FCC Chairman Threatens to Block M&A for Companies With DEI March 24, 2025 By Jeff Green and Kelcee Griffis The US Federal Communications Commission is prepared to block mergers and acquisition proposals from companies that promote “invidious” DEI policies,...
Trump Administration Dismisses Democratic FTC Commissioners March 18, 2025 By Josh Sisco and Leah Nylen The Trump administration dismissed two Democrats on the US Federal Trade Commission on Tuesday, in the latest example of the...
SEC’s Uyeda Expects Slowdown in Rulemaking After ‘Ambitious’ Biden Era March 7, 2025 By Nicola M. White The interim chief of the US Securities and Exchange Commission says he expects a slowdown in the Wall Street regulator’s...
Kraken Is Latest Crypto Firm to Say SEC Agrees to Drop Lawsuit March 4, 2025 By Olga Kharif Kraken said the US Securities and Exchange Commission has agreed in principle to drop its lawsuit against the cryptocurrency exchange,...
SEC’s ‘Demolition’ of Crypto Enforcement Met With Cheers as Well as Jeers March 3, 2025 By Emily Nicolle The US Securities and Exchange Commission has kicked off the new year with a makeover, wiping clean its slate of...
CFPB Drops Lawsuits Against Capital One, Rocket Unit February 28, 2025 By Paige Smith The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau dropped a slew of Biden-era lawsuits against lenders as the nominee to lead the agency...
Trump’s SEC Leader Shifts Power From Investors to Boardrooms February 19, 2025 By Ross Kerber New policies from the top U.S. securities regulator hand corporate boards more power over investors in ways that could curtail...
SEC Eases Path for Companies to Nix Shareholder Proposals February 18, 2025 By Lydia Beyoud The Securities and Exchange Commission released new guidelines making it easier for corporations to block votes on shareholder proposals at...
Financial Firms Hated US Consumer Watchdog, but Rapid Unraveling Creates Limbo February 13, 2025 By Douglas Gillison, Pete Schroeder, Nupur Anand and Hannah Lang At a JPMorgan townhall meeting on Wednesday, CEO Jamie Dimon was asked whether the Trump administration’s decision to abruptly stop...
US SEC Will Not Defend Climate Rule in Court February 12, 2025 By Isla Binnie, Virginia Furness and Jonathan Stempel The acting chair of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Tuesday signaled the regulator may roll back a controversial...