a set of recommendations focused on the responsibility of boards of directors in private equity-backed companies.

On October 15, 2019, the State Council of China announced the long-awaited amendment to the Administrative Regulations on Foreign-Invested Insurance Companies (the "Amendment"), ...

On November 15, 2022, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's (the "SEC" or "Commission") Division of Enforcement...

On December 5, 2022, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") announced that AT&T agreed to pay a $6.25 million penalty, and three AT&T executives each agreed to pay a $25,000 penalty...

The main purpose of a CMS is, of course, to prevent wrongdoing, or at least to detect it quickly so that it can be dealt with decisively.

On November 24, 2022, the New York Adult Survivors Act ("ASA"), a new law signed in May by Governor Kathy Hochul, will go into effect. The law provides individuals with a one-year window...

Welcome back to our video series tracking the latest SEC developments impacting the private equity industry.

We last wrote about New York City's Automated Employment Decision Tool Law (the "AEDT Law" or the "Law") in September following the release of the proposed rules...

Below is the first of a two-part summary of a few key topics discussed during what was an enlightening day for all those in attendance.

On May 5, 2022, the Federal Reserve Board, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency issued a notice of proposed rulemaking (the "Proposal")...

On 1 October 2019, an arrangement between Mainland China and Hong Kong came into force empowering Mainland ...

2021 will mark a step change in the way the European Union regulates environmental, social and governance issues (ESG) in the financial services industry.

On September 9, 2019, the U.S. Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control amended the U.S. embargo of Cuba to eliminate a general license authorizing so-called "U-turn"

The Proposed ESG Rule represents a significant shift in private fund adviser disclosure requirements.

In Re Cherry Hill Skip Hire Limited [2022] EWCA Civ 531, the Court of Appeal reversed a decision to dismiss an unfair prejudice petition on grounds of acquiescence or a delay— of some 17 years.

The last edition focused on developing disclosure rules regarding climate change risk and investments and how regulators and shareholders are responding to the growing body of...