On April 3, 2017, the District Court for the District of Columbia (the “District Court”) entered a final judgment (the “Final Judgment”) in the case of National Association of Manufacturers, et al., v. SEC. The Final Judgment...more
On March 28, 2017, the U.S. District Court for the District of Salt Lake City granted the SEC’s request for a preliminary injunction in SEC v. Traffic Monsoon, LLC. The SEC’s complaint was brought in connection with Traffic...more
On February 28, 2017, the SEC issued an order (the “Order”) temporarily suspending the ability of Web Debt Solutions, LLC (“Web Debt”) to utilize Regulation A, pursuant to its authority under Securities Act Rule 258. The...more
On February 1, 2017, the NYSE issued separate Listed Company Compliance Guidance memoranda for both U.S. companies (“Domestic Companies”) and foreign private issuers (“FPIs”) listed on the NYSE. Below is a brief overview of...more
On December 8, 2016, the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (“SEC”) Division of Corporation Finance (the “Staff”) released several new compliance and disclosure interpretations (“C&DIs”) clarifying the definition of...more
New FINRA Rule 2241 covering equity research reports and analysts and new FINRA Rule 2242 covering debt research reports took effect less than a year ago in December 2015 and July 2016, respectively; and market practice with...more
Updating Unregistered Structured Note Programs: How Frequently? -
For some types of securities offering programs, we have “black letter law” that instructs issuers how frequently the program documentation should be...more
9/15/2016
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The Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act (the “JOBS Act”) included a measure directing the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC” or “Commission”) to relax the prohibition against general solicitation and general...more
6/20/2016
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Why another law firm newsletter? Over ten years ago, Will Stern answered that question in the first Editor’s Note of the first Financial Services Report. Some things have changed since then—we no longer print and mail paper...more
3/9/2016
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EU-US Privacy Shield ,
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In November 2014, FINRA proposed to adopt NASD Rule 2711 as new FINRA Rule 2241, with several modifications, to address conflicts of interest relating to equity research analysts and research reports (“Rule 2241”). FINRA...more
On January 12, 2016, the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Division of Corporation Finance (the “Division”) granted no-action relief to the College Savings Plan Network (“CSPN”), an affiliate of the National Association of...more