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
Meeting the Proposed SEC Climate Disclosure Requirements
Understanding the Whistleblower Pilot Program in the Southern District of New York
2 Gurus Talk Compliance: Episode 26 – The Compliance Week Wrap Up Edition
All eyes are on California as we patiently await the outcome of the numerous challenges to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's Climate-Related Disclosure Rules. ...more
On October 7, 2023, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law two sweeping climate disclosure bills, Senate Bill 253 (“SB 253”), the Climate Corporate Data Accountability Act, and Senate Bill 261 (“SB 261”), the...more
California Governor Gavin Newsom signed two landmark bills into law on October 7, imposing stringent new requirements on large companies doing business in California to publicly report their annual greenhouse gas (GHG)...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
President Biden signed into law H.R. 2617, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 on December 29, 2022. This new legislation includes the Merger Filing Fee Modernization Act of 2022 (MFFMA), which amends the amounts and...more
Last month, on May 13, Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Maureen Duffy-Lewis ruled that SB 826, which requires publicly held California corporations with a principal executive office in California to follow gender...more
Our Food & Beverage; Environment, Land Use & Natural Resources; and ESG Advisory Groups outline regulatory and litigation developments in environmental claims on product labels and provide insights on how marketers can...more
In the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and amid growing concerns regarding the threat of increased cyberattacks targeting infrastructure and other critical industries, there has been a flurry of federal activity to...more
As public companies embark on the year-end reporting process, they will need to consider, and in some cases take steps to address, a number of significant developments and issues. As in past years, Mintz has prepared a...more
The Corporate Transparency Act (CTA), included as an amendment to the Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2020, was passed by Congress this year as an effort to make it more difficult to commit “shell company” money laundering, tax...more
On June 16, 2021, the U.S. House of Representatives passed legislation that would impose new ESG due diligence and disclosure requirements on publicly traded companies. H.R. 1187, the ESG Disclosure Simplification Act of...more
Since the Bass, Berry & Sims Corporate & Securities Practice hosted its 2nd Annual Corporate & Securities Counsel Public Company Forum in December 2020, the Biden Administration has proposed a new Securities and Exchange...more
On December 18, 2020, the Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act (the “Act”) was signed into law by President Trump after it was passed unanimously by the U.S. House of Representatives on December 2, 2020. The Act is...more
On January 18, 2021, the incoming President’s Transition Team announced additional key administration post nominees, including Mr. Gary Gensler as SEC Chair. The announcement specifically provided the following regarding Mr....more
The Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act (Act), which was signed into law by President Trump on December 18, 2020, amends the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (Sarbanes-Oxley) and requires the Securities and Exchange...more
In near lightning speed, Congress now has passed, and the President is expected to imminently sign into law, the Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act (HFCAA), a bipartisan piece of legislation that, while applicable more...more
Private equity sponsors have typically exited their investments through a sale or public offering. While sales to a strategic or another private equity sponsor predominate, public offerings still represent an attractive...more
California Governor Jerry Brown recently signed legislation requiring all publicly-held domestic corporations and publicly-held foreign corporations headquartered within the state to comply with certain minimum gender-based...more
The Situation: California's governor recently signed into effect a new law requiring public corporations whose principal executive offices are located in California to have a certain minimum number of female directors on...more
On September 30, Governor Jerry Brown (D) signed a new California law requiring female presence on boards of public companies headquartered in California. Under SB-826, all public companies listed on a major U.S. stock...more
California has become the first state in the nation to require that publicly held corporations headquartered within the state include female directors on their boards. The new law, signed by Gov. Jerry Brown on September 30,...more
Buried in new legislation mainly intended to ease Dodd-Frank restrictions on small banks is an expansion of Regulation A eligibility to include SEC reporting companies. ...more
The Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act (S. 2155), which is primarily aimed at easing regulations on community banks, also contains provisions designed to facilitate capital formation. President...more
Public companies with fiscal quarters ended December 31, 2017, but not fiscal year ends, are beginning to make disclosures showing the effects of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act in recently filed Form 10-Qs in accordance with SAB...more
The tax reform signed into law by President Trump on Dec. 22 (the Tax Act) presents public companies with several accounting and disclosure challenges. Although companies are still evaluating how they will be affected by the...more