While the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) new climate-related disclosure rules remain stayed, the SEC has not abandoned its focus on sustainability-related issues. On September 10, 2024, the SEC charged Keurig Dr...more
9/12/2024
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On July 18, 2024, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York dismissed most of the claims brought by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) against SolarWinds Corp. and its Chief...more
8/13/2024
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On October 30, 2023, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), filed a complaint against SolarWinds Corp. (“SolarWinds” or the “Company”) for fraud and internal and disclosure controls failures relating to allegedly...more
On August 22, the Securities and Exchange Commission announced settled enforcement actions against five companies for violations of Exchange Act Rule 12b-25, which requires a notification to be filed whenever a company does...more
8/29/2023
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Securities Violations
A number of recent SEC enforcement actions alleging failure to disclose perquisites, summarized below, highlight the importance of the questionnaires routinely used in connection with the preparation of SEC reports and proxy...more
On November 20, 2020, the Staff of the SEC’s Division of Corporate Finance, Division of Investment Management, and Division of Trading and Markets issued a statement that it would not recommend enforcement action against...more
The SEC continued its recent run of rulemaking activity with two sets of amendments last week that impact reporting by public companies. On Tuesday, November 17, the SEC announced that it will begin to permit the use of...more
Earlier this week, the Securities and Exchange Commission announced that it had settled charges against four public companies for failing to maintain internal control over financial reporting (ICFR) over the course of seven...more
On Friday, the Securities and Exchange Commission announced that it had settled enforcement actions against five companies for violating the Regulation S-X requirement that interim financial statements included in quarterly...more