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2026 FFA Annual Conference Recap

Loeb sent its largest team yet to the 2026 Fund Finance Association's (FFA's) annual conference, and we weren't alone, as the 3000+ attendees set a new record in the conference's 15th edition.

United States Finance

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Loeb & Loeb LLP

Today's Podcast Episode: Debt's Grip: What Consumer Bankruptcy Reveals About Financial Risk In America

On this episode of the Ballard Spahr Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast, we examine consumer debt and bankruptcy through the lens of Debt's Grip: Risk and Consumer Bankruptcy (University of California Press, 2025)...

United States Finance

BS

Ballard Spahr LLP

Cooperation Agreements 101: A Quick Primer On Material Terms And Trends

Use of cooperation agreements by ad hoc groups of lenders has surged to address the risk of being caught on the wrong end of liability management exercises.

United States Insolvency

ABA Business Law Section

Debt's Grip: What Consumer Bankruptcy Reveals About Financial Risk In America (Podcast)

On this episode of the Ballard Spahr Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast, we examine consumer debt and bankruptcy through the lens of Debt's Grip: Risk and Consumer Bankruptcy...

United States Insolvency

BS

Ballard Spahr LLP

Liability Management Exercises: Bandage Or Bridge To Recovery?

United States Insolvency

AC

Ankura Consulting Group LLC

Finance Teams That Harness AI Will Lead The Next Wave Of Business Collaboration

United States Technology

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Riveron

SEC And CFTC Announce Joint 'Project Crypto' Initiative At Historic Harmonization Event

United States Finance

KM

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Revitalizing U.S. Capital Markets: The Case For State-Led Reform

United States Commercial

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Foley & Lardner

Treasury Dusts Off The Rulebook For Sovereign Wealth Funds

United States Finance

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Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Debt Download - January 2026

United States Finance

GP

Goodwin Procter LLP

Market Analysis: 10 Trends Affecting Global Private Markets For 2026

Worldwide Commercial

SR

McDermott Will & Schulte

Avoiding Pitfalls As Litigation Finance Takes Off

United States Litigation

SR

McDermott Will & Schulte

Structuring Luxury Mixed-Use Hospitality Properties: Getting The Legal Architecture Right

United States Real Estate

MB

Mayer Brown

EU Inc. – The Truly European Company Structure

United States Commercial

SR

McDermott Will & Schulte

Ohio's New E-Verify Workforce Integrity Act: What Construction Employers Need To Know

United States Immigration

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Green and Spiegel

Artificial Intelligence In ADR: A Neutral's Evolving Perspective

United States Technology

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JAMS

What Foundations And Other Nonprofits Need To Know About The Foreign Agents Registration Act

United States Government

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WilmerHale

Signed, Sealed, But Not Delivered? Don't Wonder About Taxes Under New Postal Service Rules

United States Tax

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Nossaman LLP

How The GENIUS Act Is Reshaping Stablecoin Regulation And Emerging Financial Disputes

United States Litigation

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JAMS

Trump Announces Support For Legislation To Cap Credit Card Interest Rates At 10% Per Annum For One Year

We recently blogged about President Trump's Truth Social post in which he announced his intent to impose a 10% per annum interest rate cap on credit cards...

United States Finance

BS

Ballard Spahr LLP

Hedge Fund Developments: Portable Alpha And SMAs

While insurance dedicated funds and rated feeders dominated specialized fund formation activity in the hedge funds market throughout 2025, portable alpha strategies are of growing interest.

United States Finance

SR

McDermott Will & Schulte

AIFMD 2.0 – A Focus On Loan Origination

Loan origination in the non-banking sector has become a focus of regulators as lending by that sector has grown since the global financial crisis.

United States Finance

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Dechert

What Does "Fair, Clear And Not-Misleading" Mean In The Context Of Fund Strategies?

It has been the case for many years that promotional materials in the EU must be "fair, clear, and not mis-leading".

United States Finance

JD

Jones Day

Retail Capital In Private Markets: Key ILPA Takeaways

United States Commercial

KM

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Asia Private Capital: Fourth-quarter Data And Trends

Worldwide Commercial

KL

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

CFPB Brings Clarity To Earned Wage Access Products

United States Finance

GP

Goodwin Procter LLP

OECD Publishes Policy Brief On Financing Instruments And Policy Levers To Harness Biomanufacturing For Climate, Biodiversity, And Growth

United States Finance

BC

Bergeson & Campbell

Private Credit ETFs For Retail Investors: Yield Potential, Liquidity Risks And Regulatory Scrutiny

United States Finance

KM

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Illinois Revamps The Scope Of Its Collection Agency Licensing Law

United States Finance

MB

Mayer Brown

Illinois Revamps The Scope Of Its Collection Agency Licensing Law

United States Finance

MB

Mayer Brown

CFTC Staff Extends Relief To Certain RIAs Operating Private Commodity Pools

United States Finance

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Dechert

CFPB: Earned Wage Products Are Not Loans Under TILA

United States Consumer

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Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP

CFTC No-Action Reinstates Broad Registration Exemption For Institutional CPOs, Pending Further Action

United States Finance

KM

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Illinois Revamps The Scope Of Its Collection Agency Licensing Law

Illinois is making important changes to the scope of the state's Collection Agency Act and the reach of its collection agency licensing obligation.

United States Finance

MB

Mayer Brown

CFTC Staff Extends Relief To Certain RIAs Operating Private Commodity Pools

On December 19, 2025, the CFTC staff issued no-action relief to commodity pool operators ("CPOs") registered with the SEC as investment advisers, with respect to the operation of certain commodity pools whose interests are offered solely to "qualified eligible persons" as defined in CFTC Regulation 4.7 ("QEPs").

United States Finance

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Dechert

CFPB: Earned Wage Products Are Not Loans Under TILA

On December 23, the CFPB issued an advisory opinion stating earned wage access products fall outside the definition of credit under TILA's Regulation Z...

United States Consumer

SM

Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP

CFTC No-Action Reinstates Broad Registration Exemption For Institutional CPOs, Pending Further Action

On Friday, December 19, the Staff of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission's (CFTC) Markets Participant Division published a new no-action letter – CFTC Staff Letter 25-50...

United States Finance

KM

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Today's Podcast Episode: The CFPB's Most Ambitious Regulatory Agenda Ever – Part 2

United States Finance

BS

Ballard Spahr LLP

2025 Has Been A Strong Year For IPOs. The 2026 Outlook Is Even Stronger.

Moore & Van Allen (MVA) Head of International Capital Markets John I. Sanders and Corporate Associate Noah Edmondson co-authored the article...

United States Finance

MV

Moore & Van Allen

NJ Supreme Court Clarifies Personal Guaranty Requirements For Corporate Officers

In Extech Building Materials, Inc. v. E&N Construction, Inc., 260 N.J. 63 (2025), the New Jersey Supreme Court considered whether a corporate officer can be personally liable for a company's...

United States Litigation

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Riker Danzig LLP

CFPB Releases Annual Report On Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA)

As required by amendments to the FDCPA made by Section 1089 of Dodd Frank, the CFPB recently released its annual report to Congress on FDCPA compliance.

United States Finance

BS

Ballard Spahr LLP

IRS Issues New Regulations Impacting Foreign Government Investments In The United States

On December 12, 2025, the U.S. Internal Revenue Service and U.S. Department of Treasury issued proposed regulations, temporary regulations, and final regulations which could substantially affect the way foreign governments make U.S. directed investments.

United States Commercial

D

Dechert

JONES DAY TALKS®: Real Assets Roundup – Episode 6: Higher Education (Podcast)

United States Consumer

JD

Jones Day

Democratic AGs To Check Out Buy-Now-Pay-Later Companies

United States Consumer

CO

Cozen O'Connor

SEC Sheds Light On 2026 Priorities: Risk Areas And Key Insights For Broker-Dealers

United States Finance

GP

Goodwin Procter LLP

From Direct Lending To ABS: Private Credit's $3T Toolkit Fuels PE Deals

United States Finance

D

Dechert

Distressed Debt Legal Insights

United States Finance

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Ropes & Gray LLP

Privy Council Holds That There Is No Legal Requirement In The Tort Of Deceit To Show That A Claimant Was Consciously Aware Of The Representation Made

United States Finance

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

ACA Files Suit Challenging Colorado Law That Omits Medical Debts From Credit Reports

United States Finance

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Ballard Spahr LLP

State-Level Digital Asset Licensing: What To Watch As We Head Into 2026

United States Technology

KM

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Improving UK Transaction Reporting: FCA Consults On Streamlined Framework

United States Finance

KM

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Reminder: Compliance With Amendments To Regulation S-P Is Required As Of December 3, 2025

United States Wealth Mgt

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Proskauer Rose LLP

Key Takeaways - 2025 Cadwalader Finance Forum

United States Real Estate

CW

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

New Concerns For Bank Fintech Partnerships: 10th Circuit's DIDMCA Decision Is The First Ripple In An Anticipated Wave

United States Finance

KM

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

SEC Chairman Calls For A Fairer Wells Process: Reinforcing Due Process And Transparency In Enforcement

United States Finance

KM

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Distressed Debt Legal Insights

United States Finance

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Ropes & Gray LLP

Hybrid Horizons – Hybrid Capital Market Trends

United States Finance

PR

Proskauer Rose LLP

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Debt's Grip: What Consumer Bankruptcy Reveals About Financial Risk In America (Podcast)

BS

Ballard Spahr LLP

Elizabeth Shortino Featured In Atlantic Council Panels (Video)

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Alvarez & Marsal

MB Microtalk: Clawbacks (Video)

MB

Mayer Brown

California Courts Put The Brakes On Lenders Recovery Of Default Interest

LG

Lathrop GPM

2021 Year In Review And 2022 Outlook (Video)

CW

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

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