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The Securities Exchance Act is a United States federal statute enacted in 1934 to govern the secondary securities trading market. In addition, the Securities Exchange Act established the Securities and Exchange... more +
The Securities Exchance Act is a United States federal statute enacted in 1934 to govern the secondary securities trading market. In addition, the Securities Exchange Act established the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), which is the primary regulatory agency enforcing federal securities laws. less -
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Navigating the New Compliance Landscape: Understanding Rule 14Ad-1 and Form N-PX Filing

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New Rule 14Ad-1 takes effect on July 1, 2024, with filing of Form N-PX due on August 31, 2024, for votes during the July 1, 2023 to June 30, 2024 reporting period. ...more

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Proxy Vote Reporting: Considerations for Institutional Investment Managers as the Form N-PX Filing Deadline Approaches

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New Rule 14Ad-1 under the Exchange Act – which becomes effective on July 1, 2024 – will require institutional investment managers subject to the reporting requirements of Section 13(f) of the Exchange Act (known as “13F...more

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New Proxy Voting Reporting Requirements For Investment Managers For 2023-24 Annual Meeting Season

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On November 2, 2022, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced the adoption of amendments to Form N-PX and related rules to extend public company stockholder vote disclosure filing requirements beyond...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

SEC Adopts New Short Position and Short Activity Reporting Requirements

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The Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) adopted a new short position and short activity disclosure requirement under Rule 13f-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”). Under Rule 13f-2, an...more

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SEC Adopts Rule Amendments to Modernize Beneficial Ownership Reporting

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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

Latham & Watkins LLP

New Federal Exemption Changes the Registration Landscape for M&A Brokers

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The narrower M&A broker exemption supersedes the 2014 M&A broker no-action letter while leaving state-level restrictions and foreign M&A broker relief unaffected. On March 29, 2023, the Securities Exchange Act of 1934...more

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Happy Holidays: SEC Provides Temporary Rule 15c2-11 Reprieve

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In 2021, the staff (the “Staff”) of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) surprised the industry when it issued an interpretation stating that fixed income securities (including asset-backed securities) fall...more

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Marriott Investor’s Security Fraud Claims Arising from Data Breach Rejected by Fourth Circuit

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The Fourth Circuit dismissed an investor’s lawsuit against a hotel chain that had been subject to a data breach, ruling that the company had not made false or misleading public statements about its protection of customer...more

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SEC’s Proposals to Modernize Beneficial Ownership Reporting May Complicate Enforcement of REIT Charter Ownership Limitations

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On February 10, 2022, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) proposed amendments designed to modernize the rules governing beneficial ownership reporting. Section 13 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as...more

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SEC Proposes Amendments to Beneficial Ownership Reporting Rules

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The US Securities and Exchange Commission proposed amendments on February 10 with respect to reporting beneficial ownership on Schedules 13D and 13G that, if adopted as proposed, would significantly shorten the period for...more

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The Latham Global IPO Guide - 2021 Edition

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This is our global initial public offering guide. It will help you navigate the US portion of a global IPO – in other words, an IPO in which you sell locally listed ordinary shares to investors outside the United States under...more

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Digital asset securities: broker-dealer custody issues

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As 2020 came to a close, the issue of how digital asset securities can be custodied by US broker-dealers became clearer, at least from a regulatory standpoint. In a release issued pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of...more

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California State Court Declines to Expand Standing for Claims Under 1933 Act

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In Jensen v. iShares Trust, 2020 Cal. App. LEXIS 61 (Cal. App. Jan. 23, 2020), a rare state court decision addressing claims under the Securities Act of 1933 (“1933 Act”), the California Court of Appeal rejected...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

A Rising Tide May Lift All Boats: SEC Adopts Rule 163B, Permitting All Issuers to “Test the Waters”

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The rule is an expansion of a popular modernization reform previously only available to emerging growth companies. All issuers considering a registered securities offering will now be able to engage in “testing-the-waters”...more

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When Canadian Investors Must Report Investments (including those in Canada!) to the SEC

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On September 17, 2019, the Financial Post reported that British Columbia Investment Management Corporation (BCIMC), one of Canada’s largest pension funds, inadvertently failed to report to the U.S. Securities and Exchange...more

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Recent SEC Action Reminds Non-US Broker-Dealers of Obligations under U.S. Securities Laws - Compliance with U.S. securities laws...

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In September 2019, the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") charged a non-U.S. financial services firm for providing brokerage services to investors in the United States without being registered as a broker-dealer or...more

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Two New Bitcoin ETF Proposals Pending as Cryptocurrency Markets Mature

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Two recent proposals for bitcoin exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”) are vying to become the first to receive approval from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) – one filed by CBOE BZX Exchange, Inc. (“CBOE”) and...more

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SEC Proposes to Expand “Test-the-Waters” Modernization Reform to All Issuers

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On February 19, 2019, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) proposed new rule 163B under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), which would permit all issuers, not just Emerging...more

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Easing the Prohibitions against Gun-Jumping

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On February 19, 2019, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed a rule that would generally permit all issuers to “jump the gun”—that is, to make offers to certain institutional investors prior to the filing of a...more

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SEC Approves T+2 Settlement

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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on March 22, 2017 adopted amendments to Rule 15c6- 1(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (Exchange Act), to shorten the standard settlement cycle for securities...more

Broker-Dealer Compliance + Regulation

Twenty-Three Years Later, One Day Shorter: SEC Proposes T+2 Rule Amendment

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Twenty-three years after adopting Rule 15c6-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (“Exchange Act”) to establish T+3 as the standard settlement cycle for broker-dealer transactions, on September 28, 2016, the SEC...more

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Recent Developments in Petrobras Class Action Could Interfere with Trial Date

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There have been several recent and interesting updates to the In re Petrobras Securities Litigation, 14-cv-9662 (S.D.N.Y.) that we have discussed several times on this blog. First, the Second Circuit has decided to accept...more

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SEC Approves Rule to Regulate Debt Research Reports and Debt Research Analysts

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Background - Eight years in the making, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has finally approved the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority’s (FINRA's) proposed Rule 2242 (the Rule or Rule 2242), which will...more

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Five Advantages to Section 18 – A New Weapon for Institutions

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Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act, while seldom used in the past, has been increasingly used by institutional investors in suits against banks and other entities. The advantages of Section 18 are as follows...more

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D.C. Circuit Holds “Boilerplate” Forward-Looking Statements Are Not Entitled to PSLRA’s “Safe Harbor”

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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit recently reversed the dismissal of a securities fraud class action against Harman International Industries Inc., holding that the “safe harbor” for forward looking statements did...more

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