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Feb
11
2022
SEC Chair's Remarks Suggest Heightened Regulatory Scrutiny of Private Funds Vedder Price
Feb
11
2022
SEC Staff Issues Statement on LIBOR Transition with Key Considerations for Market Participants Vedder Price
Feb
11
2022
SEC Issues Proposed Cyber Rule, Including 48-Hour Breach Reporting Requirement Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Feb
11
2022
SEC Proposes New Cybersecurity Rules for Investment Managers Hunton Andrews Kurth
Feb
11
2022
SEC Settles Charges Against Operating Company for Failure to Evaluate and Disclose Director's Breach of Independence Standards Vedder Price
Feb
11
2022
Cadwalader Cabinet: Past Time for Pens Down Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
Feb
11
2022
Highlights from the SEC Division of Enforcement's 2021 Annual Report Vedder Price
Feb
11
2022
SEC Proposes Cybersecurity Regulations for Advisers and Funds Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Feb
11
2022
SEC Staff Statement Highlights Need for Form CRS Disclosure Improvements Vedder Price
Feb
11
2022
SEC Proposes New Cybersecurity Rules for Investment Advisers and Investment Companies Vedder Price
Feb
11
2022
SEC to Advisors and Funds – Adopt and Implement Cybersecurity Policies and Procedures Jackson Lewis P.C.
Feb
10
2022
SEC Proposes Significant Money Market Fund Reforms Vedder Price
Feb
10
2022
SEC Proposes New Securities Lending Reporting Requirements Vedder Price
Feb
10
2022
Benefits of and Best Practices for Protecting Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Inventions as Trade Secrets Mintz
Feb
10
2022
SEC Proposes a Variety of Rules Applicable to Security-Based Swaps Vedder Price
Feb
10
2022
Cadwalader Cabinet: It's Raining Rules Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
Feb
10
2022
SEC Proposes Two Amendments to Whistleblower Reward Program Rules Kohn, Kohn & Colapinto
Feb
10
2022
Don’t Wait for the Perfect Time for a Tabletop Exercise Robinson & Cole LLP
Feb
10
2022
New UAE Federal Data Protection Law K&L Gates
Feb
10
2022
Decentralized Finance: The Next Frontier of SEC Enforcement Proskauer Rose LLP
Feb
10
2022
SEC Proposes to Increase Regulation of Private Investment Fund Advisers Nelson Mullins
Feb
10
2022
T+1 – Proposed Rules Would Shorten the Settlement Cycle Nelson Mullins
Feb
9
2022
SEC Proposes Amendments to Form PF to Increase Oversight of Private Funds K&L Gates
Feb
9
2022
The SEC Releases New Private Fund Risk Alert and Proposed Changes to Form PF Vedder Price
Feb
9
2022
Reporting of U.S. Ownership on Tic Form SHC Due by March K&L Gates
Feb
8
2022
Form PF Changes Ahead – the SEC Keeps Its Focus on Private Fund Advisers Foley & Lardner LLP
Feb
8
2022
SEC Brings Charges Against Blockchain-Based Trading Platform Over Alleged Violations of Disclosure Rules Proskauer Rose LLP
Feb
8
2022
State Treasurers Call on SEC to Investigate Apple’s Nondisclosure Agreements Zuckerman Law
Feb
7
2022
Illinois Supreme Court Rules BIPA Claims Are Not Preempted by the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Act Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Feb
7
2022
Attorneys General to Increase Enforcement Efforts on “Dark Patterns” Hunton Andrews Kurth
Feb
7
2022
Proposed Money Market Fund Reforms Related to Negative Interest Rates Favor Conversion to Floating NAV and Prohibit Other Stabilizing Measures K&L Gates
Feb
7
2022
SEC Says Remedy Stops Penalty: HeadSpin Avoids Fine in SEC Fraud Action Proskauer Rose LLP
Feb
4
2022
SEC Commissioner Lee Suggests Role for ESG in Executive Pay Mintz
Feb
3
2022
SEC Survives Initial Challenge in First Enforcement Action Alleging ‘Shadow Trading’ McDermott Will & Emery
Feb
3
2022
Colorado Attorney General Issues Data Security Best Practices Guidance Document Robinson & Cole LLP
Feb
3
2022
SEC Chair Emphasizes Cybersecurity and Gives Clues as to Future Cyber Regulations Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Feb
3
2022
New Rules for Filing Fee Tables are in Effect Nelson Mullins
Feb
2
2022
Observations from Examinations of Private Fund Advisers Foley & Lardner LLP
Feb
2
2022
A Proxy Season and Annual Report Guide to 2022 Dinsmore & Shohl LLP
Feb
2
2022
False Claims Act Whistleblowers Received Lowest Award Total in Over a Decade Kohn, Kohn & Colapinto
Feb
1
2022
Securities Class Action Filing Activity Plummeted in 2021 Cornerstone Research
Feb
1
2022
Cadwalader Cabinet: From May to December Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
Feb
1
2022
NYSE Seeks to Facilitate Listing and Trading of Rights Nelson Mullins
Jan
31
2022
Q&A with the Mississippi Securities Division: From Ponzi Schemes to Cryptocurrency Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP
Jan
31
2022
SEC Reopens Comment Period for Pay-vs-Performance Nelson Mullins
Jan
28
2022
Recent SEC Proposed Rulemaking Could Impact Blockchain Trading Platforms Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Jan
28
2022
Cadwalader Cabinet: No More Pause on Pay Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
Jan
28
2022
CFPB Provides Guidance on How Consumers Can Obtain and Dispute Inaccuracies in Credit Reports Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Jan
27
2022
New Poll Underscores Growing Support for National Data Privacy Legislation Robinson & Cole LLP
Jan
27
2022
Crime Doesn’t Pay, but Whistleblowing Does: SEC Awards $40 Million to Four Whistleblowers Tycko & Zavareei LLP
 

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