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Compliance Tip of the Day: Measuring Compliance Training Effectiveness
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Episode 369 -- Stepping Into the Enforcement Spotlight -- Customs and Border Patrol and Import Enforcement
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As a result of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC or the Commission) recently extending relief that the Commission originally granted under its 2019 Compliance Statement, security-based swap (SBS) market participants...more
New C&DIs related to Reg A and Reg D - On March 12, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Division of Corporation Finance (Corp Fin) issued new and updated compliance and disclosure interpretations (C&DIs) under...more
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For most registered investment advisers (RIAs), their annual update to Form ADV will be due on March 31, 2025. We have received several questions about “custody” and peculiar situations where RIAs may inadvertently have...more
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has published no-action guidance providing clarity to issuers relying on Rule 506(c) of Regulation D – an exempt offering pathway that permits issuers to publicly advertise an...more
Katten's Financial Markets and Funds Quick Take is a monthly newsletter highlighting key noteworthy developments potentially affecting financial markets and funds....more
On February 28, 2025, House Financial Services Committee Chairman French Hill (R-AR), Senate Banking Committee Chairman Tim Scott (R-SC), and Senator Tom Cotton (R-AR) sent a letter (the “Letter”) to Securities and Exchange...more
With the 2025 proxy season upon us, this Alert highlights governance, disclosure, and engagement considerations for companies preparing for their 2025 annual meetings. Many of the governance and disclosure matters discussed...more
Katten's Privacy, Data and Cybersecurity Quick Clicks is a monthly newsletter highlighting the latest news and legal developments involving privacy, data and cybersecurity issues across the globe....more
ISS issues statement regarding consideration of diversity factors in US director election assessments - Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) announced that due to the recent increased attention on diversity, equity and...more
In June 2023, Mintz published an article entitled “A Quantitative Analysis of Comment Letters Issued by the SEC Concerning Climate Change Disclosures” (the June 2023 Article), which analyzed the comment letters related to...more
Securities issuers and their counsel have historically relied on the fact that the SEC has not pursued enforcement actions against issuers that have not filed, or been delayed in filing, a Form D in connection with offerings...more
Welcome to the latest edition of Fenwick’s Securities Law Update. This issue contains updates and important reminders on...more
On February 6, 2025, the SEC announced that it was providing a temporary exemption from compliance with Rule 13f-2 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”), which establishes a mandatory short reporting...more
The Investment Company Institute (ICI) has asked the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in a comment letter to delay enforcement of its new short sale disclosure rules (the “Short Sale Final Rules”) until additional...more
The new year always marks the start of a busy regulatory filing season for registered investment advisers, including investment advisers that file Form PF (“Form PF Filers”). This year could be especially challenging since,...more
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) brought a number of notable enforcement proceedings against public companies in fiscal year 2024, which ended September 30, 2024, and into the first quarter of fiscal year 2025....more
Normally, I don’t pay too much attention to the speeches that SEC Commissioners deliver because it’s the SEC Chair that wields the real clout. But given where we are with a new SEC Chair to be sworn in over the coming months...more
As former Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) Chair Gary Gensler’s term came to a close following his resignation announcement in November 2024, the SEC issued another order targeting what has proved to be one of...more
On January 14, 2025, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) sued Elon Musk over his 2022 acquisition of Twitter, Inc. stock and alleged failure to timely disclose a 5% ownership stake in Twitter, as required...more
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It has been nearly five years since the US Securities and Exchange Commission (‘SEC’ or ‘the Commission’) adopted Regulation Best Interest (Reg BI) to enhance the standard of conduct applicable to broker-dealers when they...more
This periodic bulletin is designed to help companies identify important legal developments governing the use and acceptance of blockchain technology, smart contracts, and digital assets. While the use cases for blockchain...more
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently issued a notice of noncompliance to the FADOI Foundation, citing the organization’s failure to submit required clinical trial results to ClinicalTrials.gov. The notice...more
In a settled enforcement action, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) charged Shift4 Payments, Inc. (“Shift4”), a payment processing company based in Pennsylvania, with failing to disclose payments made to immediate...more