SEC Chair Paul Atkins released a statement on Thursday, Sept. 4, 2025, announcing the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs’ release of the Spring 2025 Unified Agenda of Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions. The regulatory agenda outlines the SEC’s list of forthcoming rulemakings, including those that are in the pre-rule stage, proposed rule stage, and final rule stage for Spring 2025.
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On August 25, 2025, the Fifth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals remanded two rules adopted during the Biden administration, giving hedge fund associations a partial victory. The rules were not vacated. However, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) must now review them in light of the court’s opinion.
As part of the Filing Fee Disclosure and Payment Methods Modernization rule, all fee-bearing forms will require the fee exhibit to be tagged with iXBRL. The amendments are intended to improve the filing fee preparation and payment processing by facilitating enhanced validation through filing fee structuring.
Recently, many financial services and insurance companies are questioning whether their public-facing documents and websites meet current guidelines Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) expectations and Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG). This piece provides an overview of both the ADA and WCAG, and may provide clarity on whether or not you have external-facing content that may need to be updated to meet these standards.
In October 2023, the SEC published amendments to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Act”) under Sections 13(d) and 13(g) to require market participants to provide more timely beneficial ownership positions using new technical reporting requirements to better meet the needs of investors.
On March 31, 2025, Chairman French Hill and all of the Republican members of the House Financial Services Committee sent interagency letters requesting the rescission, modification, or re-proposal of specific Biden-Harris administration actions to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Federal Reserve, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).