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Morrison & Foerster LLP

A Comparative Analysis of 2022 and 2023 SEC Comments Issued to REITs

In recent years, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has increased its scrutiny of disclosure in public filings, as evidenced by an increase in the number of comments issued to public reporting companies. This trend...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

SEC Adopts Final Rules Mandating Compensation Clawback Policies

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On October 26, 2022, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted final rules implementing Section 954 of the Dodd-Frank Act by directing national securities exchanges and associations, such as the New York Stock...more

Cooley LLP

Blog: SEC issues form amendments related to disclosure and submissions under the Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act

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In December 2020, the Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act was signed into law. As you may recall, the HFCAA amends SOX to impose certain requirements on a public company identified by the SEC as a company that files in...more

Mayer Brown Free Writings + Perspectives

New Definitions of Accelerated and Large Accelerated Filer

The Securities and Exchange Commission adopted amendments to the accelerated filer and large accelerated filer definitions, which impact the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002....more

Stinson - Corporate & Securities Law Blog

SEC Reverses PCAOB’s Findings of Repeated Negligent Conduct by Audit Partner

In a review of a PCAOB disciplinary proceeding the SEC took the rare step of cancelling the PCAOB’s finding that an audit partner of a Big Four firm engaged in repeated instances of negligent conduct during the audit of a...more

Stinson - Corporate & Securities Law Blog

SEC Proposes to Modify Filer Definitions and Obligations under SOX 404(b)

Current SEC reporting requirements establish three different filer statuses that categorizes issuers subject to Exchange Act reporting requirements as non-accelerated, accelerated, and large accelerated filers....more

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Fifth Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Former VP’s SOX Claim as Unreasonable

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In Wallace v. Andeavor Corp., the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the grant of summary judgment to an employer on a former vice president’s Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) whistleblower claim...more

Proskauer - Law and the Workplace

Federal Court Allows SOX Whistleblower Claim To Proceed But Dismisses Dodd-Frank Claim

On October 2, 2018, the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania federal court denied a Rule 12(b)(6) motion to dismiss a SOX whistleblower retaliation claim, reasoning that Plaintiff sufficiently alleged...more

Stinson - Corporate & Securities Law Blog

SEC Charges CEO/Director with Sarb-Ox Loan Violations for Unreimbursed Advances that Were Outstanding for 5 to 36 Days and...

According to the SEC in an order settling an enforcement action, Alan Shortall was CEO and Chairman of Unilife Corporation, a Nasdaq listed issuer. According to the SEC, Shortall arranged for Unilife to make personal payments...more

Stinson - Corporate & Securities Law Blog

SEC Comments Begin for Early Adopters of Revenue Recognition

Some people don’t believe in blazing trails and adopting public reporting standards before you have to. They think you’re sticking your neck out, and will become a Guinea pig for SEC comments or fodder for plaintiff’s lawyers...more

Proskauer - Whistleblower Defense

SDNY Refuses to Dismiss Executive’s Dodd-Frank Retaliation Claim

On August 24, 2016, the Southern District of New York denied Defendants’ motion to dismiss a Dodd-Frank whistleblower retaliation claim brought by its former co-CEO and Executive Chairman of its Board of Directors, finding...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

SEC Brings Two Financial Fraud Actions

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Financial fraud has long been a staple of SEC enforcement. In the wake of the market crisis the agency has attempted to once again focus on the area creating, for example, a financial fraud task force two years ago. Last...more

Perkins Coie

SEC Proposes Rules to Implement Dodd-Frank Act Executive Compensation Clawback

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The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently proposed another long-awaited set of rules to implement the clawback policy required under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank Act). ...more

Cooley LLP

Alert: SEC Proposes Long-Awaited Compensation Clawback Rule

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On July 1, 2015, the SEC issued a proposal to implement the last of the compensation-related provisions of the 2010 Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act that remained untouched on the SEC's plate—Section...more

Stinson - Corporate & Securities Law Blog

U.S. Brings Criminal Charges For False Sarbanes-Oxley Certifications

An indictment was recently unsealed where the United States recently brought criminal charges, for among other things, false certifications under Section 302 and 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. The allegations are of course...more

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