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Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP

Nutter Securities Enforcement Update: March 1, 2024

The Nutter Securities Enforcement Update is a periodic update of noteworthy recent securities enforcement activity, settlements, decisions, and charges. We provide brief summaries that highlight recent enforcement action...more

Proskauer - Corporate Defense and Disputes

SEC Enforcement Director and SDNY/EDNY Officials Address Enforcement Priorities

SEC Division of Enforcement Director Gurbir Grewal and several high-ranking officials from the U.S. Attorney’s Offices for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York and the FBI spoke on November 29, 2022 at a conference...more

Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP

Nutter Securities Enforcement Update: March 1, 2022

The Nutter Securities Enforcement Update is a periodic summary of noteworthy recent securities enforcement activity, settlements, decisions, and charges. ...more

Foley Hoag LLP - White Collar Law &...

SEC Enforcement in 2021: A Look Ahead

Editors’ Note: With the advent of the Biden presidency, we invite you to join us as we examine important trends in white collar law and investigations. Our first entry takes a closer look at SEC enforcement. Up next: a review...more

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Brazilian meatpacking company settles multiple investigations by US authorities

CEP Magazine (January 2021) - Brazil’s J&F Investimentos and JBS SA agreed to pay fines to the United States Department of Justice and the Securities and Exchange Commission for bribery and insider trading. J&F, owned by...more

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U.S. Supreme Court Allows Profits-Based SEC Disgorgement Awards

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The Court holds that the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") can continue to seek disgorgement from wrongdoers, while narrowing the remedy to net profits that are returned to victims. In Liu v. SEC, 591 U.S. ___...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

The SEC’s First Quarter: A Review

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The first quarter of 2020 ended with the markets plummeting to new lows and much of the country shuttered in an effort to avoid transmitting COVID-19.  SEC Enforcement finished the quarter by not filing any new cases in the...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Private Funds Litigation/Regulatory Year in Review and 2019 Outlook

Although the SEC did not bring as many headline enforcement actions against private funds as in years past, it continues to devote substantial resources and attention on investment advisers. The SEC will maintain its...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Insider Trading - 2018 Annual Review

LOOKING BACK - “The crime of insider trading is a straightforward concept that some courts have somehow managed to complicate.” So lamented United States District Court Judge Jed Rakoff in December 2018. His unorthodox...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Corporate Investigations and White Collar Defense - March 2017

DOJ's New Guidance for Evaluating Corporate Compliance Programs - Why it matters: On February 8, 2017, the DOJ released, to little fanfare, a new guidance document entitled "Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs."...more

Morgan Lewis

SEC Speaks 2017

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Commission staff highlight key developments and successes in the SEC enforcement program. As they do every year, senior officials from the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC or the Commission), including current...more

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SEC Enforcement: 2016 in Review and Looking Ahead to 2017

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Enforcement activity increased again in fiscal year 2016, and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) continued to pursue a broad agenda. Consistent with former Chair Mary Jo White’s “broken windows” enforcement...more

BakerHostetler

2016 Year-End Securities Litigation and Enforcement Highlights

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Welcome to the 2016 Year-End Report from the BakerHostetler Securities Litigation and Regulatory Enforcement Practice Team. The purpose of this Report is to provide a periodic survey, apart from our team Executive...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Corporate Investigations and White Collar Defense - December 2016

Insider Trading: Supreme Court Affirms Salman - Why it matters: On December 6, 2016 the Supreme Court decided Salman v. U.S., in which it upheld the petitioner’s insider trading conviction. The Court found its 1983...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

Investment Management Update

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IRS Issues Proposed Regulations Providing Guidance On The Tax Qualification Of Mutual Funds - On September 27, 2016, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued proposed regulations (Proposed Regulations) that provide...more

Proskauer Rose LLP

2016 Proskauer Annual Review and Outlook for Hedge Funds, Private Equity Funds and Other Private Funds

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This special report provides a summary of some of the significant changes and developments that occurred in the past year in the private equity and hedge funds space, as well as certain recommended practices that investment...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Corporate Investigations and White Collar Defense - October 2016

Supreme Court: What Constitutes an Insider Trading “Personal Benefit” - Why it matters: On October 5, 2016, the Supreme Court heard oral argument in Salman v. United States, where the central issue was what the...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Corporate Investigations and White Collar Defense - July 2016

“Official Acts”—What They Are… and Are Not - Why it matters: On June 27, 2016, the Supreme Court decided McDonnell v. U.S., holding that, for purposes of the federal public corruption statutes, an “official act”...more

A&O Shearman

Securities Enforcement: 2016 Mid-Year Review

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The Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC or the Commission) brought over 400 enforcement actions in the first half of 2016 and is on pace to surpass its record of 807 enforcements actions in a single fiscal year, which...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

This Week In Securities Litigation

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Budget hearings were a focus this week as the Chair of the SEC and Chairman of the CFTC visited Capitol Hill. Both sought substantial increases, requesting more money for technology, inspections and enforcement. While the...more

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This Week In Securities Litigation

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The SEC had a significant courtroom victory this week, prevailing in the Payton insider trading trial. A jury returned a verdict in favor of the agency. ...more

K&L Gates LLP

Highlights from the SEC Speaks — 2016 Enforcement Priorities

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Senior members of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (“SEC” or “Commission”) Division of Enforcement (“Division”) addressed the defense bar on February 19, 2016, during the Practising Law Institute’s annual “SEC Speaks”...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

SEC Speaks Conference 2016: Key Takeaways for Public Companies

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Senior SEC enforcement staff “Speaks” to the division’s performance in 2015 and identifies priorities for 2016. Senior members of the Enforcement Division of the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) gathered on...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Corporate Investigations & White Collar Defense - February 2016

Eye on the Courts—Recent Opinions and Rulings of Note - Why it matters: From a white collar and securities fraud standpoint, there has been a lot of noteworthy activity in the courts of late. The Supreme Court granted...more

Morgan Lewis

SEC Speaks 2016: Enforcement Panels Double Down on Use of Data Analytics

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Data collection and analysis continue to impact SEC’s approach to enforcement. The increasing use of data analytics to jump-start investigations and enforcement efforts dominated the panel discussion at this year’s...more

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