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Jul
27
2018
Rule 701 Additional Disclosure Threshold Raised to $10M; SEC Solicits Comments to Modernize Compensatory-Related Offerings Under Rule 701 and Form S-8 Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
Jul
5
2018
Rule 701 Registration Exemption Eased for Private Issuers, But Beware Hunton Andrews Kurth
Aug
2
2013
Rules Eliminating the Prohibition on General Solicitation for Rule 506 and Rule 144A Offerings Become Effective September 23, 2013 Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Feb
2
2021
Rupture Rapture: Should the GameStop? Norris McLaughlin P.A.
Feb
24
2022
Russia Sanctions Increase in Scale and Scope Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
Jun
23
2012
Russian Parliament Passes Temporary Withholding Tax Exemption for Eurobonds Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Oct
23
2017
S.D. Fla. Refuses To Dismiss SOX and Dodd-Frank Whistleblower Claims Proskauer Rose LLP
Apr
3
2015
S.E.C. Adopts Final Rules Amending Regulation A Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Jul
19
2011
SAFE Circular 19 Provides New Operating Instructions on Foreign Exchange Administration for Round-Trip Investment in China Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Dec
15
2017
Sale Of Shares At Sheriff’s Sale May Constitute Conversion Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Mar
10
2013
Sale of U.S. Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) in Latin America Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Jul
21
2022
Sales Tax on NFTs: Washington State Guidance Blazes Trail Other States May Follow Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Dec
7
2016
Salman Decision: Supreme Court Weighs in on Insider Trading Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Nov
13
2023
Sam Bankman-Fried Case Provides Lessons on Fraud and D&O Insurance Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
Aug
3
2011
Same-Sex Marriage Legalized in New York: Implications for Estate and Tax Planning McDermott Will & Emery
Jul
28
2016
Sanchez v. Crocs: Tenth Circuit Address Extraterritoriality Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Jun
11
2017
Sarbanes-Oxley Whistleblower Decision Clarifies Broad Scope of Protected Whistleblowing Zuckerman Law
Aug
7
2014
Sarbanes–Oxley (SOX) Claim Dismissed: Rejection of IP Assignment Clause Not Protected Activity Proskauer Rose LLP
Feb
3
2021
Satyam Khanna Named SEC’s First Senior Policy Advisor for Climate and ESG Mintz
Apr
9
2020
Savers Urged by UK Regulators Not to Rush Financial Decisions During Pandemic Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Feb
7
2017
Say on Pay Frequency Revisited for 2017 Faegre Drinker
Jun
14
2023
Say-On-Pay Vote Reporting Under Rule 14Ad-1: Investment Managers Should Start To Focus Now On Form N-PX Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Jul
11
2023
Schemes of Arrangement- SEBI Consolidates Recent Amendments Nishith Desai Associates
Jul
25
2023
Science-Based Targets Initiative Releases Consultation Papers for Financial Institutions, Highlights Need for Renewable Power Financing Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
Sep
1
2017
Scienter In The News Again Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
May
31
2017
Scienter Requirement May Be A Question Of Timing Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Feb
8
2023
Scope 3 To Be Or Not To Be? That Is The ESG Question Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Jul
14
2015
Scope of Dodd-Frank Whistleblower Anti-Retaliation Provision Remains Critical, Open Question [VIDEO] Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
Oct
13
2023
SCOTUS Cert Recap: SCOTUS Adds 12 Cases To Docket, Including On Free Speech, Takings, Constitutional Remedies, And Claim Accrual Barnes & Thornburg LLP
May
25
2022
SCOTUS Cert Recap: Venue For Constitutional Challenges To SEC Proceedings, Plus Scope Of The Federal Post-Conviction ‘Safety-Valve’ Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Feb
22
2018
SCOTUS Decides: Dodd-Frank Whistleblower Protections Only Cover Those Who Report to the SEC Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Jun
23
2021
SCOTUS Finds While Defendants Carry the Burden of Proof in Overcoming Basic’s Presumption of Reliance, Defendants May Address the Generic-Nature of Alleged Misstatements at the Class Certification Stage Mintz
Sep
28
2018
SCOTUS Keeps Door Open for Federal-Law, State-Court Securities Class Actions. Where Does This Leave Katz? Foley & Lardner LLP
Mar
3
2015
SCOTUS Limits Definition of “Tangible Object” under Sarbanes-Oxley Act Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Feb
22
2018
SCOTUS Limits Protections for Whistleblowers Hunton Andrews Kurth
 

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