On April 18, 2018, the SEC proposed new rules requiring registered investment advisers and broker-dealers to provide retail investors with a client relationship summary ...

A judge in the Eastern District of New York has ruled that initial coin offerings may be subject to securities laws.

On June 25, 2018, the Supreme Court held that a contractual provision between American Express ("Amex")

The U.S. Supreme Court recently granted a writ of certiorari in the case of in Raymond J. Lucia Cos., Inc. v. SEC.

On June 21, 2017, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit declined to follow the First Circuit's materiality standard for requiring the disclosure of interim financial documents in an SEC...

On August 24, 2018 the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit rejected the Department of Justice's expansive jurisdictional theory of prosecution in United States v. Hosk

On April 30, 2018, the California Supreme Court in Dynamex Operations West, Inc. v. Superior Court of Los Angeles adopted a new test, best described as the "ABC Test"...

Recently, the Canadian federal government released for comment a draft of the Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act.

On October 19, 2018, the Internal Revenue Service released much anticipated guidance regarding opportunity zone funds.

On October 26, 2017, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission issued an order extending until December 31, 2019 the threshold phase-in termination date for the de minimis exception...

On October 26, 2017, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission issued an order extending until December 31...

The National Futures Association is developing a required proficiency program for persons engaged in swap related activities, in the form of an online learning program with an embedded examination.

U.S. District Judge William H. Alsup ruled that San Francisco and Oakland California's claims, which alleged that Exxon, BP and other fossil fuel producers are liable for global warming, ...

Canelo Alvarez, a professional boxer hailing from Mexico, recently signed a 5-year, $365 million contract with DAZN (pronounced "Da Zone").

Beginning this fall, Indiana University ("IU") will begin serving beer and wine during football games. IU joins a growing number of universities that have rolled out similar programs in recent years.

The Division of Gaming Enforcement announced that around $184 million was wagered on sports in New Jersey in September.

The National Futures Association will begin requiring brokers and other financial professionals to provide customers with enhanced disclosures and warnings about the risks associated...

On February 20, 2018, the SEC issued updated guidance to assist public companies when preparing disclosures about cybersecurity risks and incidents, reinforcing and expanding guidance issued ...

In this podcast, we discuss the planning and preparing essentials for US galleries & UK galleries as the global art market moves from opaque to regulated. Our host and art lawyer Diana Wierbicki ...

Aasmah Mir is an award winning broadcaster and journalist.