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Capital Markets & Governance Insights - January 2025

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Companies should not minimize the extent of a material cybersecurity incident by omitting material facts regarding the scope and potential impact of the incident. Cybersecurity risk factor disclosures should be tailored to a...more

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The Mysterious Boundary Beyond Which “Personal” Relationships Jeopardize a Director’s Independence

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In a recent enforcement action, the SEC concluded that the relationship between James Craigie and an officer of Church & Dwight Co. fatally undermined Craigie’s status as an “independent director” of the company under New...more

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SEC Enforcement Action Against Church & Dwight Director: Lessons for Outside Directors

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The SEC’s settlement with James R. Craigie, former CEO, chairman, and director of Church & Dwight Co. Inc., for violating proxy disclosure rules by standing for election as an independent director without disclosing his close...more

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Public Company Watch: November/December 2024

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This edition of the Public Company Watch highlights critical updates and regulatory changes affecting public companies. Staying informed on these topics is crucial for effective compliance and strategic planning. Highlights...more

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Capital Markets & Governance Insights - October 2024

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SEC Developments - In Twin Actions, SEC Charges Former Kubient CEO for Fraud and Former CFO and Audit Committee Chair for Failing to Investigate and Perpetuating CEO’s Fraud....more

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SEC Fines Director for Failing to Disclose Close Friendship With Senior Executive

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In a novel enforcement action, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) charged a member of the board of directors of a New-York-Stock-Exchange (NYSE)-listed manufacturer of personal and household products for...more

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SEC Fines Director for Failing to Disclose Close Friendship With Senior Executive

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In a novel enforcement action, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) charged a member of the board of directors of a New-York-Stock-Exchange (NYSE)-listed manufacturer of personal and household products for...more

Fenwick & West LLP

Securities Law Update - August 2024

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Welcome to the latest edition of Fenwick’s Securities Law Update. This issue contains news on...more

Cooley LLP

Public Companies Update – May One-Minute Reads

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SEC enforcement director speaks on AI ‘washing’ - In our April 2024 One-Minute Reads, we covered the concept of artificial intelligence (AI) “washing.” Gurbir Grewal, director of the Securities and Exchange Commission...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Intercontinental Exchange Settles with SEC Over Alleged Delay in Notification of Hack

Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (ICE), the owner of the New York Stock Exchange, has agreed to settle with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for $10 million over allegations that it failed to timely notify the SEC...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Broker Dealer Regulatory Digest - February 2024

The following newsletter provides a roundup summarizing enforcement actions, guidance, rulemakings, and other public statements taken by a federal and/or state financial services regulatory agency, specifically focusing on:...more

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Public Companies Quarterly Update (Q1 2023)

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Welcome to the first edition of Saul Ewing’s Public Companies Quarterly Update series.  Our intent is to, on a quarterly basis, highlight important legal developments of which we think public companies should be aware.  This...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Top 5 SEC Enforcement Developments for April 2022

In order to provide an overview for busy in-house counsel and compliance professionals, we summarize below some of the most important SEC enforcement developments from the past month, with links to primary resources....more

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Gensler Identifies Insider Trading Plans and Equity Trading Rules as Areas of SEC Focus

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This week, SEC Chair Gary Gensler identified Rule 10b5-1 stock trading plans and equity trading rules as fresh areas of regulatory focus for the SEC. Gensler mentioned these areas during prepared remarks at the CFO Network...more

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SEC Charges Trust Company With Operating Unregistered Investment Companies

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SEC Charges Trust Company with Operating Unregistered Investment Companies and Failing to Register Securities Offerings. On September 30, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced it had settled charges with...more

Mayer Brown Free Writings + Perspectives

SEC Penalizes Issuer for Failure to Disclose Known Trends and Uncertainties

A U.S. reporting company that produces, distills and markets alcoholic beverages, such as vodkas, whiskeys, tequilas, gins and beer, and that has shares and American Depositary Shares listed on the London Stock Exchange and...more

A&O Shearman

Corporate Governance And Securities Law Update: Latin America Edition

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Below is a summary of the main developments in US and EU corporate governance and securities law and certain financial markets regulation developments since our last update in April 2019. ...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Bridging The Week - September 2019 #2

An interdealer broker agreed to pay a fine of US $13 million to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to resolve charges that it failed to supervise brokers on a swaps desk that allegedly made numerous false or misleading...more

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SEC Charges Issuer for Reg FD Violation for Selective Disclosure to Analysts

The SEC charged TherapeuticsMD Inc., a pharmaceutical company headquartered in Boca Raton, Florida, with violations of Regulation FD based on its sharing of material, nonpublic information with sell-side research analysts...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Bridging the Week - April 2019 #4

New York regulators continued an aggressive approach against certain entities engaged in virtual currency businesses when the state's Attorney General’s office obtained an ex parte order precluding companies associated with a...more

Stoel Rives LLP

In Case You Missed It - Interesting Items for Corporate Counsel - March 2019

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Heaping further empirical evidence on the postulate that self-indulgence trumps common sense, Elon Musk is at it again, now charged by the SEC with violating his earlier settlement agreement, which required that he pre-clear...more

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Capital Markets & Public Companies Quarterly: SEC Issues Cybersecurity Guidance, BlackRock and Gender Diversity, and News from the...

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In a telling sign of current events, the SEC staff provided supplemental guidance related to the disclosure of cybersecurity risks and incidents, adding new commentary to its rules regarding disclosure and company controls....more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Bridging the Weeks - April 2018

Two broker-dealers’ purported failure to act on red flags – both involving customer trading – resulted in separate Securities and Exchange Commission enforcement actions against the firms. In connection with one action, two...more

Robins Kaplan LLP

Your Daily Dose of Financial News

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SoftBank’s been burning up the deal scene in recent months (Fortress, anyone?), and it keeps right on rolling by helping orchestrate the merger of satellite operator and investee OneWeb with Intelsat in a bid to increase...more

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A ‘Most Daring Act’ and the SQM FCPA Enforcement Action – Part I

A most “daring act” seems to be a good way to introduce a multi-part look at the recent Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) enforcement action involving the Chilean chemicals and mining company Sociedad Química y Minera de...more

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