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Sep
24
2015
NYSE Expands Material News Notification Policy and Trading Halt Authority Effective September 28, 2015 Hunton Andrews Kurth
Jul
7
2020
NYSE Extends Waiver of Certain Shareholder Approval Requirements as a Result of Coronavirus (COVID-19) Mintz
Oct
2
2020
NYSE Further Extends Waiver of Certain Shareholder Approval Requirements as a Result of Coronavirus (COVID-19) Mintz
Sep
6
2016
NYSE Guidance on Equity Plan Amendments for Maximum Share Withholding Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Jan
26
2022
NYSE Issues Annual Compliance Guidance Memos Nelson Mullins
Oct
5
2021
NYSE Proposes Amendment to Clarify that "Votes Cast" Should Be Calculated According to Issuers' Governing Documents and State Law under Shareholder Voting Rule Bracewell LLP
Jun
19
2020
NYSE Proposes Rule Changes Regarding the Partial Re-Opening of the Trading Floor Katten
May
21
2020
NYSE Provides Additional Temporary Relief from Shareholder Approval Requirements during COVID-19 Pandemic Jones Walker LLP
May
22
2020
NYSE Provides Temporary Relief From Shareholder Approval Requirements Due to COVID-19 Katten
Feb
1
2022
NYSE Seeks to Facilitate Listing and Trading of Rights Nelson Mullins
May
20
2020
NYSE Temporarily Eases Certain Shareholder Approval Requirements as a Result of Coronavirus (COVID-19) Mintz
Mar
20
2023
NYSE, Nasdaq Propose Listing Standards Implementing SEC Clawback Rules Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Oct
22
2012
NYSE, NYSE MKT and Nasdaq Propose Amendments to Compensation Committee Listing Standards Hunton Andrews Kurth
Feb
2
2022
Observations from Examinations of Private Fund Advisers Foley & Lardner LLP
Apr
17
2019
Observations From the Enforcement Directors at SEC’s Annual Conference McDermott Will & Emery
Jun
4
2018
OCC and FDIC Formalize Shorter Securities Trading Settlement Cycle Covington & Burling LLP
Sep
23
2020
OCC and SEC’s FinHub Issue Guidance on Stablecoins Hunton Andrews Kurth
Jun
16
2023
OCC Issues Latest Semiannual Risk Perspective Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
Jan
24
2015
OCC Issues New Comptroller’s Handbook Sections Relating to Securities Compliance, Litigation and Conflicts of Interest Katten
Jun
9
2023
OCC Issues Updated Enforcement Action Policies and Procedures Manual Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
Feb
16
2015
OCC Releases Bulletin Summarizing Interim Final Rule on Subordinated Debt Issued by National Banks Katten
Jun
10
2020
OCC Seeks Comment on Cryptocurrency and Distributed Ledger Technology Hunton Andrews Kurth
Oct
7
2011
Occupy Wall Street Time Line Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS)
May
24
2021
OCIE Adds ESG/SRI to Routine Adviser Exam Requests Foley & Lardner LLP
Feb
13
2017
OCIE and FINRA Announce 2017 Examination and Regulatory Priorities K&L Gates
Feb
9
2016
OCIE Announces 2016 Exam Priorities Vedder Price
Feb
17
2017
OCIE Announces 2017 Exam Priorities Vedder Price
Feb
12
2018
OCIE Announces 2018 Exam Priorities Vedder Price
Mar
1
2020
OCIE Announces 2020 Examination Priorities Vedder Price
Nov
30
2018
OCIE Announces Risk-Based Sweep Exam of Funds, ETFs and Advisers Vedder Price
Feb
22
2017
OCIE Highlights Five Deficiency Areas in Examinations of Advisers: Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations Faegre Drinker
Oct
15
2015
OCIE Identifies Focus Areas for Second Round of Cybersecurity Sweep Exams Vedder Price
Sep
28
2015
OCIE Issues Cybersecurity Risk Alert and Exam Plans; Follows Up with Enforcement Action Faegre Drinker
Sep
9
2020
OCIE Issues Recommendations for Firms to Mitigate COVID-19-Related Compliance Risks Vedder Price
May
24
2018
OCIE Issues Risk Alert on Advisory Fees and Expense Compliance Issues Identified in Deficiency Letters Vedder Price
 

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