| Nov 8 2011 |
Supreme Court Determines That Plaintiffs Do Not Need to Prove Loss Causation in Order to Obtain Class Certification in Federal Securities Fraud Actions |
Vedder Price |
| Nov 7 2011 |
The SEC Settles Yet Another Section 304 Clawback Case against an “Innocent” Executive, but Litigation Regarding the Meaning of “Misconduct” May Continue in SEC v. Jenkins |
Vedder Price |
| Nov 6 2011 |
Appeals Court Vacates SEC’s Proxy Access Rule |
Vedder Price |
| Nov 4 2011 |
FINRA Clarifies its Social Media Guidelines |
Vedder Price |
| Nov 2 2011 |
Department of Labor Interim Guidance on Electronic Disclosure of Fee Information |
Vedder Price |
| Oct 31 2011 |
SEC Adopts Form PF at SEC Meeting |
Greenberg Traurig, LLP |
| Oct 31 2011 |
ISS Requests Comments on Proposed Hydraulic Fracturing Policy |
Bracewell LLP |
| Oct 31 2011 |
Dodd Frank Update — Several Developments of Note: |
Greenberg Traurig, LLP |
| Oct 31 2011 |
Second Circuit's Citigroup Decision Endorses Presumption of Prudence, Upholds Dismissal of Disclosure Claims |
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP |
| Oct 30 2011 |
SEC Issues Guidance on the Disclosure of Cybersecurity Incidents and Costs |
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP |
| Oct 30 2011 |
Federal Regulators Request Comments on Proposal to Implement Volcker Rule |
Greenberg Traurig, LLP |
| Oct 27 2011 |
Public Companies: SEC Issues Guidance on Cybersecurity Disclosures |
McDermott Will & Emery |
| Oct 25 2011 |
Grappling with Governance |
Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS) |
| Oct 24 2011 |
SEC Asks Public Companies to Disclose Cyber Attacks |
Barnes & Thornburg LLP |
| Oct 24 2011 |
Investment Advisers - NASAA Issues Report on Issues Found in Investment Advisers Exams |
Greenberg Traurig, LLP |
| Oct 23 2011 |
The Amended 2011 Finance Act (France) |
McDermott Will & Emery |
| Oct 23 2011 |
FSOC Proposes Rules for Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve’s Supervision of Nonbank Financial Companies |
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP |
| Oct 22 2011 |
Dodd-Frank Update — Several Regulatory and Legislative Proposals of Note |
Greenberg Traurig, LLP |
| Oct 19 2011 |
Less Litigation, More Regulation |
Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS) |
| Oct 17 2011 |
Delaware Supreme Court Clarifies When a Series of Dispositions will not Trigger an "All or Substantially All" Indenture Covenant |
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP |
| Oct 8 2011 |
Contractual Rights Vanish Again in the "Bermuda" of Triangular Setoff |
Bracewell LLP |
| Oct 7 2011 |
Top Five Traps in M&A Transactions in China |
McDermott Will & Emery |
| Oct 7 2011 |
Occupy Wall Street Time Line |
Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS) |
| Oct 6 2011 |
Recent Ruling Allows a Shareholder Lawsuit to Proceed After a Negative Say-on-Pay Vote: Quirk or Harbinger? |
Hunton Andrews Kurth |
| Oct 3 2011 |
How to Turn a Bankruptcy Reorganization Into an Insider Trading Charge |
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP |
| Oct 2 2011 |
Systemic Risk Management - since the Lehman Brothers bankruptcy |
Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS) |
| Oct 1 2011 |
SEC Fee Rate Adjustment for Section 6(B), Section 13(E) and Section 14(G) To Be Effective October 1, 2011 |
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP |
| Sep 28 2011 |
SEC Rulemaking: Guide to Newly Effective Eligibility Criteria to Replace Credit Ratings in Public Offerings |
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP |
| Sep 25 2011 |
U.S. Department of Labor to Reconsider Proposed Regulation Impacting ESOP Appraisers |
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP |
| Sep 25 2011 |
DOL Announces Intent to Repropose Rule on Definition of "Fiduciary" |
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP |
| Sep 24 2011 |
SEC Adopts Final Definition of “Family Offices” Exempt From Investment Advisers Act |
McDermott Will & Emery |
| Sep 23 2011 |
Mandatory Bonus Due to Employees Upon Certain Distributions of Dividends |
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP |
| Sep 23 2011 |
Court Orders Government to Produce Electronic Data in Usable Form; Recognizes Need for E-Discovery Rules in Criminal Cases |
Bracewell LLP |
| Sep 23 2011 |
LSTA Finalizes Distressed Buy-In/Sell-Out Provisions |
Hunton Andrews Kurth |
| Sep 23 2011 |
The UK Takeover Code: Significant Changes Come Into Effect |
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP |
| Sep 22 2011 |
Countrywide Protected Fraudsters by Silencing Whistleblowers, Say Former Employees |
Center for Public Integrity |
| Sep 21 2011 |
DC Circuit’s Proxy Access Decision to Stand, but SEC to Allow “Private Ordering” of Proxy Access |
Hunton Andrews Kurth |
| Sep 19 2011 |
Ad Hoc Committees Owe Fiduciary Duties? WaMu Threatens To Turn a Molehill Into a Mountain. |
Bracewell LLP |
| Sep 19 2011 |
OFAC Settles Alleged Sanctions Violations for $88.3 million |
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP |
| Sep 18 2011 |
Second Circuit Holds that Falsity of Estimates of Goodwill and Loan Loss Reserves For Purposes of Sections 11 and 12(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933 Hinges on the Speakers' Subjective Belief in the Estimates' Accuracy |
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP |
| Sep 18 2011 |
DOL Releases Interim Guidance on Electronic Delivery of Participant-Directed Retirement Plan Disclosure |
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP |
| Sep 17 2011 |
Mortgage Industry Whistleblower Wins Case Against Bank of America |
Center for Public Integrity |
| Sep 15 2011 |
Tenth Circuit Holds that "Forced Sellers" Resulting From a Squeeze Out Merger Lack Standing to Assert Claims Under Sections 11 and 12(a)(2) the Securities Act of 1933 |
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP |
| Sep 15 2011 |
Another Fraud Case for the Record Books |
Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS) |
| Sep 14 2011 |
MSRB Withdraws Pending Municipal Advisor Rule Proposals |
Hunton Andrews Kurth |
| Sep 13 2011 |
Amendments to SEC Rule 14a-8 Allowing Shareholder Proposals for Proxy Access Regimes to Come into Effect |
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP |
| Sep 10 2011 |
SEC Not to Seek Rehearing of Proxy Access Decision |
Michael Best & Friedrich LLP |
| Sep 8 2011 |
Securities and Exchange Commission Adopts Large Trader Reporting Rule |
Hunton Andrews Kurth |
| Sep 7 2011 |
Investor Protections Imperiled by Wall Street, GOP Assault on Financial Reform |
Center for Public Integrity |
| Sep 6 2011 |
Oil and Gas Companies Should Expect Increased SEC Scrutiny of Operations and Reserves |
Hunton Andrews Kurth |
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