All Things Investigations: Anchored in Fraud: Mike DeBernardis and Shayda Vance on Austal USA’s Scandal
Daily Compliance News: September 24, 2024 – The Revised ECCP Released Edition
AGG Talks: Women in Tech Law Podcast - Episode 4: Preparing for a Transaction? What Emerging Growth Companies Need to Know
The Ethics Experts: Episode 183 – Julie Winkle Giulioni
Corruption Crime and Compliance: Nicolas Garcia, GC at Orica, on Compliance Trends and Challenges in Latin America
FCPA Compliance Report: Jon May Critiques The DOJ Whistleblower Financial Incentive Program
Compliance Tip of the Day: Everything Old is New Again: The John Deere FCPA Enforcement Action
Daily Compliance News: September 23, 2024 – The That Old Time Religion Edition
Sunday Book Review: September 21, 2024, Books on Venice Edition
Megatrax Trailblazers Podcast: Episode 41 - Tom Fox (Voice of Compliance Podcast Network)
Creativity and Compliance: Transforming Toxic Cultures
Compliance Tip of the Day: How A CEO Can Set The Tone at The Top with Town Halls
Fox on Podcasting: Enhancing Your Podcast with Megatrax: Ileana Landon’s Expert Insights
2 Gurus Talk Compliance: Episode 37 – The Florida Couple Edition
Daily Compliance News: September 20, 2024 – The 2nd Trial Edition
Compliance Tip of the Day: How A CEO Can Set The Tone at The Top with Email
Pawtastic Friends: The Paw Talk – Hercules, Angelina and Prince
The Corruption Files: Navigating Corporate Governance: The Hutchison Whampoa Scandal
Daily Compliance News: September 19, 2024 – The Woj Retires Edition
Last week, at the SEC’s Investor Advisory Committee meeting, the Committee discussed two topics described as “pain points” for investors: tracing in §11 litigation and shareholder proposals. In the discussion of §11 and...more
Tens of thousands of businesses have received letters from the IRS denying their Employee Retention Credit (ERC) claims. The IRS is in the process of sending many more ERC denial letters. Previously, the IRS only allowed 30...more
Disagreement regarding the interpretation of section 365(c) of the Bankruptcy Code has led to divergent rulings among the bankruptcy and federal circuit courts regarding whether a bankruptcy trustee or chapter 11 debtor can...more
Deputy Assistant Attorney General Nicole M. Argentieri’s speech highlighted a critical shift in the DOJ’s approach to evaluating corporate compliance programs. As outlined in the updated 2024 Evaluation of Corporate...more
The Corporate Transparency Act (the "CTA") became effective on January 1, 2024, requiring many corporations, limited liability companies, limited partnerships, and other entities to register with and report certain...more
With inflation still affecting the US economy, lenders are now focused on the economic impact of the upcoming presidential election. Lenders’ expectations for the US economy’s performance in the longer term – beyond the next...more
日本の音響制作会社のBloomZは最近、Nasdaqでそのケイマン諸島持株会社を上場しました。弊事務所は日本の事業会社のケイマン諸島持株会社によるIPOに従事しており、日本企業が香港またはNYSE/Nasdaqで上場する際にかかるケイマン諸島持株会社ストラクチャーを採用することがなぜ有益なのか、本稿でご説明したいと思います。...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: As discussed in our prior legal update available here, in 2023, California enacted two laws that mandate certain climate-related emissions disclosures and financial risk reporting for thousands of public...more
The Justice Department has repeated on several occasions that it intends to aggressively prosecute corporations for sanctions and export controls violations. The “New FCPA” is how the Justice Department characterizes its...more
On Monday, Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Nicole M. Argentieri spoke at the Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics 23rd Annual Compliance & Ethics Institute. ( A copy of her remarks can be found here.) She...more
Having recently completed the listing on Nasdaq of BLOOMZ, the Cayman Islands incorporated holding company of a Japanese audio production company, and being currently engaged to act on a number of IPOs of Cayman Islands...more
Good afternoon! Welcome back to Scaling Greatness, a newsletter from Integreon focusing on amplifying business excellence and innovation. ...more
On this episode of Raising Capital 101, host Tom Voekler is joined by special guest, Mike Beville of Beville Properties and colleagues Rhys James and John Watson to discuss if it matters who invests in your company? Does it...more
Research suggests clients are willing to pay a premium to work with law firms that consistently produce merely “good” thought leadership. Does your law firm want to charge clients premium rates for its services? If so,...more
The U.K. Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (“the Act”), passed in October 2023, strengthens the U.K. Government’s efforts to compel companies to weed out fraud, corruption, and other criminal activity. The...more
In December 2023, the New York Department of Financial Services (NY DFS) issued amendments to the cybersecurity requirements, originally adopted in 2017, which include expanded control requirements and stricter reporting...more
The CFTC has finalized portions of its proposed October 2023 amendments to CFTC Rule 4.7. The CFTC moved forward on: Raising the thresholds for qualification of certain investors in private funds commodity pool operators...more
The U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) published a final rule (the “Rule”) regarding changes to the provisions of the Export Administration Regulations (the “EAR”) governing voluntary...more
We have previously written an OnPoint about the law concerning ownership of social media accounts in light of the explosive growth in the use of such media for commercial advertising, product development and customer...more
Next month’s update will cover the eagerly awaited new government’s employment law reforms, to be announced mid-October 2024. Some details are emerging, including that ‘day one’ termination rights will be subject to a...more
This BLOG has frequently addressed issues related to a party’s standing, in many different contexts, to commence litigation. In prior BLOG articles we have explained that in order to prosecute a lawsuit, the plaintiff must...more
Welcome to the only roundtable podcast in compliance as we celebrate our second century of shows. In this episode, we take up a potpourri of topics. We have the quartet of Matt Kelly Jonathan Armstrong, Jonathan Marks, and...more
On September 18, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC or the Commission) adopted amendments to Rule 612 (Tick Sizes) and Rule 610 (Access Fees) under Regulation NMS under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended...more
Determining “certainty of asset” is a key element of any investment. When an investor takes a minority position as it does in a typical venture or growth capital investment, the approach to ascertaining certainty differs...more
In yesterday's post, I discussed the Court of Appeal's unpublished opinion in Milks v. Affirmed Techs., LLC, 2024 WL 1502944 (Cal. Ct. App. Apr. 5, 2024), reh'g denied (Apr. 30, 2024). That case involved claims against a...more