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Feb
17
2015
SEC Proposes Dodd-Frank Disclosure Rule Regarding Hedging Policies Hunton Andrews Kurth
Feb
17
2015
Eleventh Circuit Affirms Arbitration Dismissal in Favor of Investor’s Estate in Clawback Suit Katten
Feb
17
2015
SEC Proposes Rules for Disclosure of Companies’ Hedging Policies Katten
Feb
17
2015
Agencies Issue Tool for Calculating Capital Requirements for Securitization Exposures Katten
Feb
17
2015
Revealed! The Numbers The California Attorney General Didn’t Want You To See re: Whistleblowers Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Feb
17
2015
FDIC Issues Private Letter to Elaborate on Brokered Deposit FAQ Katten
Feb
17
2015
SEC Publishes Rules for Reporting Security-Based Swaps Katten
Feb
17
2015
Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform Act: SEC Proposes Rules for Hedging Policy Disclosure Bracewell LLP
Feb
16
2015
OCC Releases Bulletin Summarizing Interim Final Rule on Subordinated Debt Issued by National Banks Katten
Feb
16
2015
Hat in Hand for Budget; OCR; Overcharges; Swaps Clearing and Execution - Bridging the Week: February 9 to 13 and 16, 2015 Katten
Feb
13
2015
SEC “Claws Back” Bonuses and Stock Sale Profits From CFOs of Public Company Charged With Accounting Fraud Faegre Drinker
Feb
13
2015
SEC Sanctions Chinese Accounting Firms for Refusal to Surrender Documents McDermott Will & Emery
Feb
13
2015
Did The SEC Violate The Administrative Procedure Act? Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Feb
12
2015
SEC and FINRA Publish Materials Addressing Cybersecurity Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Feb
12
2015
SEC Proposes New Proxy Rules for the Disclosure of Hedging by Directors, Officers, and Other Employees Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
Feb
12
2015
SEC Staff Revises Guidance on Shortened Debt Tender Offers, Expands Guidance to Cover Tender Offers for High-Yield Debt and Certain Exchange Offers Bracewell LLP
Feb
12
2015
Relief for Commercial End-Users and Financial Cooperatives from Margin Requirements for Non-Cleared Swaps Vedder Price
Feb
11
2015
SEC Proposes Hedging Policy Disclosure Requirement Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Feb
11
2015
New Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act Thresholds for 2015 Bracewell LLP
Feb
11
2015
SEC Secures Federal Judge Order Against Mayor Based on Control Person Liability Bracewell LLP
Feb
11
2015
Second Circuit Clarifies that Allegations of Direct Fraudulent Representations Are Not Necessary for Market Manipulation Claims Under Section 10(b) and Rule 10b-5 Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Feb
11
2015
SEC Proposes Disclosure Rules on Hedging Policies Mintz
Feb
11
2015
SEC Adopts Rules Regarding Security-Based Swap Data Repositories Vedder Price
Feb
11
2015
SEC Hedging Disclosure Proposal Could Cause Companies To Review Trading Policies Covington & Burling LLP
Feb
10
2015
Toward a Transactional Exemption for Emerging Company Investments Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Feb
10
2015
SEC Staff Releases 2015 Examination Priorities Vedder Price
Feb
9
2015
Trends in SEC Staff Comments on Oil and Gas Disclosures Hunton Andrews Kurth
Feb
9
2015
Bridging the Week: February 2 to 6 and February 9, 2015 [VIDEO]- Cybersecurity; Peregrine Financial Fallout; Market Abuse; Collusion Katten
Feb
9
2015
SEC Releases Results of Cybersecurity Examination Sweep Proskauer Rose LLP
Feb
9
2015
FINRA Cybersecurity Report Highlights Risks, Best Practices - Financial Industry Regulatory Authority Proskauer Rose LLP
Feb
8
2015
ESMA Determines Not to Propose a Clearing Obligation for NDFs (Non-Deliverable Forwards) Katten
Feb
8
2015
SEC Issues New Debt Tender Offer Guidance Katten
Feb
6
2015
SEC Obtains $585 Million Judgment Against MRI International for Ponzi Scheme Katten
Feb
6
2015
SEC Advisory Committee on Small and Emerging Companies to Discuss “Accredited Investor” Definition Katten
Feb
6
2015
SEC and FINRA Issue Cybersecurity Publications Katten
Feb
6
2015
Additional Two-Year Clearing Reprieve for European Pension Schemes Katten
Feb
5
2015
SEC, FINRA Issue Reports on Cybersecurity Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Feb
4
2015
China Seeks to Reform Regulation of Foreign Investments with New Law Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Feb
4
2015
Seventh Circuit: SEC Filing May Constitute Title VII Retaliation Much Shelist, P.C.
Feb
4
2015
SEC Examination Priorities for 2015 Faegre Drinker
Feb
4
2015
You Say Collectable, I Say Collectible Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Feb
3
2015
Checking in on the United Kingdom's Serious Fraud Office Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Feb
3
2015
Corporate Securities: Schedule 13G Filings Due This Year on February 17, 2015--Happy Valentine’s Day Mintz
Feb
3
2015
Monthly Futures Exchange Issuance – January re: CME Group, NYMEX, COMEX, CBOT Bracewell LLP
Feb
3
2015
4th Circuit: Four Year Statute Of Limitations Applies To SOX (Sarbanes-Oxley) Claims Proskauer Rose LLP
Feb
3
2015
Court Of Chancery Rejects Delaware Choice Of Law in Covenant Not to Compete Litigation Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Feb
2
2015
Applying Today’s California Corporate Securities Statute To Yesterday’s Offer And Sale Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Feb
2
2015
Shortened Tender and Exchange Offer Periods for Non-Convertible Debt Securities Hunton Andrews Kurth
Feb
1
2015
SEC Division of Corporation Finance Issues New C&DI Related to Resales Under Regulation S Katten
Jan
30
2015
SEC Announces Proxy Voting Roundtable Katten
 

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