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Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

SEC Adopts Final Rules on SPACs, Shell Companies and Projections

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently adopted final rules (available here; also see the fact sheet and press release) representing significant changes to  special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs), shell...more

Vinson & Elkins LLP

The SEC Closes the Cookie Jar - Recent SEC Enforcement Activity Reaffirms Focus on Improper Earnings Management

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On April 18, 2021, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) announced the fourth enforcement action arising from its EPS Initiative, charging Rollins Inc. (“Rollins”) and its former chief financial officer (“CFO”) with...more

Winstead PC

SPACs in the Spotlight: Skyrocketing Deal Volume Invites Regulatory Scrutiny

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Capital raising through Special-Purpose Acquisition Companies (“SPACs”) has gone through the roof in the last two years. Last year was by far the single highest deal value for SPACs, and the first quarter of 2021 has already...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

COVID19 Investment Scams Become Focal Point of Securities Regulators

The Massachusetts Securities Division (the Division) warns that the average investor is overwhelmed by the COVID-19 pandemic. The Division points to several COVID-19-related items such as physical isolation, job uncertainty...more

A&O Shearman

Southern District Of New York Dismisses Putative Class Action Against Digital Services Company For Failure To Adequately Allege...

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On August 28, 2019, Judge Lorna G. Schofield of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York dismissed a putative class action against the digital services and development company Synacor, Inc. and...more

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