The global COVID-19 pandemic, severe weather events, and the social unrest unleashed in the United States over the past year have amplified the role of Environmental, Social and Governance (“ESG”) as a driving factor in...more
WHAT TO CONSIDER TO AVOID A SPIRAL, IF YOUR COMPANY IS THE NEXT TO GO VIRAL. The recent meteoric rise (and subsequent fall) of GameStop, AMC Theaters and a host of other “meme stocks” has prompted hedge funds, investment...more
2/15/2021
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Hedge Funds ,
Internet Memes ,
Investment ,
Investment Banks ,
Investors ,
Market Manipulation ,
Market Volatility ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Stocks
In a remarkable year for the equity markets in 2020, the increased use of Special Purpose Acquisition Companies (“SPACs”) to take companies public stands out as a defining trend. In 2020, well-known private businesses – like...more
1/26/2021
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Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Division of Corporate Finance ,
Due Diligence ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Form S-1 ,
Hart-Scott-Rodino Act ,
Initial Public Offering (IPO) ,
Popular ,
Private Equity Firms ,
PSLRA ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Securities Act of 1933 ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Sherman Act ,
Special Purpose Acquisition Companies (SPACs)
Healthcare systems, hospital networks, and other healthcare providers regularly face challenges that may require an internal investigation to determine the root cause of an issue in order to evaluate how best to remediate and...more
11/12/2019
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Audits ,
Best Practices ,
Data Preservation ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Health Care Providers ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
Internal Investigations ,
Medicare ,
Overpayment ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Risk Management ,
Witnesses
On March 27, 2019, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its decision in Lorenzo v. SEC,[i] affirming the expansive view of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC” or “Commission”) that, under the right circumstances,...more
4/5/2019
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Corporate Officers ,
Directors ,
Enforcement Actions ,
False Statements ,
Fines ,
Intent to Defraud ,
Investment Banks ,
Janus Capital Group Inc v First Derivative Traders ,
Lorenzo v SEC ,
Material Dissemination ,
Misleading Statements ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Reaffirmation ,
Rule 10b-5 ,
Scienter ,
SCOTUS ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Exchange Act ,
Securities Violations ,
Suspensions