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Aug
13
2015
U.S. District Court of Pennsylvania Denies Motion to Dismiss Excessive Fee Case Against SEI Investments Vedder Price
Aug
13
2015
SEC Issues No-Action Letter Permitting a Fund-of-Funds to Invest in Assets that May Not Be Deemed Securities Vedder Price
Aug
13
2015
SEC Sanctions Dark Pool Operator and Affiliated High Frequency Trader Proskauer Rose LLP
Aug
13
2015
Don’t Be Caught Dead Handed: Avoiding Legal Challenges to Dead Hand Proxy Puts in Loan Agreements McDermott Will & Emery
Aug
13
2015
New York District Court Preliminarily Enjoins SEC Administrative Proceeding Proskauer Rose LLP
Aug
13
2015
SEC Staff Declares Performance History Is Not Factual Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Aug
12
2015
SEC Finds Metadata Contradicts CCO’s Statement In Examination Proskauer Rose LLP
Aug
11
2015
Why Newman Might Not Be Headed to the Supreme Court Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Aug
11
2015
SEC Enforcement Moves Toward Automatic Detection of Possible Accounting Fraud Vedder Price
Aug
11
2015
SEC Administrative Proceedings Under Constitutional Scrutiny Vedder Price
Aug
11
2015
SEC Continues to Pursue Clawbacks under Sarbanes-Oxley and Issues Proposed Dodd-Frank Clawback Rules Vedder Price
Aug
11
2015
SEC Brings First Whistleblower Enforcement Action Involving Employee Confidentiality Agreements Vedder Price
Aug
11
2015
Merlin Partners v. AutoInfo: Merger Price and Process Key in Determining Appraisal Value Vedder Price
Aug
11
2015
U.S. Supreme Court's Long- Awaited Omnicare Decision Vedder Price
Aug
11
2015
Why SEC’s Pre-Existing Relationship Test Is The Mirror Image of California’s Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Aug
10
2015
Dodd-Frank CEO Pay Ratio Disclosure Rules Approved Holland & Hart LLP
Aug
10
2015
Dodd-Frank and Diversity - Inclusion Strategy within the Existing Law Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Aug
10
2015
CitizenVC No Action Letter Gives Guidance for Online Private Placements Mintz
Aug
10
2015
SEC’s New Pay Ratio Disclosure Rule Explained Covington & Burling LLP
Aug
10
2015
Citizen.VC No Action Letter: Clarity and Guidance for Conducting a Private Placement Online Mintz
Aug
10
2015
Does The Power To Choose Not Include The Power To Remove? Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Aug
8
2015
SEC Adopts Registration Rules for Security-Based Swap Dealers and Major Security-Based Swap Participants Katten
Aug
8
2015
Third Circuit Opinion Raises Uncertainty for the Ordinary Business Exclusion in Shareholder Proposals Proskauer Rose LLP
Aug
7
2015
SEC Finalizes Rules Regarding Disclosure of CEO Pay Ratio—What They Require, What to Do and What’s Next McDermott Will & Emery
Aug
7
2015
BATS Proposes Rule to Expedite Action Against Manipulative Behavior Katten
Aug
7
2015
FINRA Proposes Rule Governing Personal Securities Transactions of Associated Persons Katten
Aug
7
2015
SEC Finalizes Rule on Pay Ratio Disclosure Katten
Aug
7
2015
National Futures Association Grants Form PR Reporting Relief to Certain CTAs Katten
Aug
7
2015
SEC Finalizes the CEO Pay Ratio Rule – Additional Executive Compensation Disclosure for Public Companies Beginning in 2017 Mintz
Aug
7
2015
Changes to Michigan Nonprofit Corporation Act Expand Liability Protection, Authorize New Election Procedures, Ease Voting Thresholds Varnum LLP
Aug
7
2015
U.S. SEC Adopts Rules Mandating Disclosure of CEO-Worker Pay Ratios Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Aug
7
2015
Did You Ever Wonder What You Might Do In California But Not Delaware? Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Aug
6
2015
SEC Issues Interpretive Rule Regarding Definition of Dodd-Frank “Whistleblower” Proskauer Rose LLP
Aug
6
2015
SEC Issues Interpretation of its Regulations on Definition of Dodd-Frank Whistleblower Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
Aug
5
2015
Department of Justice Quietly Revises Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Resource Guide Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Aug
5
2015
SEC Guidance on Dodd-Frank Whistleblower Protection is a Win for Whistleblowers Zuckerman Law
Aug
5
2015
Do De Facto Officers Owe Fiduciary Duties? Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Aug
5
2015
Nigeria (Again) Contemplates Mandatory Stock Exchange Listing Legislation Covington & Burling LLP
Aug
5
2015
SEC Flexes Its Enforcement Muscle For Securities-Based Swaps Proskauer Rose LLP
Aug
5
2015
Who Can Source Investors For EB-5 Projects: The World of Finders, Consultants, Attorneys, and Broker Dealers Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Aug
4
2015
D.C. Circuit Holds “Boilerplate” Forward-Looking Statements Are Not Entitled to PSLRA’s “Safe Harbor” Mintz
Aug
4
2015
New York District Court Appears to Sustain Attack on SEC Administrative Proceedings Proskauer Rose LLP
Aug
4
2015
Petrobras Shareholders’ Brazilian-Law Claims Are Subject to Mandatory Arbitration Provision Proskauer Rose LLP
Aug
4
2015
ISDA Briefing Note on Derivatives Market Reforms Five Years After Dodd-Frank Act: International Swaps and Derivatives Association Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Aug
4
2015
Will You Be Gulled By This Notice? re: Nevada Shareholder Information Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Aug
3
2015
Third Circuit Finds Insured v. Insured Exclusion Precludes Recovery of Defense Costs Proskauer Rose LLP
Aug
3
2015
Bridging the Week: July 27 - 31 and August 3, 2015 (No Passport; Spoofing; Wash Trades; Position Limits, Bitcoin; Rogue Trading) Katten
Aug
3
2015
Fiduciary Bonds – Who Needs Them? Holland & Hart LLP
Jul
31
2015
Eleventh Circuit Again Affirms Dismissal of Stock Drop Claim Against Delta Air Lines Proskauer Rose LLP
Jul
31
2015
ESMA Consultation on New Remuneration Rules for EU UCITS Managers and EU AIFMs Katten
 

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