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Jun
12
2017
U.S. Supreme Court Delivers Blow Limiting SEC Disgorgement Power Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Mar
7
2018
Undisclosed (and Disclosed) 12b-1 Fees: The Different Views of the SEC and DOL - Interesting Angles on the DOL’s Fiduciary Rule #82 Faegre Drinker
Oct
18
2019
Waiver of Appraisal Rights in a Stockholder Agreement is Enforceable Under Delaware Law K&L Gates
Jun
21
2021
Weekly Bankruptcy Alert - June 20, 2021 Pierce Atwood LLP
Jul
28
2022
"All Purchasers" Does Not Always Mean All Purchasers Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Oct
16
2013
"Bad Boy" Associates Can Now Disqualify Your Securities Act 506 Exemption Lowndes, Drosdick, Doster, Kantor & Reed, P.A.
Jan
7
2021
"Gig" Workers May Become Eligible to Receive Equity Compensation Mintz
Jul
5
2022
"The Changing Landscape of Activism: A Conversation with Alliance Advisors," Jones Walker LLP Banking & Financial Services Newsletter Jones Walker LLP
Jan
25
2023
"The Horror! The Horror!" - Scholars Accuse Twitter Directors Of Putting Stockholders First! Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Jan
19
2021
$125 Million Deutsche Bank Settlement with SEC/DOJ Newest in Line of Several Costly Resolutions Faegre Drinker
Apr
16
2012
$25 Billion Mortgage Fraud Settlement Marks Turning Point for Industry Ifrah Law
May
28
2016
$3.5 Million Awarded to Whistleblower Who Was Initially Rebuffed by SEC Faegre Drinker
Mar
28
2023
$35M SEC Settlement Underscores Processes, Procedures Ensuring Appropriate Public Disclosures Jackson Lewis P.C.
May
28
2019
$4.5M SEC Whistleblower Award Underscores Incentives to Report Internally Zuckerman Law
Apr
16
2020
$400 Million Awarded to SEC Whistleblowers Zuckerman Law
Jun
3
2011
$400 Million in New Venture Capital Money Michael Best & Friedrich LLP
Apr
10
2024
$6.5 Million Texting Penalty: Investment Adviser Charged by SEC for Recordkeeping Failures Stark & Stark
Jun
23
2013
$720,000 Civil Penalty for Failure to File Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) McDermott Will & Emery
Dec
12
2022
'No Exit': SEC Sanctions Investment Adviser for Impeding University Investors from Departing a Private Fund Norris McLaughlin P.A.
Sep
12
2013
'Skin in the Game' Credit Risk Retention Rules Re-Proposed Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Jul
17
2023
(UK) How Qualifying Is Your Floating Charge? Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
May
25
2023
(UK) Pensions – A Pot to Play for? Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Sep
29
2014
1, 2 or 3 Years? How Should Boards Decide The Frequency Of Say-On-Pay Votes? Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Jan
4
2024
10 FINRA Investigation Defense Strategies Oberheiden P.C.
Jul
18
2011
10 Social Media Must Haves For Your Corporate Compliance And Ethics Program Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Feb
2
2021
10 Steps for Responding to an SEC Subpoena: What Do You Need to Know? Oberheiden P.C.
Jan
4
2015
10 Tips for Entrepreneurs Seeking Capital Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Dec
29
2016
10th Circuit Holds SEC ALJs Are Holding Office Unconstitutionally Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Aug
13
2014
10th Circuit Relies On Earnings Release and Compliance with Regulation S-K to Reject Claim of Material Omissions in Public Offering Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Aug
21
2014
11th Circuit in Florida Opts for Flexibility over Predictability in Securities Fraud Class Actions Bilzin Sumberg
Jul
29
2021
1933 Act Cases: An Excerpt from Securities Class Action Filings—2021 Midyear Assessment Cornerstone Research
Jan
31
2020
1933 Filings in State Court: Excerpt from Securities Class Action Filings—2019 Year in Review Cornerstone Research
Aug
13
2010
2010 Mid-Year Securities Litigation Reports That New Federal Securities Class Action Filings Continue To Decline, Returning To Pre-Recession Levels Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Jan
25
2011
2010 Year-End Securities Litigation Reports Show a Second Half Increase In New Class Action Filings, With Merger Cases Spiking Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Jan
26
2013
2012 Trends in Securities Class Action Filings Katten
 

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