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Giles Thomson (The Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI), Director) wrote in the OFSI blog in February 2021 that “OFSI will continue to robustly ...
On April 9, 2021, the SEC Division of Examinations (the “Division”) issued a Risk Alert “to highlight observations from recent exams of ...
Welcome to the Spring 2021 issue of PErspectives – our periodic publication featuring news, trends and legal developments in the private equity (PE) industry ...
The following summarizes recent legal developments of note affecting the mutual fund/investment management industry: SEC Requests Comment on Potential Money Market Fund Reform Options ...
***These legal developments are still in progress. We will update this Alert as the Acts makes their way through the legislative process.*** On Wednesday March ...
Thursday, in a unanimous decision, the Supreme Court narrowed the potential scope of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”), which has been fertile ...
On March 24, 2021, the National Futures Association (“NFA”) issued a notice to members announcing the effective date of recently adopted Interpretive Notice ...
Ropes & Gray’s memorandum summarizing the 2021 Mutual Funds and Investment Management Conference sponsored by the Investment Company Institute and the Federal Bar ...
In June 2020, the Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act (the “CIGA”) introduced a new procedure to the restructuring toolkit in England & Wales ...
On March 11, 2021, President Biden signed into law the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA), in furtherance of the fifth phase of the federal government ...
Click here to read the full Article. Human rights risks have become increasingly urgent priorities for businesses and investors over the past few years, and ...
On March 11, 2021, President Joe Biden signed the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (the “Act”) into law. The Act provides $1 ...
The Chinese State Council has passed new Medical Device Regulations (State Council Order #739) to replace the existing Medical Device Regulations (State Council Order #680 ...
The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (“ARPA”), the landmark $1.9 trillion legislative package that President Biden signed into law on March ...
On March 10, 2021, the United States Senate confirmed D.C. Circuit Judge Merrick Garland as the incoming Attorney General to lead the Department of ...
On March 10, 2021, former Chief Judge of the D.C. Circuit Merrick Garland was confirmed by the Senate as the new United States Attorney ...
On March 11, 2021, the SEC Division of Investment Management (the “Division”) issued a statement (the “Statement”) concerning fund trades made ...
Overview Ropes & Gray previously published an Alert on the Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”) – a sweeping reform designed to modernize and strengthen ...
On March 10, 2021, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) released a much-anticipated enforcement policy statement that says it intends to revisit its ...
For the first time, the United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) filed a complaint alleging a manipulative scheme involving digital assets.1 ...
The transition away from LIBOR took a major step forward on March 5, 2021, with announcements by the U.K. Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and ...
A cross-office team of attorneys in Ropes & Gray’s anti-corruption and international risk and government enforcement/white collar practices have co ...
In mid-March, amendments to the D.C. False Claims Act (the “D.C. Act”)1 providing for tax fraud enforcement under ...
On March 2, 2021, Virginia Governor Ralph Northam signed the Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act (CDPA) into law without further amendments. Virginia now joins California ...
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and the Department of Labor (DOL) separately issued important guidance on COVID-19-related relief over the past week. This ...
