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Apr
21
2015
How Many Board Members Are Required To Take Action? Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Apr
21
2015
Two Regulatory Crises: Cybersecurity Issues Brooks, Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey & Leonard, LLP
Apr
20
2015
The SEC Is Targeting Companies That Use Confidentiality Agreements That Silence Whistleblowers in Violation of the Securities Exchange Act Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
Apr
20
2015
Crowdfunding Gets Local: What Entrepreneurs and Start-Ups Need to Know to Capitalize on Exemptions for Intrastate Crowdfunding in Arizona and Colorado Ryley Carlock & Applewhite, A Professional Corporation
Apr
20
2015
SEC Pursues Another Fractional Interest Company Faegre Drinker
Apr
20
2015
Proposed Amendments to SEC Rule 15b9-1 Would Require Most Proprietary Trading Broker-Dealers to Become FINRA Members Katten
Apr
20
2015
SDNY Judge Deals Rejects Constitutional Challenge to SEC’s Use of Administrative Proceedings Faegre Drinker
Apr
20
2015
Senate Banking Committee Schedules Markup; Department Of Labor Releases Fiduciary Rule Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Apr
20
2015
SEC Takes Aggressive Approach to Fortify Dodd-Frank’s Whistleblower Rules Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Apr
20
2015
A Non-Insider Trading Case in the District of Massachusetts Brooks, Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey & Leonard, LLP
Apr
20
2015
Will California Require Notice Filings For Regulation A Offerings? Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Apr
18
2015
SEC Announces First Whistleblower Action Regarding Confidentiality Agreement Restrictions Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
Apr
17
2015
SDNY Denies Motion to Dismiss SEC Insider Trading Complaint Despite Newman Holding Katten
Apr
17
2015
US Sentencing Commission Revises Sentencing Guidelines for Fraud Katten
Apr
17
2015
SEC Joins NLRB in Attacking Employee Confidentiality Agreements Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Apr
17
2015
CFTC and Australian Regulator Sign Memorandum of Understanding Regarding Cross-Border SDs and MSPs Katten
Apr
17
2015
Proposed Amendments to DGCL (Delaware General Corporation Law), Including Ban on Fee-Shifting and Permitting Exclusive Forum Provisions Katten
Apr
17
2015
European Parliament Committee Votes for a Mandatory System for Conflict Minerals Importers Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Apr
17
2015
Part 2 - Recent Enforcement Trends In Commodity Markets Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Apr
16
2015
Study Concludes That California’s Lending Laws Are Number One Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Apr
14
2015
SEC Targets Confidentiality Agreements that Could Deter Whistleblowers Michael Best & Friedrich LLP
Apr
14
2015
Do Your Bylaws Make Obtaining Waivers Of Notice More Onerous? Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Apr
13
2015
SEC Blows the Whistle on Confidentiality Agreements Foley & Lardner LLP
Apr
13
2015
Why Your Shareholder Meeting Waivers Of Notice May Not Be Up To Snuff Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Apr
13
2015
Recent Enforcement Trends in the Commodity Markets (Part 1) Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Apr
10
2015
Three Thoughts about the SEC’s First “Pretaliation” Case Brooks, Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey & Leonard, LLP
Apr
10
2015
Equity Firm Agrees to Pay $3 Million to NM State Investment Counsel for Moneys Tied to Pay For Play Scheme
Apr
10
2015
Constitutional Challenges to SEC Administrative Proceedings Proskauer Rose LLP
Apr
10
2015
Uniform Fiduciary Standards on the Horizon for Brokers and RIAs Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Apr
10
2015
OCIE Releases 2015 Examination Priorities Vedder Price
Apr
10
2015
U.S. Court of Appeals Reinstates Shareholder Class Action against Schwab Alleging Various Claims Relating to Violation of Fundamental Investment Policies Vedder Price
Apr
10
2015
Second Circuit Refuses to Rehear Groundbreaking Insider Trading Case Katten
Apr
10
2015
SEC Asset Management Unit Co-Chief Discusses Enforcement Priorities Vedder Price
Apr
10
2015
SEC Secures Victory on Fraud Allegations Against Technology Executive Katten
Apr
10
2015
DBO Establishes Protocol To Block Unlicensed Payday Lenders’ Ads Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Apr
9
2015
Could The SEC Ask Airlines To Produce Data On Delayed And Canceled Flights? Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Apr
9
2015
A New Concern about Confidentiality Agreements: Whistleblower Protection and Anti-Retaliation Emphasized and Enforced by the SEC Stark & Stark
Apr
9
2015
SEC and State OIG Allege that Contractors’ Policies, Procedures, and Agreements Suppress Whistleblowing Covington & Burling LLP
Apr
8
2015
Judge Rakoff: Newman No Obstacle for SEC’s Civil Enforcement Action of “Tippees” Faegre Drinker
Apr
8
2015
Preserving Net Operating Losses (NOL) Carryforward: What Are You Doing to Protect Your Company’s Valuable Tax Assets? Mintz
Apr
8
2015
Times May Change But Politicians Don’t Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Apr
7
2015
The STOCK Act in the “Post-Newman” Era - Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge Act Foley & Lardner LLP
Apr
7
2015
Second Circuit Court Upholds SEC’s Insider-Trading Complaint and Questions Second Circuit’s Newman Decision Proskauer Rose LLP
Apr
7
2015
Are The SEC’s Canons Of Ethics Written In The Wind And Waves? Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Apr
7
2015
U.S. Securities Regulators Take Notice of EB-5 Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Apr
6
2015
Manipulation and Manipulative Device; Sue and Be Sued; Alleged Pastor Fraud; Transfer Trades - Bridging the Week: March 30 to April 3 and 6, 2015 Katten
Apr
6
2015
Second Circuit Rebuffs DOJ and SEC in Denying Rehearing in Newman Insider Trading Case ArentFox Schiff LLP
Apr
6
2015
SEC Announces Enforcement Action Regarding Employee Confidentiality Agreement Proskauer Rose LLP
Apr
4
2015
Supreme Court Issues Guidance on Disclosure of Opinions in Registration Statements Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Apr
3
2015
Second Circuit Denies DOJ’s Request for En Banc Review of Newman Proskauer Rose LLP
 

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