On October 2, 2026, Brazil’s National Data Protection Authority (ANPD) and Portugal’s National Data Protection Commission (CNPD) signed a memorandum of understanding at the CNPD’s headquarters in Lisbon. The agreement was signed by Waldemar Gonçalves, president of the ANPD, and (…)
On October 6, 2026, the Delaware Supreme Court affirmed a decision of the Court of Chancery allowing ATG Capital Management’s four board nominees to stand for election at the annual meeting of Empery Digital Inc. (Nasdaq: EMPD), scheduled for October (…)
On October 6, 2026, the Internal Revenue Service issued Revenue Procedure 2026-20, which clarifies, modifies, and supersedes Revenue Procedure 2025-31, the safe harbor for investment trusts and grantor trusts that stake digital assets. The central concern for these vehicles is (…)
On October 1, 2026, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission issued a proposal titled “Adviser and Regulated Fund Custody Rules; Crypto Custody Rules.” The package addresses, for the first time in a dedicated framework, how registered investment advisers may hold (…)
On September 30, 2026, U.S. District Judge Araceli Martínez-Olguín approved Paramount’s settlement with 12 states challenging its acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery. The Associated Press report values the transaction at approximately $81 billion, or $111 billion including debt, and identifies (…)
On September 28, 2026, the IRS issued Revenue Ruling 2026-20, while Treasury and the IRS issued Notice 2026-62 addressing investment-fund tax strategies. The ruling concerns an investor’s contribution of appreciated securities to a newly formed ETF, followed under the same (…)
On September 24, 2026, the Federal Reserve requested public comment on two proposals implementing its responsibilities under the GENIUS Act for Board-supervised payment stablecoin activity. The first would require issuers to fully back stablecoins with permissible reserve assets, including short-term (…)
On September 30, 2026, the Securities and Exchange Commission proposed measures intended to broaden access to private equity, private credit, real estate, and venture-capital investments. The initiative includes five separate notices concerning potential accredited-investor eligibility for accountants, chartered financial analysts, (…)
On August 14, 2026, after a seven-day trial, the US District Court for the Southern District of New York granted the Federal Trade Commission a permanent injunction blocking Henkel AG & Co. KGaA’s proposed $725 million acquisition of the Liquid (…)
On August 14, 2026, the US Department of Justice announced a stipulated order under which Amazon.com, Inc. will pay a $2.25 million civil penalty and accept injunctive relief to resolve allegations that it violated the Fair Credit Reporting Act by (…)