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Life Sciences Company Settles Regulation FD Charges with SEC

On August 20, 2019, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) charged TherapeuticsMD Inc., a Boca Raton, Florida, headquartered life sciences company, with violations of Regulation FD for sharing material, non-public...more

Fenwick & West LLP

SEC Fines Life Sciences Company for Regulation FD Violations

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For the first time in six years, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission issued an enforcement action against a company solely for Regulation FD violations. On Aug. 20, the SEC announced that it charged life sciences...more

Locke Lord LLP

SEC Enforcement Action Is a Reminder of the Importance of Regulation FD Compliance

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The Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) adopted Regulation FD (Fair Disclosure) in 2000 to help level the playing field among market participants by proscribing the selective disclosure of material nonpublic...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

Recent SEC Enforcement Action Drives Home the Importance of Regulation FD Policies and Training

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On August 20th, 2019, the SEC charged TherapeuticsMD Inc., a pharmaceutical company headquartered in Boca Raton, Florida, with violations of Regulation FD based on its sharing of material, nonpublic information with sell-side...more

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Facebook: Hypothetical Risk Factors are Insufficient Disclosure When the Risk has Occurred

The SEC announced charges against Facebook Inc. for making misleading disclosures regarding the risk of misuse of Facebook user data.  According to the SEC, for more than two years, Facebook’s public disclosures presented the...more

Snell & Wilmer

Cybersecurity Disclosures: A 2018 Priority For Public Companies

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Dear clients and friends, For this edition of the Corporate Communicator, we summarize key considerations of an interpretative release from the SEC about the SEC’s views on companies’ disclosure obligations relating to...more

Proskauer Rose LLP

SEC Issues Updated Guidance on Public Company Cybersecurity Disclosures

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On February 21, 2018, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued an interpretive Commission Statement and Guidance on Public Company Cybersecurity Disclosures (the "Guidance") to assist public companies in meeting...more

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

SEC Releases New Guidance on Cybersecurity Disclosures and Controls

The Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) voted unanimously to approve a statement and interpretive guidance to assist the public in preparing disclosures about cybersecurity risks and incidents on February 21, 2018. The...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

SEC Issues Cybersecurity Interpretive Guidance Update

“Cybersecurity risks pose grave threats to investors, our capital markets, and our country.” That sober reminder appears at the beginning of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s February 21, 2018, Commission Statement and...more

Holland & Knight LLP

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Updates Cybersecurity Disclosure Guidance - Agency Continues to Prioritize Cybersecurity...

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• The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) released, on Feb. 21, 2018, updated guidance regarding public company cybersecurity disclosures. The guidance updates the Commission's 2011 non-binding guidance and...more

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC

Office of Civil Rights announces $2.4M settlement with Texas Health System for release of patient name

On May 10, 2017, the Office of Civil Rights (OCR) announced a $2.4M settlement with Memorial Hermann Health System, a not-for-profit health system located in Southeast Texas, which is comprised of 16 hospitals and specialty...more

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U.K. Modern Slavery Act: New Disclosure Requirements for Companies Operating in the United Kingdom

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Companies that do business in the United Kingdom should assess their exposure to the U.K. Modern Slavery Act, which goes into effect this October. The transparency provisions of the Act are applicable to companies that do any...more

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