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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
Will Resiliency Carry the Digital Asset Sector Through 2024: Federal Legislative Developments and OFAC Consent Orders — The Crypto Exchange Podcast
In 2021, the Department of Labor (DOL) issued cybersecurity guidance for ERISA-covered retirement plans. The guidance expands the duties retirement plan fiduciaries have when selecting service providers. Specifically, the DOL...more
Compliance Update for the week Ending April 5, 2024 - For our clients and compliance colleagues, this weekly update will give you a quick look at the latest regulatory developments. Enjoy!...more
Almost two years after the publication of proposed rules (the Proposed Rules) on March 30, 2022, the SEC has adopted final rules (the Final Rules) to enhance disclosure and expand liability in initial public offerings by...more
On October 27, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (the “FTC”) adopted a final rule (“Final Rule”) to amend the Standards for Safeguarding Customer Information (the “Safeguards Rule”). Among other things, the Final Rule will...more
Regulators across the globe continue to focus on disclosures and marketing relating to environmental, social, and governance (ESG) issues. Consistent with this trend, on September 20, 2023, the U.S. Securities and Exchange...more
On February 9, 2022, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) proposed new rules under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 regarding the regulation of private funds.1 A private fund is an investment company, usually a...more
The SEC’s Cybersecurity Risk Management Strategy, Governance, and Incident Disclosure Rules were officially published in the Federal Register on August 4, 2023 and go into effect on September 5, 2023....more
On July 26, a divided SEC adopted a final rule outlining disclosure requirements for publicly traded companies in the event of a material cybersecurity incident. ...more
On July 26, the Securities and Exchange Commission adopted a new rule regarding cybersecurity risk management, strategy, governance, and incident disclosure. The “Cybersecurity Incident Disclosure Rule” will be applicable to...more
On June 7, 2023, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) adopted, pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (“Exchange Act”), (i) new Rule 9j-1 to combat fraud, manipulation, and deception in connection with...more
Issuers must disclose daily quantitative share repurchase information on a quarterly or semi-annual basis depending on the type of issuer, but not after every repurchase as had been initially proposed - Issuers must...more
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), under Chair Gary Gensler, has a robust rulemaking agenda with substantial new governance and disclosure requirements and proposed requirements. In 2022, the SEC approved a...more
The Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council (“FAR Council”) published a proposed rule in the Federal Register on November 14, 2022, that would create several significant compliance obligations for federal contractors....more
On October 26, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued a rule release (Release) that proposed new and amended rules (Proposed Rule) under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended (Advisers Act)....more
On October 26, 2022, the Securities and Exchange Commission adopted the clawback rules required by Section 10D of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, which was added over a dozen years ago by the Dodd-Frank Act. Stock...more
The Final Rule issued under the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) is, as forecast, a sweeping and significant update to the U.S. anti-money laundering laws, estimated to affect over 32 million entities by requiring new reports...more
On August 26, 2022, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission announced that it had adopted two amendments to its whistleblower program rules proposed earlier this year (see our post here). The first amendment allows...more
On July 13, 2022, the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") proposed amendments to Rule 14a-8 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the shareholder proposal rule.1 The proposed amendments would revise three of the...more
Last week, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) voted 3-2 to take the following actions: Propose new amendments to Rule 14a-8, the shareholder proposal rule. Adopt new amendments to the rules regarding proxy...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
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
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed changes on May 25, 2022, to the rules and disclosure forms pertaining to the ways advisers and funds incorporate Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) factors into...more
On March 21, the Securities and Exchange Commission released its much-anticipated proposed climate disclosure rule that would require public issuers to provide certain climate-related information in their public filings. ...more
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)’s much-anticipated and ground-breaking proposed rule for the disclosure of climate-related risks, “The Enhancement and Standardization of Climate-Related Disclosures for Investors”...more
As anticipated in an earlier SECond Opinions post, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) voted 3-1 today to approve proposed amendments to Form Private Fund (PF), a form the commission uses to collect data about...more