Navigating ESG: Preparing for Future Regulations (Part Two) — Regulatory Oversight Podcast
Implications of the SEC Cybersecurity Disclosure Rule
Why Time Matters: Partners Lindsay Gerdes and Michael J. Bronson on Swift Action in Government Investigations
Nonprofit Quick Tip: State Filings in Colorado and Wyoming
REFRESH Nonprofit Basics: Director Duties and Best Practices for the Typical Nonprofit Public Benefit Corporation
REFRESH Nonprofit Basics: Designators, Members, Directors, Officers - The Who’s Who of Nonprofit Governance
Navigating ESG: The Growing Importance and Compliance Challenges (Part One) — Regulatory Oversight Podcast
“Monsters, Inc.” y el buen gobierno corporativo
Navigating the Regulation Jungle: How to Be Compliant, Work Efficiently, and Stay Sane
Episode 332 -- Deep Dive into SEC’s Internal Controls and Cybersecurity Settlement with R&R Donnelly
Digital Planning Podcast Episode: Estate Planning and the Corporate Transparency Act
Episode 331- NAVEX State of Risk and Compliance Programs
What the Board Should Be Asking About the Compliance Program
Market Leaders Podcast Episode 94: Exploring the Perils of Optics-Driven DEI Initiatives with Guest Mira Dewji
Managing Social Media Risk
Compliance Lessons from Dating in Your 50s
How Tax Works - Entity Selection
The AI Shakeup: New Tech Innovations and the Future of Corporate Law
AGG Talks: Cross-Border Business Podcast - Episode 16: The Political and Legal Maze of ESG in the U.S. and Abroad
Episode 327 -- Another Look at the Importance of Corporate Culture
Welcome to the latest edition of Fenwick’s Securities Law Update. This issue contains news on...more
This Holland & Knight blog post is the second installment in a two-part series that examines the challenges to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) charges in its landmark case against SolarWinds Corp....more
On July 18, 2024, District Court Judge Engelmayer of the Southern District of New York issued his 107-page opinion and order dismissing most – but not all – of the landmark allegations of the SEC against SolarWinds Corp. and...more
On July 18, a New York federal judge threw out most of the SEC’s claims brought against both SolarWinds Corp. and the company’s chief information security officer (CISO), Timothy Brown....more
On July 18, Judge Paul Engelmayer of the Southern District of New York issued a lengthy order dismissing the majority of the SEC’s enforcement case against SolarWinds Corporation (SolarWinds) and its CISO, Timothy Brown. The...more
On June 11, 2024, the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) charged Illit Raz, the former CEO and founder of the since-shut-down artificial intelligence recruiting startup Joonko Diversity Inc....more
On June 21, a jury in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California found the former CEO and Chairman of Ontrak, Inc., a publicly traded healthcare company guilty on one count of securities fraud and two...more
As discussed in our September 1, 2021 post, the SEC brought its first “shadow insider trading” case against Matthew Panuwat, a company employee who purchased options in a competitor’s shares shortly after learning his...more
Here is a great article—no surprise considering its author, Columbia Law Professor John Coffee—that practically gives the last rites to the “shadow trading” theory recently accepted by a federal district court and a jury in...more
As the implementation of Artificial Intelligence (AI) compliance and fraud detection algorithms within corporations and financial institutions continues to grow, it is crucial to consider how this technology has a twofold...more
Corporate executives know they must disclose in their companies’ financial statements trends or uncertainties affecting their business. Such disclosure is a requirement of Item 303 of SEC Regulation S-K....more
This is the fourth in our 2024 Year in Preview series examining important trends in white collar law and investigations in the coming year. We will be posting further installments in the series throughout the next several...more
On January 31, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Office of the Whistleblower posted six new Notices of Covered Actions (NoCAs). These NoCAs signal that the SEC is now accepting whistleblower award claims for...more
Expert Allegations Could Become More Frequent in Securities Fraud Complaints and Possibly Erode Pleading Standards - A Ninth Circuit panel ruling that plaintiffs could use expert analysis to bolster securities fraud claims...more
Recent activity by the New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) highlight the continued focus by government regulators on cybersecurity. As these and other regulators...more
This week, the SEC filed a high-profile litigation asserting fraud and internal controls charges against software company SolarWinds Corporation and its Chief Information Security Officer, Timothy G. Brown, in connection with...more
On October 4, 2023, Martin Estrada, U.S. Attorney for the Central District of California (CDCA), announced the formation of a Corporate and Securities Fraud Strike Force (the “Strike Force”), a new CDCA section designed to...more
A recent court case highlights the potential pitfalls for public companies engaging in informal communications with analysts. The court found that paraphrased statements attributed to an officer in an analyst’s report can be...more
On March 22, 2023, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filed a complaint in US District Court for the Southern District of New York against Justin Sun, the owner of BitTorrent, Inc., a file-sharing platform; three...more
The Israel Securities Authority recently published a draft bill to amend the Securities Law. The amendment would give the ISA the power to investigate related offenses committed in addition to securities offenses. Under the...more
As described in this press release, the SEC has filed a complaint against Vale S.A., a publicly traded (NYSE) Brazilian mining company and one of the world’s largest iron ore producers, charging that it made “false and...more
Judge William H. Orrick of the Northern District of California recently denied a motion to dismiss the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC’s) first insider trading case charging a defendant with “shadow trading.” The...more
The Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC or Commission) actions in 2021 demonstrate that insider trading remains a key enforcement priority. While the absolute number of insider trading enforcement actions brought by the...more
In the past several years, the number of claims filed against newly public companies under the Securities Act of 1933 has increased significantly. At the same time, the development of direct listings has given companies...more
Many law firms will undoubtedly publish alerts on yesterday's decision by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in Pirani v. Slack Techs., 2021 U.S. App. LEXIS 28319. The court held that arose from the New York Stock...more