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Jun
12
2015
Six Federal Regulators Issue Final Interagency Policy Statement on Diversity Policies and Practices of Regulated Entities Katten
Jun
12
2015
Failure To Disclose Finder’s Fee Found Not To Be Actionable Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Jun
12
2015
SEC Proposes Rules to Modernize and Enhance Investment Company and Investment Adviser Reporting Vedder Price
Jun
11
2015
SEC Announces Fraud Charges Against Investment Adviser Accused of Concealing Poor Performance of Fund Assets from Investors Vedder Price
Jun
11
2015
SEC Settles Conflict-of-Interest Case Against BlackRock and Former Chief Compliance Officer Concerning Portfolio Manager’s Outside Business Activities Vedder Price
Jun
11
2015
SEC Settles Charges Against Nationwide Life Insurance Company for Failing to Process Purchase and Redemption Orders in Compliance with the 1940 Act Vedder Price
Jun
11
2015
Georgia Federal Court Rules That SEC Administrative Proceeding Is “Likely Unconstitutional” Mintz
Jun
11
2015
Nevada To Allow Corporations To Stiff Charon - Revoked Charters Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Jun
11
2015
Pleading Standard Saves SEC’s Insider-Trading Case Proskauer Rose LLP
Jun
10
2015
“Dead Hand Proxy Puts” Garner Increased Stockholder Scrutiny In Delaware Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Jun
10
2015
Recommended Actions for Hedge Fund, Private Equity Fund and Other Private Fund Advisers To Prevent Possible Whistleblower Violations Proskauer Rose LLP
Jun
10
2015
June 30 Deadline Looms For Foreign Lending Institutions Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Jun
9
2015
Should Directors Be Required To Have Valid Passports? Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Jun
8
2015
Democrats Push New Regulatory Relief Measure, CFTC and EU Regulators Work to Agree on Clearinghouse Rules Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Jun
7
2015
Sixth Circuit Rules That A Reasonable Belief About Unlawful Conduct Is Enough To State A Sarbanes-Oxley Retaliation Claim Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
Jun
5
2015
SEC Staff Releases Analysis Related to Pay Ratio Disclosure Rules Katten
Jun
5
2015
National Futures Association (NFA) Proposes Amendments to Its Articles of Incorporation Katten
Jun
5
2015
SEC Proposes Rules to Modernize and Enhance Information Reported by Investment Companies and Investment Advisers Katten
Jun
5
2015
States Challenge Blue Sky Preemption Under Regulation A+ Katten
Jun
5
2015
FINRA Proposes Revised BrokerCheck Hyperlink Rule Katten
Jun
5
2015
Senator Elizabeth Warren Criticizes SEC Chair Mary Jo White for “Extremely Disappointing” Leadership Katten
Jun
4
2015
Senator Warren’s Letter to the SEC Chair Calls for More Aggressive Enforcement Proskauer Rose LLP
Jun
4
2015
Why The WSJ Is Wrong About SEC Rulemaking On Claw backs Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Jun
3
2015
Monthly Futures Exchange Issuance Report: May 2015 - Market Regulation Advisory Notices Bracewell LLP
Jun
3
2015
How New SEC Focus Will Affect South Florida Real Estate Private Equity Bilzin Sumberg
Jun
1
2015
UCITS, CCP Risks, Forex Manipulation; Pre-trade Communications, NFA Forex Dealer Members Capital - Bridging the Weeks May 18 - June 1, 2015 [VIDEO] Katten
Jun
1
2015
Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securitization Investors Given “Safe Harbor” Protection Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
May
31
2015
Cyberbreach and Reputation Woes Hack Away at Bottom Line for 44% of Financial Firms Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS)
May
30
2015
European Securities and Markets Authority Calls for EMIR Modifications to UCITS Directive Katten
May
30
2015
FERC Finds Manipulation Violations by Company and Trader that Complied with Tariff but did not Act to Further Market Design Goals Bracewell LLP
May
30
2015
Counterfeiting – Bad Business for E-Commerce Websites Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.
May
29
2015
Second Circuit Dismisses Suit Over FBI’s Wiretapping of Marital Conversations in Securities Fraud Investigation Katten
May
29
2015
SEC Proposes Rules to Enhance Information Reported by Investment Advisers Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
May
29
2015
Former Olympic Games Sponsor Settles With SEC for $25 Million Over FCPA Violations Katten
May
29
2015
WSJ: Whistleblowers Claim That SEC Bounty Program Lacks Transparency Proskauer Rose LLP
May
28
2015
Direct Investing: Considerations When Serving as a Family-Designated Director McDermott Will & Emery
May
28
2015
Stock Repurchases: “We Can’t Think Of Anything Better To Do With Your Money” Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
May
28
2015
Seventh Circuit Reverses $2.46 Billion Judgment in Securities-Fraud Class Action Proskauer Rose LLP
May
28
2015
Move America Bonds – Close Enough for Government Work Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
May
27
2015
Does Mandated Unbundling Deprive Stockholders The Right To Vote On The Whole? Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
May
27
2015
Overview of NRSRO Due Diligence Rules for Asset-backed Securities Issuers Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
May
27
2015
Audit Committee Dialogue from the PCAOB - Public Company Accounting Oversight Board Faegre Drinker
May
26
2015
SEC Re-Examines Exclusion of Shareholder Proposals That Directly Conflict with Company Proposals; Companies Consider Preemptive Action on Proxy Access Faegre Drinker
May
26
2015
Regulation A+ Final Rules - Securities Act Faegre Drinker
May
26
2015
Second Circuit Narrows Scope of SLUSA Preclusion - Securities Litigation Uniform Standards Act Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
May
26
2015
Delaware Chancery Court Holds that Creditor Plaintiffs in Derivative Suits May Satisfy Standing Requirement by Showing Corporation’s Insolvency at Time of Suit, Regardless of Later Solvency Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
May
26
2015
SEC Explains Rationale in Forum Selection in Contested Cases Barnes & Thornburg LLP
May
26
2015
Why Directors and Officers Should Demand a Separate Indemnification Agreement Mintz
May
26
2015
Class Action Recovery – A Changing Landscape Mintz
May
26
2015
Doing The Math On Delaware Derivative Settlements Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
 

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