SEC Approves New Rules Impacting Investment Advisers and Funds On Wednesday, August 23, 2023, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) voted 3-2 along party lines to approve new rules and rule amendments under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (Advisers Act)....
The North American Securities Administrators Association (NASAA), a non-governmental organization that recommends securities regulations for state adoption, has published proposed rules that would limit the ability of individuals to invest in unlisted real estate...
On July 13, 2022, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed rule changes that would make it harder for reporting companies to exclude shareholder proposals from their proxy statement by narrowing certain existing legal bases for excluding proposals....
The SEC's Rule Proposals Aim to Assist Investors On March 9, 2022, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed new rules “to enhance and standardize disclosures regarding cybersecurity risk management, strategy, governance, and incident reporting by...
An LLC should run like a reliable car—without hitches and hiccups that could interrupt business and put company assets at risk. Maintenance and fine-tuning of an LLC’s organizational form should also be as routine as car maintenance. As such, it is important to check...
An unlikely cryptocurrency is now worth almost 50 times what it was valued on January 1 of this year. According to the Dogecoin website, the digital currency is “favored by Shiba Inus worldwide.” Clearly, Dogecoin doesn’t take itself too seriously, so why does it have...
On March 15, 2021, the California Attorney General finalized modified regulations to the California Consumer Protection Act (the “CCPA”) that strengthen consumers’ ability to “opt out” of having their personal data collected, sold, or otherwise used. The California...
Last week, Gov. Mike DeWine released his proposed two-year budget for the State of Ohio. Gov. DeWine's proposal aims to make the health of Ohioans a top priority of the state and, as a result, it includes a number of line items that will impact the health care...
On November 5th, California voters passed Proposition 24, a ballot initiative that expands consumer rights and regulatory enforcement authority under the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA). The ballot initiative, titled the California Privacy Rights Act of...
Earlier this month, the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) and the HHS Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) announced a pair of proposed rules that would modify three of the most important fraud and abuse laws governing the healthcare industry—the...