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Employment Litigation Roundup: June 2024

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CFTC charges employer with failing to include whistleblower carveout in agreements with employees - Commodities trading firm Trafigura Trading LLC agreed to pay a $55 million fine to settle charges from the Commodity...more

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CFTC Charges Trading Company With Market Manipulation and Whistleblower Protection Violations

On June 17, 2024, the CFTC's Division of Enforcement announced that it had reached a settlement with Trafigura Trading LLC ("Trafigura") over allegations that the firm manipulated oil derivatives prices while discouraging...more

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Words Matter: Three Key Steps to Mitigate SEC Enforcement Risks Relating to Whistleblower Carveout Language

Since 2015, the SEC has brought nearly two dozen enforcement actions for violations of the whistleblower protection rules under Rule 21F-17(a) against employers for actions taken to impede reporting to the SEC. The bulk of...more

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Asset Managers Should Prepare for the Expiration of Two Important Exemptions to the California Consumer Privacy Act

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The California legislature recently adjourned its 2022 session without extending several exemptions from the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA). As a result, due to the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA)...more

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Blog: SEC Amendments to Financial Disclosure Requirements Provide a Welcome Reprieve for Carve-Out Transactions

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As previously reported in this Cooley PubCo post, on May 21, the SEC adopted final amendments to the financial disclosure requirements for the acquisition and disposition of businesses. One change relating to the use of...more

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Final Amendments to M&A Financial Statement Disclosures Adopted by SEC

Executive Summary. On May 21, 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted amendments to the current rules that require public companies to disclose financial information on significant acquisitions and...more

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SEC Adopts Amendments to Disclosure Requirements for Acquired and Disposed Businesses

On May 21, 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) adopted amendments to its disclosure requirements for acquired and disposed businesses. ...more

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

How the SEC’s Amendments to Financial Disclosures for Acquisitions Affect High-Yield Bond Offerings

On May 21, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted amendments to its rules governing financial disclosures relating to acquisitions and dispositions of businesses. ...more

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Proskauer’s Study Examines 2017 IPOs

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Welcome to this fifth edition of Proskauer’s IPO Study. In it you will find our analysis of market practices and trends for U.S.-listed initial public offerings (IPOs). Our proprietary database and analyses now cover 462 IPOs...more

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Proskauer’s 2017 IPO Study

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Proskauer’s Global Capital Markets Group has released its fourth annual IPO Study, a comprehensive analysis of U.S.-listed initial public offerings that priced in 2016, including an identification of IPO trends over a...more

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CFPB Grabs for SEC/CFTC Turf

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In May, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) proposed a ban on “mandatory arbitration” contract clauses that make financial products consumers waive their right to join class actions. Broker-dealers,...more

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Broker-Lite: FINRA Built It, But Will They Come?

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On August 18, 2016, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved a new Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) rule series intended as a “lite” framework for the registration and regulation of brokers that...more

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SEC Approves Rule to Regulate Debt Research Reports and Debt Research Analysts

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Background - Eight years in the making, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has finally approved the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority’s (FINRA's) proposed Rule 2242 (the Rule or Rule 2242), which will...more

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