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Oct
17
2014
The Point Of An Unenforceable Noncompete May Be Very Sharp Indeed Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Oct
16
2014
SDNY Dismisses Extraterritorial SOX and Dodd-Frank Whistleblower Claims Proskauer Rose LLP
Oct
16
2014
The SEC's Municipalities Continuing Disclosure Cooperation (MCDC) Initiative: Where To Go from Here Katten
Oct
16
2014
Why Including The Year Of Enactment Can Be Important in California Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Oct
15
2014
Why The SEC Should Stay Out Of The Fee-Shifting Charter Debate Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Oct
15
2014
Managing Compliance Risks in M&A Transactions McDermott Will & Emery
Oct
14
2014
You’ve Acquired a New Qualified Retirement Plan? Time for a Compliance Check McDermott Will & Emery
Oct
13
2014
Realities of Phantom Stock and SAR’s (Stock Appreciation Rights) Odin, Feldman & Pittleman, P.C.
Oct
13
2014
Bridging the Week: October 6 to 10 and 13, 2014 [VIDEO] Katten
Oct
13
2014
SEC Administrative Law Judges Face Free Enterprise Challenge Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Oct
10
2014
Fifth Circuit Holds Multiple Disclosures Establish Loss Causation in Securities Action Katten
Oct
10
2014
District Court Dismisses Securities Class Action for Failure to Show Causal Connection Katten
Oct
10
2014
SEC Issues Risk Alert and FAQs on Customer Sales of Unregistered Securities Katten
Oct
10
2014
European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) Clearing Obligations for Foreign-exchange Non-deliverable Forwards (FX NDF) and IRS Katten
Oct
10
2014
SEC Division of Corporation Finance Issues New C&DI Related to Rule 147 and Website/Social Media Use Katten
Oct
10
2014
Director of SEC Division of Corporation Finance Gives Speech on Securities Disclosure Katten
Oct
10
2014
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Proposes to Extend Tier Size Pilot for OTC Equity Securities Katten
Oct
10
2014
Is A “Rule” An “Order” And Why Would Anyone Care? Re: SEC Anti-"Pay-to-Play" Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Oct
9
2014
Beyond the Checklist: Seven Keys to Effective Trade Due Diligence Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Oct
9
2014
D.C. Bill Ostensibly Lowers Tax on Capital Gains from Qualified High Technology Company (QHTC) Investments… But How? McDermott Will & Emery
Oct
9
2014
Why Does Determining A California Quorum Have To Be So Complicated? Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Oct
8
2014
Hybrid Plan Regulations Could Reinvigorate the Defined Benefit Plan System Covington & Burling LLP
Oct
8
2014
Inversion Transactions Addressed in Treasury Notice Covington & Burling LLP
Oct
8
2014
Quantitative Easing: Who is the Federal Reserve Appeasing? Bilzin Sumberg
Oct
8
2014
California Court Of Appeal Embraces De Facto LLC Dissolution Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Oct
8
2014
Commodities Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Removes Big Obstacle to Hedge Fund Advertising Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Oct
8
2014
SEC Announces Enforcement Actions Against Public Companies and Corporate Insiders Based on Failure to Timely File Transaction Reports Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Oct
8
2014
SEC Charges Investment Advisory Firm with Failure to Disclose Conflict of Interest to Clients Vedder Price
Oct
7
2014
SEC Settles Multiple Enforcement Actions for Failure to Timely File Reports of Beneficial Ownership Vedder Price
Oct
7
2014
Search Funds: Catering to Canadian Investors McDermott Will & Emery
Oct
7
2014
SEC Settles Charges Against Investment Advisory Firm for Undisclosed Principal Transactions and Misleading Performance Advertisements Vedder Price
Oct
7
2014
SEC Includes Valuation Guidance in Money Market Fund Rule Release Vedder Price
Oct
7
2014
SEC Settles Charges Against Barclays Capital for Compliance Failures After Acquisition of Lehman’s Advisory Business Vedder Price
Oct
7
2014
Supreme Court to Review Application of ERISA’s Six-Year Statute of Limitations in Tibble v. Edison Int’l. McDermott Will & Emery
Oct
6
2014
Legend Removal Requires Proper “Request To Register Transfer” Re: Securities Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Oct
5
2014
Commodity Future Trading Commission (CFTC) and National Futures Association (NFA) Require Swap Dealer (SD) and Major Swap Participants (MSP) Risk Exposure Reports to Be Submitted Through WinJammer Katten
Oct
4
2014
Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) Settles Insider Trading Case, Finding Roommate Relationship Created Duty of Trust and Confidence Katten
Oct
4
2014
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) Updates Its Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) Reporting Webpage Katten
Oct
4
2014
Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) Publishes Results of Annual Global Voting Policy Survey Katten
Oct
3
2014
Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Extends Relief for Swap Execution Facilities (SEF)s and Designated Contract Markets (DCM)s from Straight-Through Processing Requirements for Package Transactions Katten
Oct
3
2014
National Futures Association (NFA) Issues Notice Regarding Commodity Pool Operators (CPO) and Commodity Trading Advisors (CTA) Reports and Filing Requirements Katten
Oct
3
2014
Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Settles Fraudulent Trading Violations with Forex Trader Katten
Oct
3
2014
Attorney-Client Privilege No Shield to Stockholder’s Demand for Internal Review Documents, Delaware High Court Rules Jackson Lewis P.C.
Oct
3
2014
Commodites Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Extends Relief to Derivatives Clearing Organizations (DCO) and Their Clearing Members from Requirements for Credit Default Swaps (CDS) Clearing-Related Swaps Katten
Oct
3
2014
European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) Consults on Draft Guidelines Clarifying the Definition of “Derivatives” Under Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID) Katten
Oct
3
2014
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc (FINRA) Requests Comment on a Rule Proposal to Implement the Comprehensive Automated Risk Data System Katten
Oct
3
2014
New California Law Aims At Clarifying Status Of Ex Officio Directors Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Oct
3
2014
Fiduciary Access to Digital Assets and Accounts - Uniform Fiduciary Access to Digital Assets Act “UFADAA” Proskauer Rose LLP
Oct
3
2014
New EU Competition Commissioner’s Priorities For 2014-2019: Hearing Before The European Parliament McDermott Will & Emery
Oct
2
2014
Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB)’s Standard-Setting Agenda: No New Adoptions of Substantive Audit Standards Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
 

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