FTC Asks Congress for Authority Over Its Own Consumer Cases April 11, 2024 By Leah Nylen The US Federal Trade Commission is asking Congress to change the law so it can handle its own privacy settlements...
SEC Bribery Unit Probes Technology Companies’ Use of Contractors April 4, 2024 By Sabrina Willmer The US Securities and Exchange Commission is asking publicly traded tech companies about their relationships with distributors and other business...
FDIC Draft Proposal: Bank Mergers Above $100B Get Extra Scrutiny March 21, 2024 By Douglas Gillison Mergers that could result in banks with more than $100 billion in assets should expect heightened scrutiny from the U.S....
Republican-Led States Sue SEC Over Climate Risk Disclosure Rules March 7, 2024 By Clark Mindock Ten Republican-led states have sued to challenge new federal rules that require U.S.-listed companies to report climate-related risks, a spokesperson...
SEC Scales Back New Pollution-Disclosure Rules for Companies March 6, 2024 By Lydia Beyoud and Zahra Hirji The Securities and Exchange Commission will force companies to disclose their greenhouse gas emissions for the first time, but watered...
SEC Drops Some Emissions Disclosure Requirements From Draft Climate Rules February 23, 2024 By Chris Prentice, Isla Binnie, Jarrett Renshaw and Douglas Gillison The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has removed some of its most ambitious greenhouse gas emission disclosure requirements from...
TikTok Faces Fine as EU Prepares Probe Over Risks to Minors February 12, 2024 By Stephanie Bodoni and Jillian Deutsch TikTok owner ByteDance Ltd. faces the threat of hefty fines as the European Union prepares a probe under its strict...
SEC’s SPAC Rules Set to Limit Rosy Projections That Fueled Mania January 31, 2024 By Bailey Lipschultz At the height of the SPAC boom, liberated startups capitalized on the ability to tout lofty goals about the years...
SEC to Impose Tougher Rules on Blank-Check Deals as SPACs Fizzle January 24, 2024 By Lydia Beyoud Wall Street’s main regulator on Wednesday is set to demand more investor protections for deals involving special purpose acquisition companies,...
Microsoft’s Bing, Edge to Avoid EU’s Digital Dominance Crackdown January 23, 2024 By Stephanie Bodoni and Samuel Stolton Microsoft Corp.’s Bing search engine, Edge web browser and Advertising services are set to be exempt from strict new European...