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Mar
31
2017
CFTC Extends Relief for Swap Execution Facilities with respect to SEF Confirmation and Recordkeeping Requirements Covington & Burling LLP
Mar
29
2017
SEC Requires Public Companies to Hyperlink Exhibits Beginning September 1, 2017 Mintz
Mar
29
2017
SEC Whistleblower Program: Exposing Insider Trading Zuckerman Law
Mar
27
2017
SEC Announces 2017 Compliance Outreach Program Seminars for Investment Companies and Investment Advisers Proskauer Rose LLP
Mar
27
2017
Large Equity Funds Are Demanding Greater Boardroom Attention to Sustainability and Climate Risks Covington & Burling LLP
Mar
24
2017
New Regulations on Issue Price of Tax-Exempt Bonds Foley & Lardner LLP
Mar
24
2017
SEC Adopts Amendment to Shorten Settlement Cycle for Securities Transactions Katten
Mar
24
2017
Briefs Filed in CalPERS v. ANZ Securities Mintz
Mar
23
2017
U.S. Supreme Court Passes On Opportunity To Address Scope of Dodd-Frank “Whistleblower” Provision Proskauer Rose LLP
Mar
22
2017
SEC Adopts Amendments to Require Exhibit Hyperlinks in Registration Statements and Exchange Act Reports Jones Walker LLP
Mar
22
2017
SEC Conflict Minerals Rule Faces New Scrutiny Ahead of May Filing Deadline Beveridge & Diamond PC
Mar
21
2017
Non-Use Agreement Need Not Precede Disclosure of Confidential Information Proskauer Rose LLP
Mar
21
2017
SEC Proposes Significant Alterations for Financial Obligation Disclosures for Governmental Issuers and Certain Nonprofit Organizations Polsinelli PC
Mar
20
2017
ESMA Publishes New Q&As on the Central Securities Depositories Regulation Katten
Mar
17
2017
SEC Adopts Rule Requiring Hyperlinks to Exhibits and HTML Formatting Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Mar
17
2017
SEC Proposes Expansive New Continuing Disclosure Requirements Regarding Private Debt and Other Financial Obligations Mintz
Mar
16
2017
SEC Staff Issues Interpretive Letter Permitting Open-End Funds to Acquire Shares of Affiliated Closed-End Funds Vedder Price
Mar
16
2017
SEC Staff Publishes FAQ in Response to Questions Regarding Its Mutual Fund Fee Structure Guidance and “Clean Shares” Interpretive Letter Vedder Price
Mar
16
2017
OCIE Issues Risk Alert Regarding Compliance Topics Frequently Identified in Deficiency Letters Vedder Price
Mar
16
2017
Circuit Split Over Protection Afforded By Dodd-Frank Whistleblower Provision Widens Jackson Lewis P.C.
Mar
16
2017
A Deeper Dive into Diversity: SEC's Advisory Committee Calls for Increased Board Diversity Disclosure Faegre Drinker
Mar
16
2017
Ninth Circuit Holds Dodd-Frank Protects Internal Whistleblowing Zuckerman Law
Mar
16
2017
German BaFin Publishes Guidelines for Higher Administrative Fines Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Mar
15
2017
Trump Administration to nominate J. Christopher Giancarlo to serve as CFTC Chairman Covington & Burling LLP
Mar
15
2017
Conflict Minerals Rule Legal Challenge — Done and Done Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Mar
14
2017
SEC Considers Modernization of Industry Guide 3 for Bank Holding Companies ArentFox Schiff LLP
Mar
14
2017
Securities Fraud Enforcement Action Prompts the Question: What Was the Company Smoking? Zuckerman Law
Mar
14
2017
SEC Weighs In on Robo-Advisers: Disclosure, Suitability, and Compliance Obligations Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Mar
14
2017
U.S. Futures Exchanges Disciplinary Actions Report - February 2017 Bracewell LLP
Mar
14
2017
SEC Speaks: 2017 Enforcement and Exam Trends for Private Funds Proskauer Rose LLP
Mar
14
2017
Questions and Answers on State and Local Variations on the SEC Pay-to-Play Rule K&L Gates
Mar
13
2017
The SEC’s Proposed Changes to Rule 15c2-12 Could Have Far-Reaching Impact on Issuers and Obligors of Municipal Securities Foley & Lardner LLP
Mar
13
2017
Layering, Cross-Market Manipulation, Retaliatory Firing and Non-Cooperation - Bridging the Week: March 6 - 10, March 13, 2017 [VIDEO] Katten
Mar
13
2017
ESMA Issues Opinion on UCITS Share Classes Katten
Mar
13
2017
Why Bassam Salman Should Not Have Been Convicted: Salman v. United States Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
 

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