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The Volkov Law Group

SEC Outlines “Effective Cooperation” Standard

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The Securities and Exchange Commission is catching up to DOJ.  Not in enforcement but in transparency. After years of criticism, the Justice Department has set the gold standard for transparency and providing guidance on...more

Royer Cooper Cohen Braunfeld LLC

Is Your Compliance Program Active or Passive? It Matters.

The SEC's Director of the Division of Enforcement, Gurbir S. Grewal, outlined five principles of effective cooperation with the SEC during his keynote address at the Securities Enforcement Forum West 2024 conference...more

Fenwick & West LLP

Securities Law Update - June 2024

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Welcome to the latest edition of Fenwick’s Securities Law Update....more

Cornerstone Research

SEC Enforcement Activity: Public Companies and Subsidiaries—FY 2023 Executive Summary

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SEC enforcement actions against public companies and subsidiaries rose again in FY 2023, with 91 new actions filed, the third highest of any fiscal year in SEED. Although filings increased, total monetary settlements fell to...more

Holland & Knight LLP

SEC Announces Record-Setting Enforcement Results for Fiscal Year 2023

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The SEC's Division of Enforcement recently announced its Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 results, touting a record-setting year. Rather than repeat Enforcement's detailed report available here, we boil the data down to give our readers...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Cooperation with SEC: Yielding More Benefits, but Lack of Predictability Remains

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Although the SEC has long adhered to its Seaboard Report of Investigation to outline the analytical framework for the agency's cooperation program for companies, the exact benefits of self-policing, self-reporting,...more

Cornerstone Research

SEC Enforcement Actions Against Public Companies and Subsidiaries Jump in FY 2023

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Total monetary value of settlements fell to lowest level in last eight fiscal years. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filed 91 enforcement actions against public companies and subsidiaries in fiscal year...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Executive Perks: A Hammer Finds Its Nail in SEC Settlement with Tool Company

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We return once more to the issue of public company executive perquisites or "perks" – a topic we anticipated last year would "be a hot-button enforcement issue for the foreseeable future." We were not wrong. In light of the...more

McDermott Will & Emery

DOJ Revamps Corporate Criminal Enforcement Policies with Continued Emphasis on Compliance

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At a September 15, 2022, speech at New York University School of Law, US Deputy Attorney General (Deputy AG) Lisa Monaco announced several new policies intended to further the aggressive stance the US Department of Justice...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

Key Enforcement Highlights from SEC Speaks 2019

On April 5-6, 2019, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) held its annual SEC Speaks Conference in Washington, D.C. Summarized below are several significant insights conveyed by SEC Staff that are instructive for...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

SEC Investigations: A Guide for Public Company Directors, Officers, and In-House Counsel

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Even public companies with a strong code of conduct, an exemplary tone at the top, robust internal controls, and a culture of compliance may face allegations of misconduct that can lead to an investigation by the Division of...more

Dechert LLP

Federal Court Finds “Oral Downloads” to SEC Waived Attorney Work Product Protection

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U.S. Magistrate Judge Jonathan Goodman, in the Southern District of Florida, ruled last month that outside counsel’s “oral downloads” of internal investigation findings to the Staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

CFTC’s Enforcement Division Announces New Focus on Self-Reporting

Upon discovering a potential violation, a company is often faced with the dilemma of whether to self-report the incident to its regulator or attempt to deal with the incident through exclusively internal means. On September...more

NAVEX

Compliance Paid for Itself in Many Ways in 2016

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“A culture of ethics ties long-term performance to the interests of long-term stakeholders.” — Larry Fink, Chief Executive of Blackrock The quote above was mentioned by Timothy Erblich, CEO of Ethisphere, at the...more

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