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Jenner & Block

Client Alert: DOJ Continues Its Trend of Strengthening Incentives to Report Corporate Misconduct

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Just over a month after Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco announced the upcoming launch of the Department of Justice’s whistleblower rewards program, the DOJ Criminal Division unveiled its newest program to incentivize...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

SEHK Suspends Trading in Hong Kong Listed Company Pursuant to SFC’s Directions

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The SFC exercises its powers to order the suspension of trading in shares in a listed company to protect investors’ interests. On 15 April 2024, The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (SEHK) suspended trading in the...more

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Tennessee v. BlackRock: How this Case Informs How We Look Back and Look Ahead at ESG

This is the final post in our 2024 Year in Preview series examining important trends in white collar law and investigations in the coming year... Politicians in Republican-led states have painted a target on environmental,...more

Woodruff Sawyer

SPACs Poised to Turn a Corner in 2024: Annual Risk Update

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Here we are again—another year of SPAC ennui. We’re hearing derisive comments about the death of SPACs, unending deadline extensions, almost 200 liquidations, 70 deal terminations, and general SPAC malaise. If you’ve followed...more

Vinson & Elkins LLP

[Hybrid Event] Navigating the SEC: A 2023 Look Back and Look Forward - August 31st, Houston, TX

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Sarah Morgan, M&A and Capital Markets partner, and Rebecca Fike, Securities Litigation and Government Investigations partner will give a look back at the first half of 2023 through SEC Enforcement actions, public speeches,...more

Oberheiden P.C.

Ten Key Facts about SEC Investigations for CEOs and In-House Counsel

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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) investigates publicly-traded and privately-held companies for a broad range of statutory and regulatory violations. SEC investigations can target issues ranging from...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Hong Kong Regulatory Update - January 2023

查看中文 - This January 2023 update provides an overview of key regulatory developments in the past three months relevant to companies listed, or planning to list, on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (HKEx) and their...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

The SEC’s Fast-Approaching Cybersecurity Overhaul for Public Companies and Regulated Entities

The SEC has nearly doubled the size of its Crypto Assets and Cyber Unit and has aggressively pursued cyber-related enforcement actions against public companies and regulated entities. In a few months the SEC will finalize...more

Perkins Coie

New York Cannabis Co. Investor Suit Survives Motion To Dismiss

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The District Court for the Western District of New York denied a motion on January 6, 2023, to dismiss claims alleging that a publicly traded company misled investors regarding an investigation by the U.S. Securities and...more

Pillsbury - Policyholder Pulse blog

Closing Up the SPAC Shop: Insurance Consequences and Opportunities for Liquidating SPACs

In 2020 and 2021, Special Purpose Acquisition Companies (SPACs) were all the rage. A SPAC is a “blank check company,” publicly traded, and organized for the purpose of merging with a private company. It’s a mechanism for a...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Skadden’s 2023 Insights – Five Critical Areas for the Year Ahead

The pandemic’s impact may be subsiding, but businesses are encountering new challenges across the globe, including the potential for an economic retrenchment, rising interest rates, shifting regulatory and litigation...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Second Circuit Ups the Ante on Disclosing Government Probes

Must a public company disclose to its shareholders that it is under investigation by a government agency? The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit recently shifted the legal landscape by expanding when a company has a...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Half a Loaf Is Not Enough: Second Circuit Sustains Fraud Claim for Failure to Disclose SEC Investigation

Companies under US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) investigation focus on marshaling the facts, defenses and related strategies during the course of the investigation and making presentations to the enforcement...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Second Circuit Sustains Fraud Claim for Not Disclosing SEC Investigation

Companies under US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) investigation focus on marshaling the facts, defenses and related strategies during the course of the investigation and making presentations to the enforcement...more

McDermott Will & Emery

[Webinar] 2022 Enforcement Outlook Series: Focus On SEC Enforcement - June 21st, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm EDT

To help you stay up-to-date on the enforcement trends impacting your compliance strategy, McDermott is pleased to invite you to the 2022 Enforcement Outlook webinar series, which covers key areas of enforcement on the second...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Betting on Technology: SEC's Reliance on Risk-Based Data Analytics to Detect Earnings Management

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As the SECond Opinions Blog continues our review of FY 2021 U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) enforcement activity, we take a deeper dive into the agency's use of technology to generate enforcement leads. The...more

Goodwin

SPAC 2021 Year-End Review and 2022 Preview: Tailwinds, Headwinds, and Regulatory Landscape

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The SPAC market has withstood many challenges throughout 2021, including softening of the private investment in public equity (PIPE) market for a majority of the year after a very robust first quarter for initial business...more

Oberheiden P.C.

The SEC Investigation Process: An Overview

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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) investigates companies, brokerage firms, and individuals for a broad range of statutory and regulatory violations. These investigations can lead to civil or administrative...more

Stinson - Corporate & Securities Law Blog

PCAOB Proposes Rule to Create Framework for HFCAA Determinations

The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board has proposed a new rule provide a framework for its determinations under the Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act, or the HFCAA....more

Lowenstein Sandler LLP

Managing The Risk Of Emerging COVID-19 Securities Liabilities With D&O Insurance

With a new year and the introduction of multiple vaccines, there is much hope that the end of the COVID-19 pandemic is in sight. Nevertheless, the pandemic will have wide-ranging consequences far beyond its end date...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

SEC Enforcement’s First Public Company Cases Resulting from its EPS Initiative

On September 28, 2020, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) announced two settlements against public companies and individual charges against the former controller and chief accounting officer and the...more

Polsinelli

SEC Signals Increased Investigation Activities in Light of COVID-19

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While many businesses and government offices have closed or slowed as a result of the onset of COVID-19, the Securities and Exchange Commission remains open for business. On April 3, 2020, Sagar Teotia, the SEC’s Chief...more

Stinson - Corporate & Securities Law Blog

SEC Brings Enforcement Action for Loss Contingency Disclosure

The SEC recently settled an enforcement action against Mylan N.V., claiming Mylan failed to timely disclose to investors a possible loss relating to a nearly two-year Department of Justice  probe into whether Mylan...more

WilmerHale

SEC Cautions Issuers to Consider Cyber Threats When Devising and Maintaining Internal Accounting Controls

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Yesterday, the Securities and Exchange Commission released an investigative report regarding its investigation into whether nine public companies that were victims of cyber-related frauds violated federal securities laws by...more

K&L Gates LLP

Are Public Companies Required to Disclose that the Government is Investigating Them?

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For many public companies, the first issue they have to confront after they receive a government subpoena or Civil Investigative Demand (“CID”) is whether to disclose publicly that they are under investigation. Curiously, the...more

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