Category: Licensing and Regulation

The New Political Economy of Delaware Corporate Lawmaking Summary The article — based on a paper by Marcel Kahan and Edward Rock — argues that Delaware’s long-standing, technocratic approach to corporate lawmaking has broken down following high-speed, politically driven legislative changes in 2024 and 2025. Historically, Delaware relied on specialised courts and an apolitical Corporation […]

SEC Launches Cross-Border Task Force To Combat Fraud, Increasing Scrutiny on Foreign Issuers and Gatekeepers Summary The SEC has created a Cross-Border Task Force within its Division of Enforcement to bolster investigations and enforcement of fraud involving foreign-based companies that access US capital markets. The task force will retain traditional enforcement priorities — market manipulation, […]

Polymarket Set for US Relaunch After Regulatory Clearance Summary Polymarket, the prediction-market platform that suspended US operations after regulatory pressure, is preparing to relaunch in the United States after receiving clearance from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). The company acquired QCX LLC for $112 million, a firm holding a Designated Contract Market licence, and […]

U.S. Companies Face Potential GHG Disclosure Obligations in 2026 Summary California’s GHG disclosure and assurance regime under SB 253 is poised to require many U.S.-formed companies with more than $1bn in annual revenue that do business in California to file greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reports and obtain third-party assurance. CARB’s current proposal would have first […]

Responses to the SEC’s Concept Release on Foreign Private Issuer Eligibility Summary On 4 June 2025 the SEC published a Concept Release seeking comment on whether and how to change the definition of a foreign private issuer (FPI). The agency flagged a shift in the FPI population since 2003 — more FPIs now trade primarily […]