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Securities Exchange Commission

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Oct
28
2022
2022 NFT Litigation Roundup Foley & Lardner LLP
Dec
19
2022
SEC Adopts Final Rules Regarding 10b5-1 Trading Plans and Disclosure of Insider Trading Policies and Related Matters Foley & Lardner LLP
Jan
8
2023
Bitcoin, Crypto-Assets, and the Energy Sector Foley & Lardner LLP
Feb
21
2018
Only Persons Who Report Security Violations to the SEC are Whistleblowers Under Dodd-Frank: Supreme Court Decides Digital Realty Trust Case Foley & Lardner LLP
Aug
8
2018
SEC Announces Upcoming Roundtable on the Proxy Process Foley & Lardner LLP
Jul
18
2023
Texas Becomes Tenth State to Enact Comprehensive Consumer Data Privacy Law Foley & Lardner LLP
Jul
25
2023
Financial Metrics in M&A Transactions: Evaluating Valuation Metrics, Pricing, and Potential Returns Foley & Lardner LLP
Oct
29
2019
A Review of Recent Whistleblower Developments: October 29, 2019 Foley & Lardner LLP
Mar
13
2024
SEC v Panuwat: The SEC’s Novel “Shadow Trading” Insider Trading Case Goes to Trial Foley & Lardner LLP
May
5
2020
Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council Issues Revisions to BSA/AML Examination Manual Foley & Lardner LLP
Apr
10
2015
Three Thoughts about the SEC’s First “Pretaliation” Case Brooks, Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey & Leonard, LLP
Apr
20
2015
A Non-Insider Trading Case in the District of Massachusetts Brooks, Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey & Leonard, LLP
May
13
2016
Custody Rule Examiners Need To, You Know, Examine Brooks, Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey & Leonard, LLP
Jul
23
2015
You Can Settle Your Insider Trading Case with a Negligence-based Charge Brooks, Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey & Leonard, LLP
Jun
13
2016
Don’t Even Think About Violating That Penny Stock Bar Brooks, Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey & Leonard, LLP
Dec
7
2016
Multi-Level Tipping: Insider Trading Cartoon Series, Vol. XI [VIDEO] Brooks, Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey & Leonard, LLP
Jan
25
2017
United States V. Newman (Part 2): Insider Trading Cartoon Series, Vol. 15 Brooks, Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey & Leonard, LLP
Mar
3
2016
Two Thoughts about the Smallest Insider Trading Case in All of Captivity Brooks, Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey & Leonard, LLP
Aug
24
2015
SEC Comments on Whistleblower Anti-Retaliation Provisions/Internal Reporting Brooks, Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey & Leonard, LLP
Mar
3
2015
Two-Factor Authentication May Be Coming to a Bank Near You Brooks, Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey & Leonard, LLP
Jun
29
2015
Do Investment Advisers Automatically Have Fiduciary Duties to Their Clients? Brooks, Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey & Leonard, LLP
Jul
23
2015
SEC’s Investment Management Division Has Some Things to Tell You about Cybersecurity Brooks, Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey & Leonard, LLP
Feb
22
2016
SEC Enforcement Lays out Approach to Cybersecurity Cases Brooks, Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey & Leonard, LLP
Mar
15
2016
Insider Trading Cartoon Series, Vol. VI — Misappropriation (Part Deux) [VIDEO] Brooks, Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey & Leonard, LLP
May
8
2015
Interpreting The Right To Specific Performance In A Shareholder Buy-Sell Agreement Brooks, Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey & Leonard, LLP
Jun
25
2015
FIN4 May Have Embarked on a Risky Hacking/Insider Trading Strategy Brooks, Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey & Leonard, LLP
Dec
8
2016
Tipping (Pre-Newman): Insider Trading Cartoon Series, Vol. X Brooks, Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey & Leonard, LLP
Mar
3
2015
The SEC Will Be Your Employment Law Agency, Too Brooks, Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey & Leonard, LLP
Sep
21
2015
Nothing to See in This Story about the Electronic Communications Privacy Act Brooks, Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey & Leonard, LLP
Apr
21
2015
Two Regulatory Crises: Cybersecurity Issues Brooks, Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey & Leonard, LLP
Sep
8
2015
Executive Assistant Embezzles $1 Million from Hewlett Packard; as yet, SEC Doesn’t Care Brooks, Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey & Leonard, LLP
Oct
6
2015
Swingers - Swing Trading Under the Securities Act [Video] Brooks, Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey & Leonard, LLP
Mar
4
2015
SIFMA Gets Its Cybersecurity-Antitrust Wish - Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association Brooks, Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey & Leonard, LLP
Mar
16
2015
SEC Releases Results of Cybersecurity Exam Sweep Brooks, Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey & Leonard, LLP
Apr
27
2015
The SEC Doesn’t Love Secret Perks for Executives Brooks, Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey & Leonard, LLP
Jul
25
2015
The SEC's Investment Management Division Has Some Things to Tell You about Cybersecurity Brooks, Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey & Leonard, LLP
Aug
20
2015
Probably Don’t Do What Red Cross CEO Just Did re: Government Investigations Brooks, Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey & Leonard, LLP
Dec
18
2015
Martin Shkreli, Criminal Forfeiture, and Wu-Tang Clan: Securities Fraud Brooks, Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey & Leonard, LLP
Aug
20
2015
North Carolina Business Court Awards Rule 11 Sanctions For Baseless Fiduciary Duty Claim Brooks, Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey & Leonard, LLP
Sep
23
2015
SEC Says No More Mr. Nice Guy on Investment Adviser Cybersecurity Brooks, Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey & Leonard, LLP
Feb
25
2016
Rob Cohen Discusses SEC’s Analysis and Detection Center Brooks, Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey & Leonard, LLP
May
11
2016
Stop Faxing: SEC Regulation S-P Brooks, Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey & Leonard, LLP
Jul
1
2015
Vivek Ranadivé and Wisconsin Investment Adviser Both Big into Cherrypicking, According to Sources Brooks, Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey & Leonard, LLP
May
12
2015
D.C. Circuit Says “Heads I Win, Tails You Lose” Is Maybe Not the Best Set of Rules for Criminal Forfeiture Brooks, Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey & Leonard, LLP
Jul
9
2015
Texas Supreme Court Applies Absolute Privilege to Statements in FCPA Investigations: Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Brooks, Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey & Leonard, LLP
Jun
13
2022
National Realty Investment Advisors Lands in Bankruptcy Stark & Stark
Sep
20
2023
Navigating 2023’s Employment Landscape: Legal Compliance and the Perils of Template Reuse Stark & Stark
Sep
21
2022
To Sign or Docu-Sign, That is the Question Stark & Stark
Aug
24
2018
SEC’s Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations Begins Conducting Targeted Reviews Related to Crypto-Assets Stark & Stark
Apr
9
2015
A New Concern about Confidentiality Agreements: Whistleblower Protection and Anti-Retaliation Emphasized and Enforced by the SEC Stark & Stark
 

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