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Partner Christian Brockman is attending. 

Read the latest edition of On-Chain Spotlight for key regulatory, market, and litigation developments shaping the blockchain and digital assets industry.

On August 18, 2026, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to amend its registration requirements for certain commodity pool operators and commodity trading advisors under Part 4 of the CFTC Regulations.

This pro bono victory helps pave the way for survivors of sex trafficking.

Cross-border estate planning gets complicated fast when a client owns assets in the United States, and the culprit is often hiding in plain sight: how title is held and which state’s law applies. Chapman partner and Trusts and Estates Department leader Rebecca Wallenfelsz and associate Mackenzie Collins break down the details in this chapter from the third edition of A Guide to International Estate Planning: Design, Administration, and Compliance.

As a longtime member of the Secured Finance Network (SFNet), Chapman was featured in The Secured Lender Great Places to Work issue.

Read the latest edition of On-Chain Spotlight for key regulatory, market, and litigation developments shaping the blockchain and digital assets industry.

On July 15, 2026, the CFTC amended its margin rules for uncleared swaps applicable to swap dealers and major swap participants not subject to the margin rules of a prudential regulator. The amendment, which has particular significance for sponsors, asset managers, and seeded funds, takes effect August 17, 2026, and makes three principal changes.

On July 27, 2026, the staff of the Division of Investment Management of the Securities and Exchange Commission issued a no-action letter to the Investment Company Institute regarding the treatment of an exchange-traded fund’s creation basket when the ETF passively exceeds its industry concentration limit.

On July 16, 2026, the Securities and Exchange Commission proposed Regulation E‑Delivery a sweeping new rule that would allow issuers, broker‑dealers, investment advisers, transfer agents, and other market participants to deliver required disclosures and reports electronically as the default method without first obtaining investors' affirmative consent.

Read the latest edition of On-Chain Spotlight for key regulatory, market, and litigation developments shaping the blockchain and digital assets industry.

On June 30, 2026, the Securities and Exchange Commission issued a Request for Comment seeking public input on exchange‑traded funds that invest in innovative asset classes or engage in novel investment strategies (including crypto assets, commodity‑focused instruments, single stock strategies, heightened leverage, blockchain‑enabled opportunities, private assets, event contracts, or a combination of any of the above).