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Waiting For The Sun - Recent Transactions
Cadwalader's real estate finance team has successfully closed several major transactions spanning student housing portfolios, luxury resort acquisitions, office complex refinancings, industrial warehouse facilities, and cold-storage properties. These deals range from $39.25 million to $1.435 billion and involve diverse property types across multiple states, demonstrating the firm's comprehensive capabilities in commercial real estate lending and acquisition financing.
United States Finance
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Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
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The Fine Print On Filing Less: Potential Contractualand Regulatory Consequences Of The Sec’s Proposed Semiannual Reporting Proposal
The SEC's proposed shift from quarterly to semiannual reporting may seem like a straightforward compliance simplification, but it could create significant misalignment with existing credit and derivatives agreements that contractually require quarterly financial data. This potential disconnect raises questions about defaults, operational disruptions, and the preservation of contractual rights across financing and derivatives documentation.
United States Commercial
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Moore & Van Allen
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AI In Private Credit: Key Considerations For Market Participants
The private credit market is experiencing rapid transformation as artificial intelligence reshapes transaction sourcing, evaluation, and portfolio management. As AI adoption accelerates amid heightened credit scrutiny and competitive pressures, market participants face critical questions about data reliability, documentation standards, and regulatory compliance that will define the future of private debt investing.
United States Technology
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Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
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CFTC Sues Minnesota, Bringing Prediction Markets Preemption Fight To Six States
The CFTC filed suit against Minnesota in federal district court on May 19, 2026, marking the agency’s sixth lawsuit in seven weeks against a state seeking to regulate or prohibit CFTC-registered prediction markets. Filed one day after Minnesota’s governor signed a first-in-the-nation ban into law, the complaint argues that the state’s criminalization of prediction market operators is preempted by the Commodity Exchange Act and violates the U.S. Constitution.
United States Media & IT
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Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
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The Impacts Of Cryptocurrency On Cross-border Transactions
As cryptocurrency transitions from niche to mainstream with a $4 trillion market cap, cross-border crypto transactions are creating unprecedented tax complexity through inconsistent country-by-country treatment. From income type mismatches and sourcing challenges to valuation volatility and transfer pricing complications, the global tax framework struggles to address digital assets that existing tax treaties were never designed to handle.
United States Technology
GGI Global Alliance
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The Securities Compliance Podcast: S6:E10 | Building Compliance In An AI World | Compliance In Context
Explore the latest developments in securities compliance, including deep dives into SEC Regulation S-P requirements, the newly formed Crypto Task Force led by Commissioner Hester Peirce, and critical updates on the AML Rule for investment advisers. Each episode features expert insights from leading practitioners and regulators navigating the evolving compliance landscape.
United States Finance
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Calfee Halter & Griswold
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SEC Raises Qualified Client Thresholds: Implications For Registered Funds And Private Funds
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) issued an order on April 28, 2026 making inflation-adjusted increases to the dollar amount thresholds for meeting the definition of “qualified client” in Rule 205‑3 under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (the “Advisers Act”). These are ordinary course threshold increases made pursuant to the SEC’s obligation under Section 418 of the Dodd-Frank Act to adjust the QC thresholds every five years.
United States Commercial
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Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
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