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Sep
28
2023
Board Training: "It’s Never Too Late" Jones Walker LLP
Sep
14
2020
SEC Adopts Rules To Regulate Proxy Advisory Firms Jones Walker LLP
Feb
23
2011
2010 Foreign Corrupt Practices Act "FCPA" Year In Review Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Jan
11
2024
2024: The Year of the Spot Bitcoin ETP K&L Gates
Feb
13
2011
A Rising Tide for Annual Say-on-Pay Votes Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
May
27
2020
Agricultural Price Manipulation and the CFTC Whistleblower Program Zuckerman Law
Jun
16
2014
Beware: Enterprises Facilitating, But Not Operating In, a Cartelized Market Can Be Fined For Participating In the Cartel Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Mar
22
2018
Blockchain Technology May Enable Tracing in Securities Act Litigation Katten
Apr
17
2017
Bridging the Week: April 10 to 14 and 17, 2017 (Theft of Trade Secrets; No Spoofing; Third-Party Payments; Fake News) [VIDEO] Katten
Jan
23
2015
China Newsletter, Winter 2015 / No. 29 Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Jan
24
2020
Court of Chancery Expands Stockholder Right to Corporate Books and Records McDermott Will & Emery
Oct
17
2012
Court Rules SEC Cannot Invoke Its Investigatory Powers to Circumvent Discovery Rules Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Jul
9
2013
D.C. District Court Vacates Dodd-Frank Disclosure Rule for Payments by Resource Extraction Issuers Hunton Andrews Kurth
Jan
28
2011
Delaware Supreme Court Holds That Chancery Court Is Not Bound By Merger Price Or Fairness Opinion In Appraisal Proceedings Under Delaware General Corporate Law Section 262(h) Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Oct
8
2021
DFPI Issues Report On California Finance Lenders Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Feb
3
2011
District Of Columbia Circuit Holds That Certifications In Financial Statements Do Not Constitute Omissions That Qualify For A Presumption Of Reliance In Fraud Claims Under Rule 10b-5 Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Apr
1
2023
DOJ Unveils New Policy for Companies to Voluntarily Self-Disclose Misconduct Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
Jul
22
2021
ESG Remains a Priority: SEC Asset Management Advisory Committee Adopts ESG Disclosure Recommendations Katten
Jun
1
2013
European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) Approves Co-Operation Agreements With 34 non-European Economic Area (EEA) Jurisdictions Katten
Dec
14
2012
European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) Issues Guidelines on Repo Arrangements for UCITS Funds Katten
Mar
23
2013
European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) Publishes European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR) Q&As Katten
May
3
2020
Executive Summary Analysis of Updated Main Street Lending Program Vedder Price
Dec
10
2012
Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act (FATCA): Achieving Operational and Infrastructural Efficiency Marcus Evans
Mar
4
2013
Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) Issues Advisory to Financial Institutions: Update on Tax Refund Fraud and Related Identity Theft Katten
Feb
17
2013
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Offers Changes to Proposed Rules Governing Markups, Commissions and Fees Katten
Mar
19
2012
Financial Services Legislative and Regulatory Update - March 19, 2012 Mintz
Aug
1
2022
Futures Intermediaries: Pre-Hedge Block Trades At Your Own Risk Katten
Jan
25
2022
Higher Filing Thresholds for HSR Act Premerger Notifications and Interlocking Directorates Announced Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Jun
30
2020
IMS Insights Episode 17: Dr. Charles Cowan on COVID-19 Impacts to the CMBS Market [PODCAST] IMS Legal Strategies
Aug
16
2023
Innovative Technology Insights Podcast S2E2 Foley & Lardner LLP
Jul
13
2011
IRS Defends Discretion to Withhold Section 1256 Exchange Designation for ISOs McDermott Will & Emery
Mar
21
2023
It’s Going to be a Big Year for FINRA Mintz
Jul
8
2019
M&A Deal Flushes Out Bribery Scheme Leaving Seller Director with a Multi-Million Pound Hangover and Jail Time Greenberg Traurig, LLP
May
15
2012
More Muni's, More Problems: Increased Regulation of the Municipal Bond Market And Its Potential Effects on Municipal Bankruptcies and the US Economy The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law
Aug
31
2014
National Futures Association (NFA) Issues Notice Setting Effective Date for Risk Exposure Report Filing Through WinJammer Katten
Feb
18
2011
New SEC Proposal To Modify Short Form Registration Statement Eligibility Requirements and Repeal Credit Rating-Based Eligibility For Public Offerings Of Non-Convertible Debt Securities Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Oct
23
2023
OCR Cybersecurity Newsletter Emphasizes Significance of HIPAA Sanction Policies Mintz
Mar
31
2011
Pharmaceutical and Other Companies Beware: New Supreme Court Decision Weighs in on Adverse Event Reports and Potential Liability Under Federal Securities Laws Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
May
24
2012
Recent SEC Enforcement Action Raises Questions About Implications of Foreign Law in Responding to Subpoena Vedder Price
Apr
22
2020
Recent SEC Whistleblower Awards Highlight Pervasive Retaliation Zuckerman Law
Aug
9
2017
Relief from 408(b)(2) Requirement on Change Notice: Interesting Angles on the DOL’s Fiduciary Rule #57 Faegre Drinker
May
14
2020
Report Financial Statement Fraud and Earn an SEC Whistleblower Award Zuckerman Law
Oct
11
2023
SEC Adopts Amendments to Beneficial Ownership Reporting K&L Gates
Oct
6
2020
SEC Adopts Amendments to Modernize Shareholder Proposal Rule Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
Nov
6
2017
SEC Approves New PCAOB Standard for Auditor's Report Jones Walker LLP
Nov
14
2017
SEC Chairman Jay Clayton’s Remarks on ICOs Proskauer Rose LLP
May
14
2021
SEC Emerges as Main Regulator of Cryptocurrency Barnes & Thornburg LLP
May
22
2016
SEC Enforcement’s Increased Focus on Private Equity Proskauer Rose LLP
Dec
31
2010
SEC Fee Rate Adjustment for Section 6(b), Section (13e) and Section 14(g) to Be Effective December 27, 2010 Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Sep
23
2012
SEC Proposes Amendments to Allow General Solicitation in Certain Private Offerings Pursuant to JOBS Act Hunton Andrews Kurth
 

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