Regulatory trends and high-profile investigations suggest that law firms should conduct enhanced due diligence background checks on all potential clients as part of standard risk management and ...

On April 24, 2024, the European Parliament approved the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CS3D). The directive, which must be formally endorsed by the Council of the European Union (EU ...

Fidelity Brokerage Services has been sued by Massachusetts regulators for alleged "unethical and dishonest" conduct in its supervision of retail brokerage customer applications for options and margins ...

Platform extension enables wealth managers to efficiently conduct due diligence on private credit, private equity, real ...

The firm’s service excellence partner, Rachel Broquard, and corporate partner Jon Gill discuss embedding AI into due diligence, M&A and its impact on value-driven client service ...

Critics of a fiduciary standard for stockbrokers beware: A study released in early March suggests that application of a fiduciary standard to the broker/dealer model wouldn’t have the terrible ...

The Internal Revenue Service makes paid preparers who submit a return that claims the Earned Income Tax Credit, the American Opportunity Tax Credit and others (and one filing status) perform ...