WORD OF THE DAY® for Hedge Funds – 10b5-1 Plan
A federal jury in Los Angeles recently convicted the former CEO of Ontrak Inc. (a publicly traded company), Terren Peizer, for engaging in an insider trading scheme using Rule 10b5-1 trading plans. The insider trading...more
In April, we issued an alert discussing the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") and Department of Justice’s ("DOJ") expansion of insider trading to 10b5-1 plans. On June 21, 2024, a federal jury in California...more
As discussed in our March 3, 2023 post, the DOJ and SEC brought an insider trading case against the founder and former CEO and Executive Chairman of Ontrak, Inc. based upon the former executive failing the “clean hands”...more
The U.S. Department of Justice ("DOJ") won at trial in its first insider trading prosecution against an executive based exclusively on his sales of stock under 10b5-1 trading plans....more
With the compliance deadline for the newly issued Item 408(b) of Regulation S-K approaching for calendar-year-end companies and the increased use by the Department of Justice and the SEC of data analytics in pursuing insider...more
Back in March 2023, the DOJ unsealed an indictment against Terren Peizer, formerly the executive chair of Ontrak, Inc., representing the first time, according to the press release, that the DOJ brought “criminal insider...more
On April 5, 2024, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") won a jury verdict in its first "shadow trading" insider trading action. Only a few weeks before this verdict, a court denied a motion to dismiss a...more
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) continued its significant focus on public companies in 2023 with its enforcement and rulemaking programs, and this heightened level of attention will continue throughout 2024....more
We had previously reported that beginning with the next annual report on Form 10-K, most US-listed issuers would be required to make more extensive disclosures on their share repurchase programs and insider transactions...more
Clawback Rules. As previously discussed in last Winter’s Corporate Communicator, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC") adopted final rules in October 2022 directing the NYSE and Nasdaq to adopt listing standards that...more
On November 20, 2023, the Northern District of California denied summary judgment for the defendant in SEC v. Panuwat, an enforcement action being brought under a novel theory of insider trading law that is being referred to...more
This memorandum is for our Capital Markets clients in anticipation of the upcoming annual reporting and shareholder meeting season for 2024. Below you will find key filing deadlines, new disclosure requirements, and general...more
In anticipation of the upcoming reporting season, this Update highlights some of the most significant rule changes, guidance, institutional investor areas of focus, and trends for public companies to consider in preparing...more
In this Viewpoint, Issues Facing Compensation Committees in 2024, comp consultant Pay Governance takes a look at how the current economic and geopolitical uncertainty, together with an “onslaught” of new SEC rules, may affect...more
In August 2021, the SEC filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court charging Matthew Panuwat, a former employee of Medivation Inc., an oncology-focused biopharma, with insider trading in advance of Medivation’s announcement...more
Yesterday, the SEC announced a settled action against Charter Communications for “violating internal accounting controls requirements when it engaged in stock buybacks not authorized by its board of directors.” More...more
On August 25, 2023, the staff of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC’s) Division of Corporation Finance issued guidance to address certain open questions on the amendments to Rule 10b5-1 and related disclosure...more
As discussed in our December 15, 2022 post, significant amendments to Rule 10b5-1 plan requirements took effect earlier this year. With the Justice Department announcing its first criminal prosecution challenging a Rule...more
On August 25, 2023, the staff of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission posted five new compliance and disclosure interpretations (“C&DI’s”). Three of the new C&DIs related to the recent amendments to Rule 10b5-1 and two...more
A United States Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) publicou diversas alterações à Rule 10b-5, que se aplicam a todos os emissores, com o objetivo de exigir a divulgação periódica das Políticas de Insider Trading, bem como...more
On December 14, 2022, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted several amendments and new disclosure requirements to address what it viewed as potentially abusive practices associated with Rule 10b5-1 plans,...more
The SEC recently introduced “Insider Trading Arrangements and Related Disclosure” rules that mandate disclosure of Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement utilization by directors and officers, as well as insider trading policy and...more
On May 25, 2023, the staff of the US Securities and Exchange Commission’s Division of Corporation Finance released three Compliance and Disclosure Interpretations (“C&DIs”) on the recent amendments to Rule 10b5-1 regarding...more
In connection to its adoption of amendments to Rule 10b5-1 in December 2022, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) released three new compliance and disclosure interpretations (C&DIs) on May 25, 2023. The new C&DIs...more
The SEC released, on May 25, 2023, three new Compliance and Disclosure Interpretations (C&DIs) focused on recent changes to Rule 10b5-1 and reporting of insider trading policies and procedures. The new C&DIs provide as...more