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ESG Investing After the New Labor Department Rule on “Financial Factors”

By Max M. Schanzenbach and Robert H. Sitkoff March 29, 2021 by renholding

In the wake of the U.S. Department of Labor’s new rule on “Financial Factors in Selecting Plan Investments,” adopted last November and effective as of January 12, 2021, some ERISA fiduciaries and their advisers have expressed concern about the permissibility …

Latham & Watkins Discusses Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act

By Jennifer C. Archie, Michael H. Rubin, Marissa R. Boynton and Alexander L. Stout March 16, 2021 by snehapandya

On March 2, 2021, Virginia Governor Ralph Northam signed comprehensive state privacy legislation titled the Consumer Data Protection Act (CDPA). Previously, the Virginia Senate unanimously passed the bill on February 5, 2021, and the Virginia House of Delegates followed suit …

Patterson Belknap Discusses Consumer Data Privacy in New York

By Christina Seda-Acosta and Alejandro H. Cruz March 10, 2021 by Nisha Chandra

As the national landscape of data privacy laws evolves, New York may be poised to follow California in passing legislation that creates new data rights for New York consumers. New York is no stranger to this field. The New York …

Distinguishing Social Enterprise Lawyering

By Alina Ball March 5, 2021 by renholding

The rise of for-profit, mission-driven (“hybrid”) entities has prompted legal scholarship on corporate law innovations and governance considerations in the social enterprise context. A consistent theme of this scholarship is skepticism of whether these hybrid entities create value, given the …

Ropes & Gray Discusses President Biden’s Buy American Executive Order

By John P. Bueker, Thomas N. Bulleit, Joshua S. Levy, Kirsten Mayer and Michael R. Littenberg March 2, 2021 by snehapandya

On January 25th, 2021, President Biden signed Executive Order 14005, entitled “Ensuring the Future Is Made in All of America by All of America’s Workers,” (“EO”), aimed at increasing the federal government’s procurement of American-made supplies. This EO has …

Why Some Covid-19 Mitigation Strategies Fail

By Jan-Philip Elm and Roee Sarel February 19, 2021 by renholding

As the Covid-19 pandemic continues to disrupt the global economy, regulators are struggling to find cost-effective mitigation strategies. The goal of such strategies should be simple: Reduce the spread of the virus, while causing the least amount of damage to …

Acting FTC Chair Slaughter Speaks on Protecting Privacy and Data Security

By Rebecca Kelly Slaughter February 16, 2021 by snehapandya

Thank you for inviting me to speak with you all today. The President named me as Acting Chair just a few weeks ago, and I’m incredibly excited about the opportunity to lead the FTC in these challenging times. It is …

Paul Hastings Discusses Proposed Cyber Incident Reporting Rule for Banks

By Behnam Dayanim, Jackie Cooney and Daniel Julian January 25, 2021 by Nisha Chandra

Federal financial regulatory agencies, including the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”), and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (“OCC”) (collectively, the “Regulators”), issued on December 18, 2020, a Notice …

Fried Frank Discusses the New Paycheck Protection Program

By Gail Weinstein, Michael T. Gershberg, Libin Zhang, David L. Shaw and Randi Lally January 6, 2021 by renholding

On December 27, 2020, the Economic Aid Act (EAA) was signed into law to provide financial relief to small businesses suffering from the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. The EAA amends the PPP loan program that was established earlier this …

Funding Crises: An Empirical Study of the Paycheck Protection Program

By William A. Birdthistle and Joshua Silver December 15, 2020 by renholding

Soon after the coronavirus pandemic erupted in the spring, Congress enacted the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (“CARES”) Act, pumping $2.2 trillion into the economy. Now, nine months later, many of that law’s critical elements have ended or will …

A Tale of Two Enforcement Venues: Why the SEC’s Choice of Where to File Cases Matters

By Xin Zheng December 11, 2020 by renholding

The Dodd-Frank Act of 2010 allows the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to bring enforcement actions and impose civil penalties in administrative proceedings as alternatives to federal district courts. Some argue that this gives the SEC a “home-court” advantage. For …

Gibson Dunn Discusses Consumer Protection Under the Biden Administration

By Alexander Southwell, Ryan Bergsieker and Sarah Erickson December 1, 2020 by renholding

President-elect Biden has signaled that robust consumer protections will be a major focus of his policy agenda in what is anticipated to be a dramatic shift from the deregulatory policies of the Trump administration. In this article, we preview the …

Financial Regulators Offer Update on Audit Quality in Emerging Markets

By Jay Clayton, Sagar Teotia and William D. Duhnke III November 25, 2020 by renholding

Over the past several years, the exposure of U.S. investors and our capital markets to companies with significant operations in emerging markets, including China, has increased.[1] This increased exposure carries with it a number of significant risks and challenges,

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Columbia Law School Presents New Podcast Series, Beyond “Unprecedented”

By Reynolds Holding November 6, 2020 by renholding

Columbia Law School has launched a six-episode podcast series called Beyond “Unprecedented”: The Post-Pandemic Economy , hosted by Eric Talley, the Isidor and Seville Sulzbacher Professor of Law. In each episode, he and other experts at the law school explore …

Why the Law on Resolving Disputed Presidential Elections Is So Uncertain

By Richard Pildes November 3, 2020 by renholding

As I’ve Zoom-traveled the country speaking about legal issues involving the election, I have found myself, as well as audiences, bewildered and frustrated by one underlying question: Why is there so much legal uncertainty about so many critical questions concerning …

To Mask Or Not To Mask? It’s Not a Constitutional Question

By Daniel R. Karon and Giliann E. Karon October 29, 2020 by renholding

In 1979, police in Pensacola, Florida, arrested Ku Klux Klan member B.W. Robinson for covering his face at a rally. He pleaded no contest so he could appeal his conviction to the Florida Supreme Court. Once there, Robinson challenged the …

Closing the “RegLag” Between Prospective Regulated Activity and Regulation

By John W. Bagby and Nizan G. Packin October 16, 2020 by renholding

There is often a significant delay between the start of an activity that ends up being regulated and the moment a regulatory response is announced or adopted. This regulatory lag (RegLag) enables individuals, firms, and regulators to engage in undesirable …

Gibson Dunn Discusses U.S. Banking Regulation of Confidential Supervisory Information

By Arthur S. Long, James O. Springer and Samantha J. Ostrom October 2, 2020 by snehapandya

One of the thornier areas of law for U.S.-regulated banks and their holding companies is that regarding confidential supervisory information (CSI). U.S. regulators treat bank examination reports and related correspondence and materials, which are often the most useful sources of …

Arnold & Porter Discusses Three Things to Know About PPP Fair Lending Scrutiny

By Richard M. Alexander, Michael Mancusi, David F. Freeman, Jr., Kevin M. Toomey and Stephanie G. Nygard August 18, 2020 by renholding

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) recently announced that it will adjust its supervision program by rescheduling a portion of its planned examination work. Instead, the agency will conduct prioritized assessments, which it describes …

The Politics of Institutional Shareholder Voting: Transparency Before Reform

By Isabel Verkes August 13, 2020 by renholding

On July 22, the SEC finalized a sweeping rule change to enhance the transparency around the role of proxy advisers. This follows an earlier proposal to reform the process for including shareholder proposals in a company’s proxy statement.^[1] These …

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