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This newsletter roundup covers critical regulatory developments affecting public companies, including the SEC's new enforcement unit targeting financial fraud, analysis of semiannual reporting proposal comments, FinCEN's permanent removal of beneficial ownership reporting requirements, and Glass Lewis insights on shareholder proposals. The comprehensive update spans August 1-14, 2026, providing essential guidance for corporate compliance and governance professionals.

The United States District Court for the Southern District of Alabama dismissed a case challenging a loan servicer’s exemption from TILA’s requirement that borrowers be informed within 30 days of the change in ownership of their loans.

The Federal Housing Finance Agency issued a letter to the California state legislature raising concerns on proposed mortgage reform bills.

The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania allowed claims of breach of fiduciary duty to proceed to trial later this spring against a defined benefit plan trustee, the plan’s sponsor and the plan’s financial advisor.

On April 20, 2012, Judge Barbara Jones of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York dismissed a putative class action.

The new federal data breach notification requirements, introduced by the HITECH Act that was part of the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act signed into law by President Obama in February 2009, are now effective.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit recently rejected a breach of fiduciary duty claim.

Section 913 of the Dodd-Frank Act requires the SEC to deliver a study on the standards of care applicable to broker-dealers and investment advisers and to evaluate whether there are gaps or shortcomings to the existing legal and regulatory standards.

The Department of Labor issued a final regulation (the "Regulation") regarding two statutory prohibited transaction exemptions relating to the provision of investment advice to beneficiaries of IRAs and participants in 401(k) plans and other defined contribution plans that provide for participant direction of investments.

ICBC is the largest bank in China, and the government of China owns approximately 70% of ICBC.

The United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit has held that a loan servicer could be a "debt collector" under the federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, depending on whether the loan was assigned for servicing before or after the default occurred.

Many tech start-ups license in their seed technology from academic or research institutions.

A recent decision by the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court, upholding a jury award of punitive damages for unintentional privacy breaches, should serve as a warning flag for all companies – especially those in the health care sector – that failure to implement and maintain appropriate policies for the handling of personal data may result in liability.

The American Tax Relief Act of 2012 included a number of real estate/sustainability provisions.

In January 2010, the Internal Revenue Service (the "IRS") issued Notice 2010-6 (the "Notice"), which allows taxpayers to correct plan documents of non-qualified deferred compensation arrangements that do not strictly comply with the requirements of Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code, as amended, (the "Code").

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On April 11, a divided panel of the Seventh Circuit set a so-called "excessive fee" case on track for trial, by reversing in part the district court’s decision to grant summary judgment for defendants in George v. Kraft Foods Global, Inc., No. 10-1469 (7th Cir.). On May 26, the appeals court denied the defendants’ request to revisit its decision.

A number of regulatory initiatives undertaken by the Department of Labor ("DOL") which are or may go into effect later this year have potential significance for future ERISA litigation.

In light of Section 939A of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, on July 26, 2011, the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") voted unanimously to adopt new rules ("New Rules") to remove credit ratings as eligibility criteria for companies seeking to use "short form" registration when registering securities.