A complaint recently filed by the SEC against Vale S.A., a Brazilian mining company with U.S.-traded American Depository Receipts (ADRs), signals an increased risk of enforcement actions targeting misrepresentations and...more
On June 11, the Biden administration’s Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) released the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC or Commission) rulemaking agenda (Rulemaking Agenda) as part of the Spring 2021...more
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This year, the SEC has established its focus on disclosure and compliance issues related to environmental, social, and governance (ESG) matters. Recent developments by the SEC concerning ESG issues signal that...more
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently settled an enforcement action in which it found that a public company failed to develop and implement adequate controls around a stock buyback program. The action...more
The DOJ’s Yates Memo makes individual prosecutions a higher priority and makes a company’s own identification of potentially culpable individuals an explicit factor in assessing cooperation credit....more
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