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Episode 334 -- District Court Dismisses Bulk of SEC Claims Against Solarwinds
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This is an excerpt from Securities Class Action Filings 2024 Midyear Assessment - This index tracks the number of core federal filings against foreign issuers (i.e., companies headquartered outside the United States)...more
This is an excerpt from Securities Class Action Filings 2024 Midyear Assessment - This figure highlights recent trend categories that have appeared in core filing activity. See the Glossary for definitions of each trend...more
On June 21, 2024, The Nasdaq Stock Exchange (“Nasdaq”) filed a proposed rule change with the Securities and Exchange Commission to modify the application of the bid price compliance period as a result of which a company takes...more
The legal and regulatory landscape for MicroCap investing is ever-evolving, including challenges involving compliance with the rules of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and securities exchanges including...more
The Securities and Exchange Commission obtained a victory in a closely-watched trial when a jury found Matthew Panuwat liable for insider trading based on a “shadow trading” theory. The jury’s verdict, as well as increased...more
On December 26, 2023, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) approved an amended proposal submitted by the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) that narrows the scope of the NYSE’s shareholder approval requirement for a...more
The NYSE amended its shareholder approval rules to make it easier for listed companies to sell securities to passive existing shareholders without obtaining shareholder approval. The SEC approved the change on an accelerated...more
On October 10, 2023, the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") adopted amendments to modernize the rules governing beneficial ownership reporting under Sections 13(d) and 13(g)1 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934...more
On September 5, 2023, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) posted and declared effective a Nasdaq rule proposal modifying requirements related to a waiver of the code of conduct in Listing Rules 5610 and...more
Last week, the Staff of the Division of Corporation Finance of the Securities and Exchange Commission posted a sample comment letter (see the sample letter) in order to provide guidance to reporting companies regarding the...more
Just shy of a month since FTX declared bankruptcy, the US Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC’s) Division of Corporation Finance (Division or staff) published informal guidance on how public companies could be asked to...more
The Securities and Exchange Commission recently released for comment a draft strategic plan for fiscal years 2022 to 2026. In the accompanying message from Chair Gary Gensler, the Chair notes that the strategic plan focuses...more
This practice note discusses market trends in capital markets and securities related considerations during the COVID-19 pandemic, which began in late 2019 and has continued for more than two years. It describes how the U.S....more
In this time of market volatility, White & Case LLP partners Colin Diamond (Chair of US Public Company Advisory) and Henrik Patel (Global Head of Employment, Compensation and Benefits) address the securities law, tax and...more
Over the past few years, the SEC has brought fewer insider trading and Material Non-Public Information (MNPI)-related cases compared to historical numbers. We expect to see a reversal of that trend in 2022. The SEC has...more
In This Issue. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced a new initiative focused on financial issues faced by rural communities and also updated its examination procedures to cover unfair discrimination; the...more
Fed Vice Chair Richard Clarida is heading to the door earlier than planned in what appears to be continuing fallout from 2020 trades he made “as the central bank was poised to rescue financial markets.” Clarida corrected his...more
As we’ve been expecting thanks to some heavy foreshadowing from Chair Powell and others, the Federal Reserve wrapped its December Open Markets Committee meeting with the news that it would “cut back on [its] stimulus more...more
Samsung surprised the business world today by replacing the “heads of its three major business units and merg[ing] the company’s mobile and consumer electronics businesses into a single unit.” The moves mean the South Korean...more
The SEC was out Monday with a long-awaited report on the meme-stock frenzy that helped propel GameStop and a handful of other “little-regarded” companies to meteoric rises in the depths of our first Covid winter. The report,...more
INTRODUCTION - This Annual Review (“Review”) was prepared by the Subcommittee on Annual Review of the Committee on Federal Regulation of Securities of the ABA Business Law Section. The Review covers significant...more
SEC Focus - The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has been focused on cybersecurity issues for over a decade, tracing back to its initial guidance on this topic in 2011. On October 16, 2018, the SEC released a...more
In a speech last week before the Principles for Responsible Investment’s “Climate and Global Financial Markets” Webinar, the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) Chair Gary Gensler made another case for mandatory...more
The use of SPACs has reached unprecedented levels, but recent pronouncements from the SEC may signal heightened enforcement and litigation risk for SPACs, as well as their sponsors, officers and directors, and auditors. The...more
Gary Gensler, Chair of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), has asked the SEC staff to consider issuing new rules that would require fund managers to disclose the criteria and underlying data used in marketing...more