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The rule will take partial effect on June 9, with brokers and insurance agents not falling under certain aspects of the regulation until Jan. 1, 2018.

SEC commissioner Michael Piwowar filed a public comment letter with the Department of Labor that criticized the Obama-era Fiduciary Rule governing retirement investment advisers.

Environmental special counsel Toni L. Finger's article "9th Circ. Provides Clarity On CERCLA Contribution Claims" appeared in Law360's Expert Analysis column on Sept. 11, 2017.

On Thursday, February 3, 2016 the United States Supreme Court, in an order issued by Chief Justice John Roberts, refused to grant a stay of the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Mercury and Air Toxics Standards...

KKR's acquisition of a quarter of Marshall Wace places the firm back in the race to become the world's leading alternative assets manager, the Wall Street Journal reports.

The SEC denied a request to list what would have been the first U.S. exchange-traded fund built to track bitcoin. Investors Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss have been trying for more than three years...

Susan Nash, associate director of the SEC's Division of Investment Management, will leave the agency at the end of January.

Balter Capital Management converted two existing hedge funds into liquid mutual fund wrappers.

Liquid alternatives specialist Balter Capital Management launched an all-capitalization long/short equity mutual fund in partnership with Invenomic Capital Management.

In this edition of our banking litigation podcast, we consider some recent cases that will be most relevant to in-house lawyers at banks and financial institutions.

Blackstone announced it will no longer accept new investment in the Blackstone Alternative Multi-Manager Fund and it will liquidate the liquid alternative mutual fund by May 31.

The CFTC unanimously approved a final rule amending CFTC regulation 3.3 regarding the timing for filing chief compliance officer annual reports for certain registrants.

The CFTC unanimously approved amendments to its regulations regarding the financial reports commodity pool operators are required to provide on their operations.

The CFTC approved amendments to its Whistleblower Rules that will strengthen anti-retaliation protections for whistleblowers and enhance the process for reviewing whistleblower claims.

The CFTC proposed to amend the de minimis exception within its regulations' "swap dealer" definition in several ways, including:

According to an Accenture poll, 89% of compliance executives with global financial services firms expect their companies to foot a much steeper bill to address compliance issues within the next couple of years.

Context Asset Management debuted the Context Strategic Global Equity Fund, the liquid alternative specialist firm's second alternative mutual fund.

The Department of Labor issued a final rule on Apr. 4 postponing the applicable date for its fiduciary rule from Apr. 10 to June 9.