Nathan A. Howell
Sidley Austin LLP
Articles
Doubts about DAOs: Novel CFTC Enforcement Case Targets Decentralized Finance Community
USA - October 6 2022 On September 22, 2022, the U.S. Commodity and Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) filed a first-of-its-kind regulatory action against a decentralized…
2022 Update for Investment Advisers: Important Annual Requirements, Recent Proposed Rulemaking, and Recent SEC Enforcement Initiatives
USA - June 23 2022 Investment advisers registered with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC or Commission) (each, an RIA) are subject to certain annual…
Victoria A. Anglin, Chuck Daly, Laurin Blumenthal Kleiman, Jonathan B. Miller
CFTC Proposes Amendments to Mandatory Clearing Requirements for Interest Rate Swaps
USA - June 3 2022 On May 9, 2022, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC or Commission) proposed amendments to the CFTC’s mandatory clearing requirements…
Azad Assadipour, Kate L. Lashley, Ellen P. Pesch, Elizabeth M. Schubert, Sara N. Shouse
A general introduction to the regulation of virtual currencies in USA
USA - September 3 2021 This article reviews the need-to-know features of the legal and regulatory frameworks governing virtual currencies in USA, with particular regard to applicable securities and banking laws.
James B. Biery, Andrew P. Blake, Daniel Engoren, Dominique Gallego, Teresa Wilton Harmon, James C. Munsell, Michael S. Sackheim, Allison Ross Stromberg, Kristin S. Teager, David E Teitelbaum, Lilya Tessler
Six Key Takeaways From Biden’s Executive Order Amending Ban on Investment in Publicly Traded Securities of Chinese Military Companies
China, USA - June 10 2021 On June 3, 2021, President Joe Biden signed Executive Order 14032 (EO) banning U.S. persons from purchasing or selling certain publicly traded…
