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Nov
24
2015
Victim of Fraud Sued for Fraud Katten
Nov
24
2015
To Whom Does “Related Parties” Refer In Auditing Standard No. 18? Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Nov
24
2015
Ninth Circuit Severely Limits “Rogue Employee” Exception for Corporations in Securities Fraud Cases Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Nov
24
2015
Forward to The Past: NYSE Returns to Regulation Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Nov
23
2015
Bridging the Week: November 16 - 20 and 23, 2015 (Personal Accountability; Dark Pools; Proprietary Trader Registration; CCO Liability Redux; WORM) [VIDEO] Katten
Nov
23
2015
ISS Ignores Contrary Studies In Adopting Overboarding Policy Change Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Nov
23
2015
Addressing Climate Change in SEC Filings and Other Public Disclosures: What These Disclosures Mean for Businesses Foley & Lardner LLP
Nov
21
2015
SEC Freezes Assets of EB-5 Asset Manager LLC and Alleged Fraudster Lin Zhong Mintz
Nov
20
2015
SEC Commissioner Piwowar Speaks at Current Financial Reporting Issues Conference Katten
Nov
20
2015
Enjoining The Correct Spelling re: SEC Administrative Proceeding Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Nov
20
2015
ESMA Publishes MiFID II Delay Analysis Katten
Nov
20
2015
ESMA Issues Public Statement on Collateralization of Bank Guarantees for Energy Derivatives Katten
Nov
20
2015
SEC Fines Advisers for Allocating Compliance Expenses to Funds Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Nov
19
2015
SEC Exam Staff Shares Observations on Outsourced Chief Compliance Officers Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Nov
19
2015
SEC Proposes Rules To Enhance Transparency And Oversight Of Alternative Trading Systems Proskauer Rose LLP
Nov
19
2015
Highlights of SEC’s 2015 Annual Whistleblower Report Proskauer Rose LLP
Nov
19
2015
Wisconsin Federal Court Enjoins SEC Administrative Proceeding Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Nov
18
2015
SEC Seeks to Bring Down Ponzi Scheme Selling Life Settlements Faegre Drinker
Nov
18
2015
Is There A State Role For Binary Option Regulation? Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Nov
18
2015
SEC Issues a Risk Alert on the Current State of Outside Compliance Consultants Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Nov
17
2015
Columbia Law Review Study of Fee Awards in Securities Class Actions Yields Surprising Results Mintz
Nov
16
2015
SEC Chastised; Cybersecurity; Hacking; Supervision; Compliance Outsourcing; the Cloud - Bridging the Week: November 9 - 13 and 16, 2015 [VIDEO] Katten
Nov
16
2015
SEC Reduces Dodd-Frank Whistleblower Award for “Unreasonable Delay,” Announces Policy of “More Heavily” Punishing Delay After Award Program’s Implementation Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Nov
16
2015
Kansas Court Dismisses Dodd-Frank Whistleblower Claim for Failure to Complain of Securities Violations Proskauer Rose LLP
Nov
16
2015
Banking Committee Working on Reform Package; SEC to Hold Meetings, Focus on Fiduciary Rule Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Nov
16
2015
Society Warns ISS That Overboarding Policy Change Will Hurt Women And Minority Directors Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Nov
15
2015
SEC Action Against Private Fund Adviser Highlights Importance of Proper Expense Apportionment Proskauer Rose LLP
Nov
13
2015
OCIE Issues Risk Alert on Use of Outsourced Chief Compliance Officers Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Nov
13
2015
It’s Official: SEC Publishes Final Rules for Investment Crowdfunding Varnum LLP
Nov
13
2015
Monthly Futures Exchange Issuance Report: October 2015 Bracewell LLP
Nov
12
2015
Illinois Federal Court Orders Plaintiffs to Pay Defendants’ $13.3 Million Appellate Costs in Lawrence E. Jaffe Pension Plan v. Household International Mintz
Nov
12
2015
New Regulation Crowdfunding: A Financing Lifeline for Startups and Small Businesses von Briesen & Roper, s.c.
Nov
12
2015
CME Group Warns Market Participants to Supervise Automated Trading Systems ArentFox Schiff LLP
Nov
12
2015
CalPERS To Consider Support For Corporate Political Spending Disclosure Mandate Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Nov
10
2015
CME Issues Market Regulatory Advisory on Position Limits and Accountability Levels ArentFox Schiff LLP
Nov
10
2015
Conflict Minerals Rehearing Denied — Is the Legal Challenge Over? Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Nov
10
2015
Highlights of Final Prudential Regulator Margin Rules for Non-Cleared Swaps Katten
Nov
10
2015
What 19 Eminent Law Professors Would Have You Believe re: Corporations and Securities Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Nov
9
2015
Bridging the Week: November 2 - 6 and 9 2015 (Spoofing Conviction; Financial Crimes; CCOs; Tweets and Manipulation) Katten
Nov
9
2015
SEC Settles Charges Against Advisory Firms for Failing to Disclose Changes in Investment Strategy of Closed-End Fund Vedder Price
Nov
9
2015
SEC Pays Whistleblower Bounty Award Exceeding $325,000 Proskauer Rose LLP
Nov
9
2015
Prosecutors Record First-Ever Conviction for ‘Spoofing’: A New Era of Trading Enforcement Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Nov
8
2015
Crowded Markets - The SEC Adopts New Rules Permitting Title III Crowdfunding Armstrong Teasdale
Nov
7
2015
DERA Publishes Study of Unregistered Offering Katten
Nov
7
2015
SEC Adopts Final Crowdfunding Rules, Completing JOBS Act Rulemaking Katten
Nov
6
2015
SEC Proposes Amendments to Rules 147 and 504 Katten
Nov
6
2015
IRS Announces Inflation-Adjusted Amounts for 2016 Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Nov
6
2015
SEC Grants Exemptive Relief With Respect to the Large Trader Rule Katten
Nov
6
2015
Director of SEC’s Enforcement Division Speaks About Market Structure Enforcement Katten
Nov
6
2015
SEC Crowdfunding Rule Summary Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
 

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