The Legal Tightrope: Surviving Parallel Investigations
Navigating Government Contracts: Diana Shaw on Oversight and Whistleblower Protections
From Court to Code: Smart Contracts and Arbitration
Episode 335 -- The New DOJ Whistleblower Program
Navigating Emerging Privacy Issues in Financial Services — The Consumer Finance Podcast
Implications of the SEC Cybersecurity Disclosure Rule
Corruption, Crime and Compliance: SEC Suffers Dismissal of Claims in Solarwinds Securities Fraud Case
Episode 334 -- District Court Dismisses Bulk of SEC Claims Against Solarwinds
The Woody Report: The Solar Winds Dismissal
In That Case: Securities and Exchange Commission v. Jarkesy
Corruption, Crime and Compliance: Deep Dive into The SEC’s Settlement with R&R Donnelly on Cybersecurity Controls
Episode 332 -- Deep Dive into SEC’s Internal Controls and Cybersecurity Settlement with R&R Donnelly
The Justice Insiders Podcast: Jarkesy’s Implications for the Administrative State
DE Under 3: OFCCP Must Shut Down its Administrative Court Prosecutions as a Result of SCOTUS’ SEC Jury Trial Case Decision
Dogecoin’s Day in Court
Unpacking the Lummis-Gillibrand Payment Stablecoin Act: Implications for the Digital Asset Industry — The Crypto Exchange Podcast
Podcast: Is Cryptocurrency a Security (like an orange grove)?
Navigating the Regulatory Waters: The SEC's Wells Notice to Uniswap and its Impact on DeFi — The Crypto Exchange Podcast
Will Resiliency Carry the Digital Asset Sector Through 2024: Federal Legislative Developments and OFAC Consent Orders — The Crypto Exchange Podcast
Compliance into the Weeds: The WACKO Enforcement Action Involving BF Borgers
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In a never ending saga to the climate disclosure rules, on March 15, the Fifth Circuit temporarily stayed the recently adopted climate change disclosure rules....more
New rules reflect significant concessions in response to public comments, but compliance will require careful consideration and significant investment by SEC registrants. - Scope 3 emissions disclosure not required for...more
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Volume 4, Issue 2, 2024 Welcome! Welcome to the second issue of Promissory Notes - our banking and finance e-newsletter - for 2024. Business today is characterized by relentless change. To assist our clients in navigating...more
As we have noted in our previous report, environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues have garnered significant attention from a variety of stakeholders, resulting in increased reporting by many companies. While much of...more
Earlier this week, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) updated the expected timeline for finalizing the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and Nasdaq listing standards requiring listed companies to adopt clawback...more
The intense focus on board diversity from a variety of stakeholders over the last several years has spurred many companies to examine the composition of their boards and to take action to diversify their boardrooms. While the...more
In this issue, we cover regulatory developments impacting the investment management sector, including updates on closed-end fund activism and various new and revised SEC rules....more
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
On October 26, 2022, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted long-awaited final rules implementing the incentive-based compensation recovery (clawback) provisions of the Dodd-Frank Act. The final rules...more
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On Oct. 26, 2022, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) unanimously voted to amend the annual and semi-annual shareholder report requirements for mutual funds and ETFs (Funds). The amendments, which require that Funds...more
The SEC adopted long-pending rules requiring the recovery of erroneously awarded compensation as required by Congress in the Dodd-Frank Act. The rules will, among other things, require securities exchanges to adopt listing...more
On June 7, 2022, Senators Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) introduced the highly anticipated Responsible Financial Innovation Act (the bill), which sets out to create the first complete regulatory and...more
A bill approved by the California State Assembly and pending in the state senate would require businesses in the cryptocurrency industry to obtain licenses from the state’s Department of Financial Innovation and Protection...more
On May 25, 2022, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) issued a release containing a proposed rule (the “ESG Proposed Rule”) which, if enacted, would require certain exempt and registered investment...more
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On May 25, 2022, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) proposed amendments to rules and forms under both the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (“Advisers Act”) and the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (“1940...more
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The Securities and Exchange Commission is very busy these days – aggressive enforcement, new rules and regulations, and wrestling with the burgeoning cryptocurrency industry. The SEC will play a key role in rolling out...more
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