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Keeping Tabs: CFTC And DOJ Charge Software Engineer With Insider Trading For Prediction Market Trades
The DOJ and CFTC have filed their first cases alleging insider trading in prediction markets based on misappropriated confidential commercial information, charging a software engineer who allegedly used non-public company data to profit from event contracts. These prosecutions expand beyond classified information cases and raise important questions about cross-border jurisdiction, the scope of confidential information protections, and the CFTC's authority over overseas prediction markets.
Worldwide Finance
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Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
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Treasury Course Corrects, Pulling Two Heavily Criticized Reg Packages
The Treasury Department has significantly shifted its approach to corporate and partnership tax regulation in 2025, withdrawing several proposed rules that faced criticism for being overly burdensome and complex. This regulatory rollback, driven by executive orders aimed at reducing compliance costs, has left taxpayers and advisors navigating uncertainty about which transaction structures remain permissible and how the IRS will enforce substantive tax rules without mandatory reporting requirements.
United States Tax
CW
Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
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The Desk: May Edition
The CFTC brings its first-ever insider trading charges involving prediction markets against a U.S. service member who allegedly used classified military information to profit on Polymarket. This landmark enforcement action, alongside multiple federal preemption lawsuits against states, signals the agency's aggressive stance on establishing exclusive jurisdiction over prediction markets and protecting market integrity in this rapidly evolving space.
United States Finance
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Moore & Van Allen
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Basel III Endgame Evolution: Strategic Implications For Retail Banking
On March 19, 2026, the federal banking agencies issued a package of proposed changes to the regulatory capital requirements for banking institutions of all sizes, from the largest GSIBs and super-regional banks to community banks. This package of proposals (the “Proposed Rules”) is a second full attempt at implementing the 2017 “Basel III Endgame” international framework—following the agencies’ initial package of proposals in July 2023 (the “2023 NPR”)—to better reflect credit, trading and operational risk in the calculation of regulatory capital ratios.
United States Finance
ST
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
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Basel III Endgame Evolution: Strategic Implications For Alternative Asset Managers
On March 19, 2026, the federal banking agencies issued a package of proposed changes to the regulatory capital requirements for banking institutions of all sizes, from the largest GSIBs and super-regional banks to community banks. This package of proposals (the “Proposed Rules”) is a second full attempt at implementing the 2017 “Basel III Endgame” international framework—following the agencies’ initial package of proposals in July 2023 (the “2023 NPR”)—to better reflect credit, trading and operational risk in the calculation of regulatory capital ratios.
United States Finance
ST
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
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Goodwin Advises Ares On $2.5 Billion Arcmont Credit Continuation Vehicle, The Largest European Credit Continuation Fund To Date
Goodwin's Private Investment Funds team advised Ares Credit Secondaries funds in leading a $2.5 billion credit continuation vehicle sponsored by Arcmont Asset Management, marking the largest European credit continuation fund to date. The transaction involved acquiring a diversified portfolio of primarily first-lien senior secured loans from Arcmont's 2019 vintage Direct Lending Fund III, providing liquidity to existing limited partners while enabling continued exposure to the portfolio.
United States Finance
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Goodwin Procter LLP
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