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In Lundin Mining Corp. v. Markowich, 2025 SCC 39, the Supreme Court of Canada clarified how issuers must identify and meet their disclosure obligations regarding “material changes”...

The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (“NAIC”) held its 2026 Spring meetings in San Diego. The NAIC received updates from various working groups, including the RBC Investment Risk and Evaluation Working Group, Life RBC Working Group and the American Academy of Actuaries (“Academy”) on the proposals relating to capital charges (factors) for CLOs, Collateral Loans and other assets in order to refine and advance the regulatory framework governing capital treatment of such

The Situation: On March 19, 2026, the Federal Reserve, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation jointly published two notices of proposed rulemaking...

The Internal Revenue Service recently announced that it is seeing the 2026 filing season have a rise in tax refunds. With the April 15th deadline approaching...

In this episode of the Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast, host Alan Kaplinsky is joined by colleagues Pilar French and Burt Rublin to unpack a rapidly evolving issue at the intersection...

In this article, we'll delve into recent news on financial consumer protection, but before doing so, we'll provide an update on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB).

Dechert’s private credit and asset-backed finance (ABF) team returned to Las Vegas from February 23–26 for SFVegas 2026, the structured finance industry’s annual cannot-miss event.

Plaintiffs in commercial disputes often face a troubling issue: no matter how strong their case may be on the merits, will there be assets available to collect? As the saying goes, an uncollectable judgment is not worth the paper it is printed on. What if it appears that the defendant does not have sufficient assets to pay a likely judgment or — even worse — that the defendant is liquidating and dissipating assets? Can the plaintiff obtain a temporary restraining order to freeze the defendant

On March 19, 2026, US federal banking regulators issued proposals.

For futures commission merchants (FCMs) that are clearing members of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, it’s that time of year: Time for the annual examination of the FCM’s operations and financial controls by their designated...

On March 17, 2026, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and Commodity Futures Trading Commission issued a joint interpretive release clarifying the application of the federal securities laws to digital assets.

The Third Circuit held that sports event contracts traded on federally regulated exchanges are swaps under the Commodity Exchange Act subject to the CFTC’s exclusive jurisdiction.