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May
24
2015
SEC Proposes Amendments to Form ADV and Performance Information Recordkeeping Requirements Proskauer Rose LLP
Jan
23
2015
SEC Proposes Amendments to Registration Requirements Further Implementing the JOBS Act Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Mar
28
2015
SEC Regulation A+: More Access to Capital for Small Companies With Less Regulation? Dinsmore & Shohl LLP
Sep
28
2011
SEC Rulemaking: Guide to Newly Effective Eligibility Criteria to Replace Credit Ratings in Public Offerings Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Feb
24
2017
SEC Whistleblower Program: What is the SEC Form TCR? Zuckerman Law
Jan
30
2014
Section 162(m): Actions that Should be Taken by March 31, 2014, and/or in this Year's Proxy to Avoid the $1,000,000 Deduction Limitation Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Jul
23
2013
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Adopts Rules Permitting General Solicitation in Private Offerings Limited to Purchases by Accredited Investors Mintz
Oct
14
2020
Securities and Exchange Commission Rescinds Guide 3 Dinsmore & Shohl LLP
Jun
30
2014
Six Things SEC Chair White Wants Directors to Know About How to Avoid Being on the Receiving End of an Enforcement Action Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Mar
25
2011
SPACs 2.0: New SPAC Rules Changes Approved By NASDAQ And NYSE AMEX And New Market Features Make SPACs A More Attractive Investment Vehicle In 2011 Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Jul
9
2018
Supreme Court Decides Lucia – But the Saga Continues Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Nov
28
2013
Target Date Retirement Funds–Tips for Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) Plan Fiduciaries Faegre Drinker
Jun
3
2012
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission "CFTC" Rescinds Popular CPO Exemption ArentFox Schiff LLP
Jul
15
2014
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Recent Developments: June 16, 2014 - June 20, 2014 Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Apr
10
2012
The Jobs Act: Improving Access to Capital Markets for Emerging Growth Companies Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Sep
16
2016
The SEC Remains Active with Whistleblowers Hunton Andrews Kurth
Aug
3
2020
The SEC’s 2020 Amendments to Proxy Rules and Supplemental Guidance to Investment Advisers on Proxy Voting Responsibilities Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Jul
26
2022
Time to Evaluate Your Filer Status for Next Year Mintz
Jan
16
2014
U.S. District Court in Atlanta Rules against the SEC in an Insider Trading Case, Describing the SEC's Evidence as 'Overreaching' and 'Self-Serving' Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Mar
11
2016
U.S. Futures Exchanges Disciplinary Actions Report: February 2016 Bracewell LLP
Jun
12
2017
U.S. Supreme Court Delivers Blow Limiting SEC Disgorgement Power Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Mar
7
2018
Undisclosed (and Disclosed) 12b-1 Fees: The Different Views of the SEC and DOL - Interesting Angles on the DOL’s Fiduciary Rule #82 Faegre Drinker
Oct
18
2019
Waiver of Appraisal Rights in a Stockholder Agreement is Enforceable Under Delaware Law K&L Gates
Jun
21
2021
Weekly Bankruptcy Alert - June 20, 2021 Pierce Atwood LLP
Jul
28
2022
"All Purchasers" Does Not Always Mean All Purchasers Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Oct
16
2013
"Bad Boy" Associates Can Now Disqualify Your Securities Act 506 Exemption Lowndes, Drosdick, Doster, Kantor & Reed, P.A.
Jan
7
2021
"Gig" Workers May Become Eligible to Receive Equity Compensation Mintz
Jul
5
2022
"The Changing Landscape of Activism: A Conversation with Alliance Advisors," Jones Walker LLP Banking & Financial Services Newsletter Jones Walker LLP
Jan
25
2023
"The Horror! The Horror!" - Scholars Accuse Twitter Directors Of Putting Stockholders First! Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Jan
19
2021
$125 Million Deutsche Bank Settlement with SEC/DOJ Newest in Line of Several Costly Resolutions Faegre Drinker
Apr
16
2012
$25 Billion Mortgage Fraud Settlement Marks Turning Point for Industry Ifrah Law
May
28
2016
$3.5 Million Awarded to Whistleblower Who Was Initially Rebuffed by SEC Faegre Drinker
Mar
28
2023
$35M SEC Settlement Underscores Processes, Procedures Ensuring Appropriate Public Disclosures Jackson Lewis P.C.
May
28
2019
$4.5M SEC Whistleblower Award Underscores Incentives to Report Internally Zuckerman Law
Apr
16
2020
$400 Million Awarded to SEC Whistleblowers Zuckerman Law
Jun
3
2011
$400 Million in New Venture Capital Money Michael Best & Friedrich LLP
Apr
10
2024
$6.5 Million Texting Penalty: Investment Adviser Charged by SEC for Recordkeeping Failures Stark & Stark
Jun
23
2013
$720,000 Civil Penalty for Failure to File Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) McDermott Will & Emery
Dec
12
2022
'No Exit': SEC Sanctions Investment Adviser for Impeding University Investors from Departing a Private Fund Norris McLaughlin P.A.
Sep
12
2013
'Skin in the Game' Credit Risk Retention Rules Re-Proposed Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Jul
17
2023
(UK) How Qualifying Is Your Floating Charge? Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
May
25
2023
(UK) Pensions – A Pot to Play for? Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Sep
29
2014
1, 2 or 3 Years? How Should Boards Decide The Frequency Of Say-On-Pay Votes? Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Jan
4
2024
10 FINRA Investigation Defense Strategies Oberheiden P.C.
Jul
18
2011
10 Social Media Must Haves For Your Corporate Compliance And Ethics Program Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Feb
2
2021
10 Steps for Responding to an SEC Subpoena: What Do You Need to Know? Oberheiden P.C.
Jan
4
2015
10 Tips for Entrepreneurs Seeking Capital Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Dec
29
2016
10th Circuit Holds SEC ALJs Are Holding Office Unconstitutionally Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Aug
13
2014
10th Circuit Relies On Earnings Release and Compliance with Regulation S-K to Reject Claim of Material Omissions in Public Offering Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Aug
21
2014
11th Circuit in Florida Opts for Flexibility over Predictability in Securities Fraud Class Actions Bilzin Sumberg
 

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