Securities & SEC

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Aug
29
2014
SEC Announces FINRA Pilot Program to Widen Tick Sizes for Smaller Companies Katten
Apr
27
2013
SEC Announces First Non-Prosecution Agreement Involving Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) Violations Faegre Drinker
Apr
18
2015
SEC Announces First Whistleblower Action Regarding Confidentiality Agreement Restrictions Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
Apr
26
2017
SEC Announces First Whistleblower Award During Trump Era Proskauer Rose LLP
Mar
27
2019
SEC Announces First Whistleblower Awards of 2019 Faegre Drinker
May
4
2020
SEC Announces Formation of Cross-Divisional COVID-19 Market Monitoring Group Katten
Jun
11
2015
SEC Announces Fraud Charges Against Investment Adviser Accused of Concealing Poor Performance of Fund Assets from Investors Vedder Price
Dec
1
2021
SEC Announces FY2021 Results With 7 Percent Increase in New Enforcement Actions Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Sep
30
2014
SEC Announces Highest Whistleblower Award to Date Faegre Drinker
Feb
21
2023
SEC Announces Inspection Priorities for 2023 Katten
Sep
2
2020
SEC Announces Joint Whistleblower Award of $2.5 Million Kohn, Kohn & Colapinto
Apr
24
2020
SEC Announces Largest Whistleblower Award of 2020 – Over $27 Million Jackson Lewis P.C.
May
4
2018
SEC Announces Launch Of SALI; What About The States? Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Sep
26
2017
SEC Announces Most Frequent Advertising Rule Compliance Issues Identified in OCIE Examinations of Investment Advisers Faegre Drinker
Mar
11
2016
SEC Announces National Compliance Outreach Seminar for Investment Adviser, Investment Company Personnel Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Jul
8
2019
SEC Announces New Approach to Disqualification Waivers Proskauer Rose LLP
Mar
5
2021
SEC Announces New Climate and ESG Task Force Katten
Sep
9
2020
SEC Announces New Event and Emerging Risks Examination Vedder Price
Apr
29
2020
SEC Announces Next Step in Pandemic Response Efforts, Forms Cross-Divisional COVID-19 Market Monitoring Group Faegre Drinker
Jun
26
2015
SEC Announces Open Meeting on Proposed Clawback Requirements under Dodd-Frank Act Proskauer Rose LLP
Jan
17
2020
SEC Announces Proposed Amendments to Modernize Auditor Independence Rules Katten
Dec
4
2020
SEC Announces Proposed Amendments to Rule 701 and Form S-8 Katten
Dec
20
2019
SEC Announces Proposed Amendments to the Definitions of “Accredited Investor” and “Qualified Institutional Buyer” Katten
Jan
30
2015
SEC Announces Proxy Voting Roundtable Katten
Oct
26
2014
SEC Announces Record Number of Enforcement Actions in FY 2014 Katten
Oct
12
2016
SEC Announces Record Number of Investment Adviser Cases for FY 2016 Proskauer Rose LLP
Sep
23
2014
SEC Announces Record Whistleblower Award Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Sep
25
2014
SEC Announces Record Whistleblower Award Of Over $30 Million Jackson Lewis P.C.
Nov
2
2020
SEC Announces Record-Breaking $114 Million Award to Whistleblower Proskauer Rose LLP
Jun
5
2020
SEC Announces Record-Breaking $50 Million Award to Whistleblower Proskauer Rose LLP
Oct
22
2020
SEC Announces Record-Breaking Whistleblower Award of $114 Million Kohn, Kohn & Colapinto
May
5
2023
SEC Announces Record-Shattering $279 Million Award to Whistleblower Proskauer Rose LLP
Oct
13
2017
SEC Announces Rule Proposal to Modernize, Simplify and Increase the Accessibility of Required Disclosure Katten
Jun
10
2016
SEC Announces Second Largest Whistleblower Award Yet ($17M) Faegre Drinker
Jun
24
2016
SEC Announces Self-Reporting Initiative for Broker-Dealers Who Have Failed To Comply With Its Customer Protection Rule Katten
 

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