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All Things Investigations: Anchored in Fraud: Mike DeBernardis and Shayda Vance on Austal USA’s Scandal
The Legal Tightrope: Surviving Parallel Investigations
Navigating Government Contracts: Diana Shaw on Oversight and Whistleblower Protections
From Court to Code: Smart Contracts and Arbitration
Episode 335 -- The New DOJ Whistleblower Program
Navigating Emerging Privacy Issues in Financial Services — The Consumer Finance Podcast
Implications of the SEC Cybersecurity Disclosure Rule
Corruption, Crime and Compliance: SEC Suffers Dismissal of Claims in Solarwinds Securities Fraud Case
Episode 334 -- District Court Dismisses Bulk of SEC Claims Against Solarwinds
The Woody Report: The Solar Winds Dismissal
In That Case: Securities and Exchange Commission v. Jarkesy
Corruption, Crime and Compliance: Deep Dive into The SEC’s Settlement with R&R Donnelly on Cybersecurity Controls
Episode 332 -- Deep Dive into SEC’s Internal Controls and Cybersecurity Settlement with R&R Donnelly
The Justice Insiders Podcast: Jarkesy’s Implications for the Administrative State
DE Under 3: OFCCP Must Shut Down its Administrative Court Prosecutions as a Result of SCOTUS’ SEC Jury Trial Case Decision
Dogecoin’s Day in Court
Unpacking the Lummis-Gillibrand Payment Stablecoin Act: Implications for the Digital Asset Industry — The Crypto Exchange Podcast
Podcast: Is Cryptocurrency a Security (like an orange grove)?
Navigating the Regulatory Waters: The SEC's Wells Notice to Uniswap and its Impact on DeFi — The Crypto Exchange Podcast
Effective July 31, 2024, large accelerated filers must submit fee data in Inline XBRL format in registration statements, fee bearing proxies and tenders offers, with all other filers phased in beginning July 31, 2025....more
Companies engaged in certain transactions, including registered securities offerings, tender offers, and mergers and acquisitions, are required to prepare and file a separate filing fee exhibit as part of their transactional...more
On September 27, 2023, facing the prospect of a lapse of appropriations, the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Division of Corporation Finance published a summary of the anticipated impact on its operations of...more
On September 27, 2023, the Division of Corporation Finance (Division) of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) published an announcement about its anticipated operations in the event of a potential government...more
Venture capital and private equity funds with public companies in their portfolios – or whose principals sit on public company boards – are likely to be impacted by the new electronic filing requirements adopted by the...more
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) has adopted new rules that will require the affiliates of public companies to electronically submit their Form 144 filings (as opposed to filing those forms manually),...more
On March 22, the SEC proposed amendments intended to “modernize” filing procedures through the use of electronic filings on EDGAR using structured data as appropriate....more
Securities Act Rule 144 provides a “safe harbor” from the registration (but not the antifraud) provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (“Securities Act”), for resales of two types of securities: “restricted...more
New deadlines and obligations for insiders and corporate secretaries are coming up as result of rule changes, including the following: February 27, 2023 - Form 4 reporting for gifts - February 27, 2023 is the...more
On June 2, 2022, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) announced the adoption of its 2021 proposed amendments regarding the mode of filing certain forms and documents. Historically, SEC rules permitted or...more
On June 2, 2022, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted rule amendments that require, among other things, Forms 144 to be filed electronically using the SEC’s EDGAR system, rather than through a paper...more
On September 23, 2022, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") released the electronic version of Form 144. This follows the SEC's adoption on June 2, 2022 of rule amendments that require all Forms 144 to be filed...more
That’s the headline on a sidebar on the SEC’s newest Form 144 EDGAR page, providing psychological support and comfort to ease the trauma—I mean the transition—for new filers of electronic Forms 144. You might recall that, in...more
On June 2, 2022, the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) adopted amendments to Exchange Act Rule 14a-3, Form 10-K and Regulation S-T, among others, which mandate that registrants electronically submit to...more
IN SHORT - The Situation: The Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") adopted amendments that will mandate the electronic submission of certain documents, including Form 144, the form filed by insiders in connection...more
In 1993, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) began mandating the electronic submission of various reports and other documents filed with the SEC. The SEC has once again expanded the categories of documents that must...more
SEC Adopts New Electronic Filing Requirements for Institutional Investment Managers and Advisers; Amendments to Form 13F - The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has adopted amendments requiring investment advisers,...more
SEC publishes spring 2022 agenda - On June 22, the Securities and Exchange Commission published its Regulatory Flexibility Agenda for spring 2022, which is jampacked (as expected) with pending and new rulemakings. Some...more
After proposing an unprecedented volume of rules in the first quarter of 2022 related to ESG, cybersecurity risk management, insider trading, and issuer repurchases, among other rules, the Securities and Exchange Commission...more
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced last week that it will now require electronic submissions via its Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval (EDGAR) system for certain applications, namely...more
Changes include switching from paper to electronic filing requirement for confidential treatment requests. On June 23, 2022, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted certain amendments to Form 13F (the Adopting...more
On June 3, 2022, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted amendments to modernize how certain information is filed or submitted to the SEC. In particular, the amendments will require, among other things, that...more
The SEC recently adopted rule amendments that will require registrants and other persons to file or otherwise submit electronically via EDGAR a variety of documents that previously could be submitted in either electronic or...more
On June 3, 2022, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) announced its adoption of rule and form amendments expanding the requirement of electronic filing to include certain documents that are currently permitted...more
On August 1, 2022, the SEC’s structured data reporting rules governing business development companies will become effective. These rules, which were originally adopted in April 2020, require BDCs to tag certain submissions...more