On January 7, 2025, the Federal Trade Commission announced the imposition of a record $5.6 million "gun-jumping" fine in connection with a 2021/22 merger of oil producers XCL Resources Holdings, LLC.

William Scott and Jonathan Willson of our Toronto office and François Gilbert of our Montreal office recently co-authored the updated Canadian chapter of Getting the Deal Through: Equity Derivatives 2017.

The U.S. Senate Banking committee voted to advance the nominees for two prominent banking regulatory positions.

On July 23, the Trump administration released the AI Action Plan developed in accordance with Executive Order 14179. In this third update, we discuss Pillar III of the Plan.

Two states have passed new laws that make it illegal in certain circumstances to use pricing algorithms that include competitor information as inputs.

The final rule continues CFIUS's emphasis on enforcement by expanding its ability to require information production and significantly increasing maximum penalties.

FinCEN announced that it will postpone the effective date of a final rule that would impose anti-money laundering compliance requirements on investment advisers, indicating the agency will revisit and potentially...

Congressional leaders met at the White House yesterday, but reports suggest no progress was made to avoid a lapse in funding.

In this issue, we discuss recent developments regarding enforcement of the Corporate Transparency Act, and enforcement actions involving investment advisers' alleged violations of the Marketing Rule...

Today the House passed the Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins Act (GENIUS Act) (available here) with strong bipartisan support.

On July 23, the Trump administration released the AI Action Plan developed in accordance with Executive Order 14179. In our first in a series of client updates, we discuss Pillar I of the Plan.

On September 30, 2024, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York ruled that related lawsuits seeking to hold multiple global banks liable for financing...

The establishment of a Private Intermittent Securities and Capital Exchange System (PISCES) is an important step in the UK government's effort to reform the capital markets and the wider...

The Transparency in Frontier Artificial Intelligence Act is the first U.S. law focused on developers of frontier AI models and will go into effect on January 1, 2026.

On June 16, 2025, the Senate Finance Committee released its version of the tax title of the House-passed One Big Beautiful Bill Act. The Senate text keeps the "revenge tax" provision that would increase...

Chadbourne & Parke LLP in New York and Carey in Santiago have helped Chilean power company Enersis issue US$600 million worth of notes.

The OCC has reversed recent changes to its bank merger policies through an interim final rule. Our client update is a refresher on the new state of play for Bank Merger Act applications to the OCC, which is a return to the old state of play.

The Federal Trade Commission has announced 2025 Hart-Scott-Rodino Act reporting thresholds starting at $126.4 million...

Campbells acted as Cayman Islands and British Virgin Islands legal counsel to Akeso, Inc. in connection with its approximately HK$2.58 billion (US$333 million)...

The UK's new consumer protection regime equips the CMA with extensive new direct enforcement powers, establishes additional banned practices...