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Feb
17
2021
SEC Staff Issues No-Action Relief for Custody of Certain Loan Interests Under the Investment Company Act Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Feb
17
2021
Evaluating Foreign Investment in RCEP Member States From a Dispute Resolution Perspective K&L Gates
Feb
17
2021
Stumbling Through Securities Law Challenges for COVID-19 Vaccine Developers Proskauer Rose LLP
Feb
17
2021
How Should These Form 10-K Items Be Captioned? Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Feb
16
2021
Shareholders Cannot Sue Corporate Officers for Forward-Looking Projections that Don’t Pan Out, Ninth Circuit Affirms Proskauer Rose LLP
Feb
16
2021
Mainstream Acceptance of Cryptocurrency Magnifies Legal Risk Under Securities Laws Binder & Schwartz
Feb
16
2021
Human Capital Disclosures May Waken Plaintiffs Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Feb
15
2021
SEC Enforcement Restores Subpoena Power Faegre Drinker
Feb
12
2021
SEC Staff Releases Sample Comment Letter on Securities Offerings During Periods of Market and Price Volatility Katten
Feb
12
2021
FINRA Releases Regulatory Notice on Policies and Procedures Relating to Fraud Involving Low-Priced Securities Katten
Feb
12
2021
COVID, Climate Change and ESG – The Future of Disclosures, SEC Enforcement, and Securities Litigation Bracewell LLP
Feb
11
2021
President Biden’s Nominee for SEC Chairman: What Does It Mean for Crypto? Hunton Andrews Kurth
Feb
10
2021
SPACs Explained, in Five Minutes or Less Proskauer Rose LLP
Feb
10
2021
Is A Fair Statement Anything More Than Accurate? Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Feb
9
2021
It's Official! SEC Agrees "Shall" Is Ambiguous Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Feb
8
2021
Securities Class Action Filing Activity Falls in 2020 Amid Global Pandemic Decline in Section 11 & M&A cases leads to overall reduction in filing activity, but dollars at risk in litigation remains stable. Cornerstone Research
Feb
8
2021
SEC Brings Charges against Individuals Behind Allegedly Fraudulent Unregistered Digital Asset Securities Offering Proskauer Rose LLP
Feb
8
2021
What to Expect from the SEC Under the Biden Administration Winstead
Feb
8
2021
The “ABC’s” of ESG Proskauer Rose LLP
Feb
5
2021
Congress Amends Exchange Act Of 1934 To Address Disgorgement Penalties In Defense Spending Bill Polsinelli PC
Feb
5
2021
SEC Amends MD&A and Other Financial Disclosure Rules Mintz
Feb
5
2021
SEC Requests Comment on Potential Money Market Fund Reform Options Highlighted in President’s Working Group Report Katten
Feb
4
2021
U.S. District Judge Rejects Argument that Sale of “Stand-In” Tokens Was Not a Sale of Unregistered Securities Faegre Drinker
Feb
3
2021
Satyam Khanna Named SEC’s First Senior Policy Advisor for Climate and ESG Mintz
Feb
2
2021
10 Steps for Responding to an SEC Subpoena: What Do You Need to Know? Oberheiden P.C.
Feb
2
2021
Recent SEC Leadership and Organizational Changes Vedder Price
Feb
2
2021
Rupture Rapture: Should the GameStop? Norris McLaughlin P.A.
Feb
2
2021
OCIE Risk Alert Highlights Compliance Rule Deficiencies Observed During Recent Adviser Exams Vedder Price
Feb
2
2021
SEC Articulates Standards for Relief Under Section 26(c) for Variable Insurance Product Substitution Orders Vedder Price
Feb
2
2021
SEC Staff Issues ADI Regarding Risk Disclosures for Registered Funds Investing in Emerging Markets Vedder Price
Feb
2
2021
When PPP met OBA – An Investigation was Born Winstead
Feb
2
2021
ESG on the Books: NASDAQ Proposed Rules Require Board Diversity Proskauer Rose LLP
Feb
1
2021
OCIE Risk Alert Cautions Firms to Comply with Large Trader Obligations Vedder Price
Feb
1
2021
SEC Adopts Rule Amendments to Permit Electronic Signatures to Authenticate SEC Filings Vedder Price
Feb
1
2021
COVID-19 Misrepresentations: Blood Is Thicker Than Water Proskauer Rose LLP
Jan
29
2021
European Commission Adopts Equivalence Decision With Respect to SEC Regulatory Framework for Central Counterparties Katten
Jan
29
2021
ICO Confirms UK Firms May Rely on Public Interest Derogation for SEC Transfers Hunton Andrews Kurth
Jan
29
2021
FCA Publishes SEC MoU on Financial Services Supervision Post-Brexit Katten
Jan
29
2021
Trends in SEC Whistleblower Program Katz Banks Kumin LLP
Jan
28
2021
New York Adopts New Registration and Examination Requirements for Certain Investment Adviser Related Personnel and Solicitors Katten
Jan
28
2021
January 2021 Review of Recent Whistleblower Developments Foley & Lardner LLP
Jan
28
2021
Speaking with Divided Minds: The SEC “Modernizes” Investment Adviser Advertising Norris McLaughlin P.A.
Jan
27
2021
SEC Enforcement Victory in its Efforts to Police Cannabis Industry Investments Faegre Drinker
Jan
25
2021
SEC Adopts New Marketing Rule for Investment Advisers Faegre Drinker
Jan
22
2021
Investment Management Legal and Regulatory Update - January 2021 Godfrey & Kahn S.C.
Jan
21
2021
It's the Accredited Investors For Me Stubbs Alderton & Markiles, LLP
Jan
21
2021
The Second Phase of the SEC’s Reg BI Exams Faegre Drinker
Jan
20
2021
Wrap Fee Programs Under Continued Scrutiny and Use of Investment Advisory Product Committees Faegre Drinker
Jan
20
2021
The SEC's Modernized Marketing Rule for Investment Advisers K&L Gates
Jan
20
2021
President Biden’s SEC Enforcement Program: What Should Private Fund Managers Expect? Proskauer Rose LLP
 

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