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Category: Rules & Regs

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Trump Makes Conventional Pick to Helm SEC in Crypto Champion Atkins

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President-elect Donald J. Trump has picked a familiar face to lead the Securities and Exchange Commission, tabbing 66-year-old Paul Atkins to return to the agency where he served as a commissioner from 2002 to 2008. Atkins has a well-establ...

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Trump Seemingly Poised to Relax Regulation of AI

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Remember the anecdote about President Biden getting spooked by a blockbuster film’s depiction of artificial intelligence run amok? The story goes that in November 2023, he issued an executive order calling for the federal government to crea...

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SEC Dings SolarWinds Victims for Cybersecurity Disclosures

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Last month, the Securities and Exchange Commission settled four enforcement actions against current and former publicly traded companies for making what it deemed “materially misleading” cybersecurity risk disclosures. The cases could all b...

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Could FTC’s Updated Premerger Notification Form Usher Heavier Filing Burden?

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The Federal Trade Commission and Department of Justice Antitrust Division on October 10 announced approval of long-awaited changes to a premerger notification form that provides information used to screen proposed deals. Critics fear updati...

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Cybersecurity Threats to Financial Services Emerge with Growth of AI

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The hit film Terminator 2: Judgment Day cemented Arnold Schwarzenegger’s leading-man status with his portrayal of a reprogrammed T-800 Terminator assigned to help humanity stop the artificial intelligence Skynet from taking over the world....

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