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California Regulation of Charitable Fundraising Platforms Part 2 - Reporting Due Diligence, Recordkeeping, and Disclosure Rules
ESG Masterclass — ESG and Impact Investing
The Justice Insiders Podcast - Human Beings: Cybersecurity's Most Fragile Attack Surface
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ESG Masterclass — ESG and Politics
Ad Law Tool Kit Show – Episode 5 – Surviving an FTC Investigation
SEC’s New Cyber Rules for Publicly Traded Companies — The Consumer Finance Podcast
PLI's inSecurities Podcast - Commissioner Uyeda on “the Perils of Regulation by Theory and Hypothesis”
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What Nonprofit Leaders Need To Know About the Corporate Transparency Act
December 1st Deadline to Adopt Executive Compensation Clawback Policies — The Consumer Finance Podcast
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In keeping with this year's London International Disputes Week (LIDW) theme “Uniting for Global Challenge and Opportunity,” Ankura Consulting and Charles Russell Speechlys sponsored, in partnership with Kumi Consulting, a...more
September 30 is the SEC’s fiscal year-end, so it's no surprise to see an uptick in enforcement cases this month. The latest slew of settlements involved violations of the Marketing Rule (Advisers Act Rule 204(4)-1) for...more
Discovery (or disclosure) in litigation, which is governed in New York State practice by Article 31 of the CPLR, is the mechanism by which litigants obtain facts and information from other parties and non-parties to support...more
It has been reported that the Securities & Exchange Commission has disbanded its Climate & ESG Task Force. This same task force had been launched with great fanfare in March 2021, at the beginning of the Biden...more
Target Audience - Compliance Professionals with detailed knowledge in an area. Such persons are often at a mid-level within the organization, with operational or supervisory responsibilities, or both....more
On August 1, 2024, Colorado legislation took effect amending the mandatory disclosures that mental health providers must make to their clients under state law. Providers of mental health services in Colorado should take note...more
Last year, California passed three first-in-the-nation climate laws imposing disclosure obligations on thousands of companies with a presence in California. In October of 2023, California signed into law AB 1305, requiring...more
Last week, the California Legislature passed several bills that, if signed by the governor, will regulate how organizations develop, train, and use artificial intelligence (AI) models, systems, and applications. Of these...more
The securities law disclosure framework has evolved to encourage; companies acting in good faith to disseminate relevant projections pertaining to their businesses to the general public "without fear of open-ended liability."...more
A newly enacted Massachusetts law—effective July 1, 2025—will require employers with 25 or more employees in the Commonwealth to disclose pay range information in job postings and, in certain circumstances, provide current...more
As artificial intelligence becomes increasingly integrated into business operations, companies must carefully evaluate vendor contracts involving AI technologies...more
Who may be interested: Board of Directors; Registered Investment Advisers; Registered Investment Companies; Broker-Dealers; Transfer Agents; Compliance Staff - Quick Take: The SEC announced that it settled charges against...more
Stay on top of ever-evolving ESG requirements and emerging trends - With the SEC’s newly issued rules surrounding ESG disclosures and the continued growth of regulations rolling out in the EU, Canada, Asia and elsewhere...more
Many private fund managers are breathing a sigh of relief after the Fifth Circuit struck down the Private Fund Rules (check out our blog post for more information). Do not, however, assume the SEC will stop its aggressive...more
The Director of the SEC’s Division of Corporation Finance (the “Division”), Erik Gerding, shared his views on the state of public company disclosures during 2023 and the SEC Staff’s review priorities for 2024. The statements...more
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is facing pressure from Congress and the medical community to enhance its oversight of online prescription drug advertising. The pressure comes amidst growing concerns about social...more
Covered institutions will need to review their cybersecurity and incident response policies and procedures ahead of the applicable compliance deadline. ...more
Massachusetts has passed into law An Act Relative to Salary Range Transparency (the “Act”), which means that pay transparency and pay data reporting requirements will soon become official. In advance of the effective dates...more
Massachusetts has enacted a new law imposing pay transparency and pay data reporting obligations on employers in the state. The law will take effect on July 31, 2025....more
In its never-ending war on corporate fraud, the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) has just commissioned a private army to fight as never before. On August 1, the DOJ launched a three-year program to provide financial rewards to...more
On August 1, 2024, the regulation of artificial intelligence (AI) took a major leap forward as the EU AI Act officially entered into force. While the Act is enforced within the EU, its extraterritorial scope has important...more
Holtzman Vogel attorneys wrote on the Supreme Court's landmark Loper Bright decision earlier this month. The Court overruled its 1984 decision in Chevron v. NRDC that introduced the so-called "Chevron deference" principle...more
Think of it as the compliance version of The Butterfly Effect – a small, unnoticed, action, or failure to act, somewhere in the organization that balloons over time into a much larger, material issue. Maybe an employee is...more
“Net zero” is a topic as hot as the climate these days. With so much regulatory attention being placed on it, companies that do not communicate their net zero efforts appropriately or, worse, intentionally make false and...more
In a significant expansion of internal controls enforcement, the SEC announced a $2.1 million settlement with R.R. Donnelley & Sons Co. (“RRD”) for its handling of a 2021 ransomware attack and resulting disclosure failures. ...more