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Apr
14
2015
SEC Targets Confidentiality Agreements that Could Deter Whistleblowers Michael Best & Friedrich LLP
Apr
14
2015
Do Your Bylaws Make Obtaining Waivers Of Notice More Onerous? Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Apr
13
2015
SEC Blows the Whistle on Confidentiality Agreements Foley & Lardner LLP
Apr
13
2015
Why Your Shareholder Meeting Waivers Of Notice May Not Be Up To Snuff Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Apr
13
2015
Recent Enforcement Trends in the Commodity Markets (Part 1) Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Apr
10
2015
Three Thoughts about the SEC’s First “Pretaliation” Case Brooks, Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey & Leonard, LLP
Apr
10
2015
Equity Firm Agrees to Pay $3 Million to NM State Investment Counsel for Moneys Tied to Pay For Play Scheme
Apr
10
2015
Constitutional Challenges to SEC Administrative Proceedings Proskauer Rose LLP
Apr
10
2015
Uniform Fiduciary Standards on the Horizon for Brokers and RIAs Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Apr
10
2015
OCIE Releases 2015 Examination Priorities Vedder Price
Apr
10
2015
U.S. Court of Appeals Reinstates Shareholder Class Action against Schwab Alleging Various Claims Relating to Violation of Fundamental Investment Policies Vedder Price
Apr
10
2015
Second Circuit Refuses to Rehear Groundbreaking Insider Trading Case Katten
Apr
10
2015
SEC Asset Management Unit Co-Chief Discusses Enforcement Priorities Vedder Price
Apr
10
2015
SEC Secures Victory on Fraud Allegations Against Technology Executive Katten
Apr
10
2015
DBO Establishes Protocol To Block Unlicensed Payday Lenders’ Ads Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Apr
9
2015
Could The SEC Ask Airlines To Produce Data On Delayed And Canceled Flights? Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Apr
9
2015
A New Concern about Confidentiality Agreements: Whistleblower Protection and Anti-Retaliation Emphasized and Enforced by the SEC Stark & Stark
Apr
9
2015
SEC and State OIG Allege that Contractors’ Policies, Procedures, and Agreements Suppress Whistleblowing Covington & Burling LLP
Apr
8
2015
Judge Rakoff: Newman No Obstacle for SEC’s Civil Enforcement Action of “Tippees” Faegre Drinker
Apr
8
2015
Preserving Net Operating Losses (NOL) Carryforward: What Are You Doing to Protect Your Company’s Valuable Tax Assets? Mintz
Apr
8
2015
Times May Change But Politicians Don’t Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Apr
7
2015
The STOCK Act in the “Post-Newman” Era - Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge Act Foley & Lardner LLP
Apr
7
2015
Second Circuit Court Upholds SEC’s Insider-Trading Complaint and Questions Second Circuit’s Newman Decision Proskauer Rose LLP
Apr
7
2015
Are The SEC’s Canons Of Ethics Written In The Wind And Waves? Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Apr
7
2015
U.S. Securities Regulators Take Notice of EB-5 Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Apr
6
2015
Manipulation and Manipulative Device; Sue and Be Sued; Alleged Pastor Fraud; Transfer Trades - Bridging the Week: March 30 to April 3 and 6, 2015 Katten
Apr
6
2015
Second Circuit Rebuffs DOJ and SEC in Denying Rehearing in Newman Insider Trading Case ArentFox Schiff LLP
Apr
6
2015
SEC Announces Enforcement Action Regarding Employee Confidentiality Agreement Proskauer Rose LLP
Apr
4
2015
Supreme Court Issues Guidance on Disclosure of Opinions in Registration Statements Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Apr
3
2015
Second Circuit Denies DOJ’s Request for En Banc Review of Newman Proskauer Rose LLP
Apr
3
2015
Section 162(m) Final Regulations Clarify Requirements for Exemptions to $1 Million Deduction Limitation McDermott Will & Emery
Apr
3
2015
SEC Warns Companies Not To Try To Silence Potential Whistleblowers Tycko & Zavareei LLP
Apr
3
2015
SEC Charges Ex-CEO with Concealing Personal Use of Corporate Funds Proskauer Rose LLP
Apr
3
2015
CFTC Extends Portfolio Margining on ICE Clear Europe Katten
Apr
3
2015
CFTC Extends CCO Report Filing Deadline Katten
Apr
3
2015
CME Updates Order Routing/Front-End Audit Trail Requirements Katten
Apr
3
2015
SEC Reminds the Fund Industry that Gifts May Violate the 1940 Act, Not Just the Code of Ethics Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Apr
3
2015
CFTC Issues Relief to Swap Dealers Regarding Legacy SPV Swaps Katten
Apr
3
2015
SEC Brings First Action Against Company for Potentially Stifling Whisteleblowers Katten
Apr
3
2015
S.E.C. Adopts Final Rules Amending Regulation A Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Apr
3
2015
United States Supreme Court Resolves Circuit Split Regarding Section 11 Claims Predicated Upon Allegedly Misleading Statements of Opinion Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Apr
3
2015
Securities Trade Association Voices Support for Application of Gabelli Decision to All SEC Enforcement Actions Faegre Drinker
Apr
3
2015
SEC Uses Books and Records and Internal Control Regulations to Extend Reach of Actions Beyond Fraud Faegre Drinker
Apr
3
2015
Is Chametz A Good? Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Apr
3
2015
SEC Order May Prompt Employers to Review Employee Confidentiality Obligations Covington & Burling LLP
Apr
2
2015
Confidentiality Agreements May Violate Dodd-Frank Act Jackson Lewis P.C.
Apr
2
2015
SEC Announces Action Against Company for Using Confidentiality Agreements That Allegedly Could Deter Whistleblowers Mintz
Apr
2
2015
SEC Brings Enforcement Proceeding Relating to Confidentiality Agreements That May Stifle Whistleblowers Foley & Lardner LLP
Apr
2
2015
SEC Uses Its Powers under the Dodd-Frank Whistleblower Provisions to Warn Employers Against Attempting to Restrict Employees’ Ability to Report Potential Violations Faegre Drinker
Apr
2
2015
Monthly Energy Futures Exchange Issuance Report: March 2015 Bracewell LLP
 

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