Volcker Rule: Federal Reserve Releases Guidance Regarding Requests for Conformance Period Extensions for Seed Investments in Covered Funds and Authorizes Reserve Banks to Approve Extensions

New Insurance Accounting Standard IFRS 17

Federal Banking Agencies Release New Guidance on the Treatment of “Foreign Excluded Funds” Under the Volcker Rule

Second Circuit Overturns Convictions of Two Former Rabobank Employees Prosecuted for LIBOR Manipulation

Tax Court Overrides Revenue Ruling to Hold That Gain on Sale or Redemption of Partnership Interest is Not Effectively Connected Income

Arbitration: Exxon Mobil v. Venezuela Decision—U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit Decides that Actions To Enforce ICSID Arbitration Awards Must Comply with the U.S. Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act

FSB Resolution Planning Principles: FSB Finalizes Guiding Principles on the Internal Total Loss-Absorbing Capacity of G-SIBs and Guidance on Achieving Continuity of Access to Financial Market Infrastructures

CFTC Staff Announces Review of Swaps Reporting Requirements and Requests Public Comment

Bob Giuffra and Matthew Schwartz Mentioned in Article on Kohl’s Securities Fraud Class Action Dismissal

KCG Holdings Completes $1.4 Billion Acquisition by Virtu Financial

Philips Completes £29 Million Acquisition of Electrical Geodesics

Panera Bread Company Completes $7 Billion Acquisition by JAB

Vornado Realty Trust Spins Off Its Washington, D.C. Business and Merges It With JBG Companies

CSM Bakery Solutions Sells BakeMark Business to Pamplona Capital Management

Foxconn Interconnect Technology Limited Completes $342 Million Initial Public Offering and Listing on Hong Kong Stock Exchange

S&C and Harvard Law School Women’s Alliance Co-host Program on Responding to Emerging Threats in Cybersecurity

Rodgin Cohen and John Evangelakos Co-author Wall Street Journal Op-Ed Calling for Formation of U.S. Department of Cybersecurity

Tax Reform Today

Tax Reform Today is a blog focused on keeping clients and others informed of the proposals and possibilities of U.S. tax reform.

Legal Developments Impacting the Workplace

This blog is dedicated to the rapidly changing areas of labor and employment law, whistleblower rights and workplace investigations.

Presenting S&C DealPortal: Your must-read briefing on what matters now in M&A

The latest news, perspectives, intelligence and thought leadership, presented by the M&A team at Sullivan & Cromwell.

Banking Enforcement Actions Tracker

The Banking Enforcement Actions Tracker—or BEAT—is a web-based tool that aggregates and displays data pertaining to significant enforcement actions from January 1, 2008 to the present against banking organizations by the federal banking agencies and select other federal and state agencies.

Infrastructure Investment & Finance

S&C is playing a major role in the latest developments in U.S. and global infrastructure. The Firm is ideally positioned to advise private equity firms, pension funds, sovereign wealth funds, strategic operators and financial institutions in public-private partnerships or other investments involving transportation and other infrastructure assets.

Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Clearinghouse

S&C and Stanford Law School have launched the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Clearinghouse, a public database that aggregates and curates source documents and provides analytic tools relating to enforcement of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.

AML & Sanctions Watchlist

The blog is dedicated to developments in the constantly evolving and increasingly complex areas of anti-money laundering (AML) and sanctions enforcement and compliance.