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The Insider Trading Cartoon Series, Vol. 15 -- United States v. Newman (Part 2)
The Insider Trading Cartoon Series, Vol. 13 -- The Barry Switzer Story
The Insider Trading Cartoon Series, Vol. 14 -- United States v. Newman (Part 1)
The Insider Trading Cartoon Series, Vol. XII -- The Innocent Intermediary
The Insider Trading Cartoon Series, Vol. XI -- Multi-level Tipping
The Insider Trading Cartoon Series, Vol. X -- Tipping (pre-Newman)
The Insider Trading Cartoon Series, Vol. VIII — Negligence?
The Insider Trading Cartoon Series Vol. VII -- Misappropriation Theory (Part the Third)
The Insider Trading Cartoon Series, Vol. V — Misappropriation Theory
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Insider Trading News - Ralph Siciliano discusses US v. Newman
Weekly Brief: Rakoff Orders Gupta To Pay Goldman Sachs' Legal Fees
Potential regulatory uncertainty in light of Supreme Court decisions. The recent Supreme Court term produced several landmark decisions affecting administrative agencies, including...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
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
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
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
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
As discussed in our prior publication (found here), the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted amendments on December 14, 2022, regarding Rule 10b5-1 insider trading plans and related disclosures. On May 25, 2023,...more
On May 25, 2023, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s Division of Corporation Finance (Corp Fin) issued three new Compliance and Disclosure Interpretations (CDIs) relating to Rule 10b5-1 and related disclosure...more
In May 2023, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) amended its rules to significantly increase the disclosures public companies must make about repurchases of their equity securities. The recent amendments are the...more
On May 3, 2023, the SEC adopted new disclosure requirements for stock buybacks, including disclosure of daily share repurchase activity on a quarterly basis. These quarterly reports of daily share repurchase activity will be...more
In December 2022, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted amendments to Rule 10b5-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (Exchange Act). These amendments added new conditions to the availability of the...more
Welcome to Vinson & Elkins’ Securities and ESG Updates. Our aim is to provide insights into notable developments in securities reporting and the environmental, social and governance space over the quarter and, where...more
Executive suites in public companies across America took notice in recent weeks when federal prosecutors filed the first ever case based exclusively on an executive’s sale of company shares pursuant to what is commonly...more
On Wednesday, March 1 the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced its first-ever prosecution of an individual for insider trading based on an executive’s use of 10b5-1 trading plans. Terren Peizer, the executive chairman of...more