As the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) enters the third year of the Trump administration, its regulatory and enforcement goals remain largely unchanged. At the direction of Chairman Jay Clayton, the SEC continues to...more
1/21/2019
/ Corporate Misconduct ,
Cryptocurrency ,
Cybersecurity ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Financial Institutions ,
Glass Lewis ,
Individual Accountability ,
Initial Public Offering (IPO) ,
Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) ,
Investor Protection ,
Popular ,
Proxy Voting ,
Remedies ,
Retail Investors ,
Risk Management ,
SEC Examination Priorities ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Trump Administration
This issue of Skadden’s semiannual Cross-Border Investigations Update takes a close look at recent cases, regulatory activity and other key developments, including the use of legal holds in cross-border investigations,...more
8/29/2018
/ China ,
Civil Monetary Penalty ,
Cooperation ,
Criminal Investigations ,
Cross-Border Transactions ,
Cryptocurrency ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Protection ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
EU ,
Fee Reductions ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
Initial Coin Offering (ICOs) ,
Personal Liability ,
Popular ,
Privileged Communication ,
Serious Fraud Office (SFO) ,
Settlement ,
Trump Administration ,
UK
The actions that Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman Jay Clayton has taken since the start of his tenure in May 2017 provide an indication of SEC priorities, including encouraging initial public offerings (IPOs)...more
1/25/2018
/ Bitcoin ,
Broken Windows ,
Cybersecurity ,
Dodd-Frank ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Financial CHOICE Act ,
Initial Public Offering (IPO) ,
PCAOB ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Repeal ,
SEC Examination Priorities ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Trump Administration
On February 28, 2017, Skadden hosted a webinar titled “Recent Investment Management Litigation and Regulatory Developments.” The Skadden panelists were litigation partners Eben Colby and Seth Schwartz, securities enforcement...more
3/10/2017
/ Administrative Procedure Act ,
Breach of Duty ,
Derivatives ,
Dodd-Frank ,
Economic Impact Analysis ,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Fiduciary Duty ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Investment Adviser ,
Investment Management ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Retirement Plan ,
Section 11 ,
Section 36(b) ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Trump Administration
In his statement announcing the appointment of Jay Clayton to run the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), President Donald Trump said that “we need to undo many regulations which have stifled investment in American...more
2/1/2017
/ Administrative Appointments ,
Deregulation ,
Dodd-Frank ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Fiduciary Rule ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act (FAST Act) ,
JOBS Act ,
Pay Ratio ,
Regulation D ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Trump Administration ,
Volcker Rule