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Disclosure or Non-Disclosure: Governmental Investigation of Securities-Related Activity

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Federal and state regulators are increasingly pursuing enforcement actions against companies and individuals that engage in activities related to securities. In 2021, the U.S Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) reported...more

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Newly Appointed Federal Watchdogs Warn they are Focused on Private Funds

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Private funds can draw lessons about how to prioritize their compliance efforts and practices in response to a series of warnings by newly-appointed federal regulators of increased scrutiny, regulation, and enforcement...more

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Defending Against Securities Fraud Litigation Triggered by an SEC Investigation

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For public and private companies in all industries, the risk of being targeted in a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) investigation is a very real concern. As new and innovative securities offerings continue to be...more

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Securities Regulators Issue Guidance to Financial Advisors and Firms on Disclosures, Investigations and Enforcement Actions During...

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On May 5, 2020, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) issued broad modified guidance on its regulation and enforcement of the markets during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The Financial Industry Regulatory...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Regulatory Moves Show Financial Watchdogs Working Smarter, if Not Harder

To gain insight into where the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) and Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) have been focusing their oversight and what their priorities will be in 2020, look no further than...more

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

SEC-Mylan Settlement: The SEC Filed Suit Regarding Investigation Disclosure

On Sept. 27, 2019, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced that Mylan N.V., a global pharma company that manufactures and sells EpiPen, which is used to treat serious allergic reactions, agreed to pay $30...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

What's New in Corporate Governance and Securities Law - October 18, 2019

Corporate Governance and Securities Law Developments - Directors Can Be Held Liable for Failure to Oversee “Mission Critical” Regulatory Compliance - On October 1, the Delaware Court of Chancery refused to dismiss a...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

SEC: Here Is When Loss Contingencies Must Be Disclosed and Reserved

When confronted with government inquiries, public companies commonly grapple with the issue of when events have escalated to the point that they are subject to disclosure obligations—or, further yet, require recognition as a...more

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SEC Awards $3 Million To Two Whistleblowers Who First Made Internal Reports, Even Though Reporting To SEC Was Not "Voluntary"

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On June 3, 2019, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) announced a joint award of $3 million to two whistleblowers who the SEC stated provided information that led to a successful enforcement action aimed at...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

SEC Reportedly Wants To Know What Took Yahoo! So Long To Disclose Massive Data Breaches

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is reportedly looking into whether two data breaches at Yahoo!, Inc. should have been disclosed earlier.  In a front page article today, the Wall Street Journal reported that...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Investigators Continue to Scrutinize Climate Change Disclosures

Critics Claim “Intimidation” - Earlier this month, on September 14, 2016, feuding parties gathered before the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology to address the legitimacy of subpoenas sent to the New York...more

Proskauer - Corporate Defense and Disputes

SEC Sues Company and its GC/CCO for Failure to Disclose and Accrue Charge for a Pending DOJ Investigation

On September 9, 2016, the SEC filed a complaint against RPM International Inc. (“RPM”) and the company’s General Counsel/CCO. The SEC claims the company filed false and misleading SEC filings that failed to disclose any loss...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

In re Lions Gate Entertainment Securities Litigation: Court Rejects Securities Claims Based on Company’s Decision Not to Disclose...

In a January 22, 2016 decision, a federal court in New York dismissed federal securities law claims against Lions Gate Entertainment and several of its senior executives based on the company’s decision not to disclose that it...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

A New Trend? NY AG Settles First Climate Change Disclosure Case

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New York Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman may be leading the way again. In the past the office has lead ground breaking investigations using New York’s Martin Act that presaged significant SEC investigations and actions....more

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Court Of Chancery Upholds Stockholder Consents

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Given the sanctity of the stockholder vote in Delaware law, it would be surprising if the Court of Chancery would ever reverse such a vote or the use of stockholder consents to take corporate action....more

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Are Public Companies Required to Disclose that the Government is Investigating Them?

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For many public companies, the first issue they have to confront after they receive a government subpoena or Civil Investigative Demand (“CID”) is whether to disclose publicly that they are under investigation. Curiously, the...more

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