In a welcome development for the cryptoasset industry, the UK Jurisdiction Taskforce (UKJT) has issued a legal statement on cryptoassets and smart contracts, recognising for the first time...

The Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") requested comments on a proposed "Accounting Standards Update" aimed at easing potential accounting burdens on loan market participants

Government contractor L3 Technologies Inc. ("L3") agreed to pay a $1.6 million penalty to settle SEC charges alleging recordkeeping and internal accounting failures.

SEC Division of Enforcement Chief Accountant Michael Maloney will leave the agency next month.

The SEC initiated administrative proceedings against a partner of an accounting firm who served as "engagement partner" for the independent audits of a venture capital fund.

The SEC named Kyle Moffatt as Chief Accountant in the Division of Corporation Finance (the "Division").

The DOJ Antitrust Division and the Federal Maritime Commission entered into a Memorandum of Understanding ("MOU"), which sets forth the terms for agency cooperation on antitrust enforcement in the U.S.-international ocean liner shipping industry.

The Federal Trade Commission amendments designed to clarify the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act Premerger Notification Rules and simplify filing instructions for the corresponding report ...

FTC Bureau of Competition Director D. Bruce Hoffman will leave the agency in November 2019. FTC Chair Joe Simons stated that he intends to appoint Ian R. Conner

The FTC and the DOJ Antitrust Division (the "agencies") implemented a temporary suspension of early termination grants for filings under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act ("HSR filings").

In a speech at the Georgetown University Law Center, FTC Office of Policy Planning Director Bilal Sayyed

Antitrust partner Joel Mitnick shares his thoughts on the potential for antitrust-related risks facing industry-based green initiatives.

President Joseph R. Biden stated that he will nominate Jonathan Kanter to serve as Assistant Attorney General of the DOJ's Antitrust Division.

The CFPB's guidance, described in this article, is significant for all depository institutions but especially those that rely on deposit fee revenue.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau ("CFPB") stated that it expects to issue proposed rules in January 2019 aimed at (i) amending the Payday, Vehicle Title, and Certain High-Cost Installment Loans rule and (ii) delaying the rule's compliance date.

The amendments, which correspond to amendments to the Fair Credit Reporting Act, go into effect on October 18, 2021.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau ("CFPB") reestablished the Consumer Advisory Board, as required by the Federal Advisory Committee Act.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau adopted an interim final rule creating a "new notice of rights" that may be required to be distributed to consumers.

The U.S. Senate confirmed Rohit Chopra as Director of the CFPB.

IRS office closures due to COVID-19 may be preventing foreign entities from obtaining new EINs.