1+ week, 3+ day ago   (308+ words) Today, the Commission proposed to rescind Investment Advisers Act rule 206(4)-5, the investment adviser “Pay-to-Play Rule.” I am thrilled that we are proposing to eliminate rather than simply amend the rule, which always has bothered my First Amendment sensibilities.[1] Political speech…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (317+ words) The Securities and Exchange Commission today issued a proposal to rescind its “pay-to-play” rule that prohibits investment advisers from providing compensated investment advisory services to a government client for two years… Official websites use.gov Secure.gov websites use HTTPS…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (200+ words) The Law Protects Equal Inheritance: The 44th Constitutional Amendment removed the right to property from the list of Fundamental Rights in 1978, but inheritance rights remain protected under law. Under the Hindu Succession Act, sons and daughters have equal rights in their…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago   (371+ words) States and the federal government may be battling over who has the power to regulate prediction markets, but the companies building them are chugging along as the platforms continue to experience huge growth. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission and six…...

4+ mon, 1+ day ago   (377+ words) The Trump administration is in the process of issuing more than $35.5 billion to importers who successfully filed for tariff refunds after the U.S. Supreme Court found the president's signature economic policy unlawful, according to a new court filing. The payments are…...

4+ mon, 5+ day ago   (1164+ words) President Donald Trump's 10% global tariffs were declared unlawful by a federal trade court in a fresh blow to the administration's economic agenda, just months after the U.S. Supreme Court vacated earlier levies he'd imposed. A divided three-judge panel at the U.S. Court…...

4+ mon, 3+ week ago   (361+ words) The Trump administration has opened an online portal where businesses can file their claims for refunds on the tariffs they paid under the emergency powers that the Supreme Court has since ruled unconstitutional. Importers of record and customs brokers can…...

4+ mon, 3+ week ago   (652+ words) A Texas federal judge ruled against the Internal Revenue Service in a case involving its classification of micro-captive insurance as a "listed transaction," but also ruled in favor of the IRS classifying micro-captives as "transactions of interest." In Drake Plastics…...

6+ mon, 11+ hour ago   (576+ words) The Supreme Court recently heard oral arguments in a case revolving around whether a county in Michigan violated the constitutional rights of a homeowner whose property was foreclosed on and sold for far more than he owed in taxes, but…...

6+ mon, 2+ week ago   (732+ words) Prominent Democrats are seizing on Donald Trump's Supreme Court tariff loss to wage a populist election-year campaign to refund the overturned import duties to the U.S. public. "I'm calling for a $1,336 refund for every Ohio household," progressive Democrat Sherrod Brown said…...