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LSTA Advocacy 101 in Three Acts – Summer Series 2026 (Presentation)
This session outlined the three pillars of the LSTA’s federal advocacy work—legislative, regulatory, and judicial.
LSTA Advocacy 101 in Three Acts – Summer Series 2026 (Replay)
This replay highlights a session outlining the three pillars of the LSTA’s federal advocacy work—legislative, regulatory, and judicial.
Comment Letter: Advocacy for Commercial Exemption from FDPA Mandatory Purchase Requirements
The comment letter supports exempting mid‑ to large‑sized commercial property borrowers from FDPA mandatory purchase requirements.
  • Policy & Advocacy, Comment letters and papers
Comment Letter: Proposed Amendment to Rule 15c2-11
LSTA submitted a comment letter supporting the SEC’s proposal to codify that Rule 15c2‑11 does not apply to fixed income instruments, including loans.
  • Policy & Advocacy, Comment letters and papers
Optimum Communications, Inc. v. Apollo Capital Management, L.P et al.
LSTA, joined by four trades associations, filed an amicus brief supporting dismissal of antitrust claims related to creditor “Cooperation Agreements.”
  • Policy & Advocacy, Amicus briefs
Coalition Letter – FSOC Improvement Act
Attached is the coalition letter in support of the FSOC Improvement Act.
  • Policy & Advocacy, Comment letters and papers
Opportunity Knocks: The Year Ahead for LSTA Advocacy
A series of momentous political and judicial developments in 2024 have dramatically shifted the ground for the legislative, regulatory and judicial treatment of U.S. financial markets, including the syndicated loan and private corporate credit (PCC) markets.
  • Policy & Advocacy
The SEC’s Brightline on MNPI Policies and Procedures
Two recent settlements demonstrate the SEC’s focus on whether RIAs have established, maintained and enforced policies and procedures regarding the use of MNPI.
  • Policy & Advocacy
New York State Champerty Bill Dies on the Vine
The LSTA joined with the @Creditor Rights Coalition to successfully push back against a proposed and misguided “champerty” law that would have had negative implications for distressed credit trading markets (and beyond).
  • Policy & Advocacy
The Kirschner Case: This is the End
The Supreme Court denied Kirschner's petition for certiorari, finally ending the case. As LSTA's Elliot Ganz explains, this cements that syndicated loans are not securities, an immense victory for the loan market.
  • Policy & Advocacy
The Kirschner Case is Finally Over: Syndicated Term Loans are Not Securities
The US Supreme Court has this morning denied the petition for certiorari filed by Marc Kirschner, Trustee for the Millennium Labs Litigation Trust. This leaves in place the decision of the US Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit that syndicated term loans are NOT securities and ends, once and for all, this misguided litigation....
  • Policy & Advocacy
The Fifth Circuit Takes on the Private Fund Advisers Rule
The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals heard oral argument in the Joint Trade Associations' case against the SEC on the Private Fund Advisers Rule.
  • Policy & Advocacy
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