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Tag: Regulation

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Will Take-Private Deals Continue to Climb in 2024?

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Lately, a significant number of publicly held companies have seen greener grass on the private equity side of the fence. Considering the rising number of regulatory complications and increasing costs associated with being a public company,...

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Trump’s Loose Lips Risk Running Afoul of SEC

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Restraint has never been Donald Trump’s strong suit. The former President seemingly lashes out at any perceived slight within earshot, leading to countless public feuds with everyone from Pope Francis to C-list celebrities to the mainstream...

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SEC Toughens Transparency Rules for SPACs

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We don’t hear much anymore in the compliance world about special purpose acquisition companies, more commonly known as SPACs. It tends to be bad when we do, such as last week’s news that the Securities and Exchange Commission slapped Northe...

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Court Decisions Further Complicates Crypto Regulation

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The Securities and Exchange Commission has suffered yet another loss on a cryptocurrency issue in court, adding more upheaval to the messy process of building a new regulatory regime from scratch. The latest legal setback came in the form o...

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Smaller Banks Start Feeling the Heat From the SEC

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First Republic Bank, Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank may have crashed months ago, but the fallout from their implosions continues to reverberate across the financial sector. Regulators are now examining potential links between the co...

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