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Snell & Wilmer

SEC Division of Examinations Priorities for 2025: Examinations Will Prioritize New Rules for Form PF and Regulation S-P, Fiduciary...

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On October 21, 2024, the Division of Examinations (the “Division”) of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) issued its annual examination priorities for fiscal year 2025. As with its 2024 examination...more

A&O Shearman

Pensions: what's new this week - October 21, 2024

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Welcome to your weekly update from the A&O Shearman Pensions team, covering all the latest legal and regulatory developments in the world of workplace pensions. TPR targets continuous improvement on ESG matters - The...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

SGX RegCo to Incorporate IFRS Standards Into Mandatory Climate Reporting Rules

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On 23 September 2024, the Singapore Exchange Regulation (SGX RegCo) announced that it will begin incorporating the IFRS Sustainability Disclosure Standards (IFRS Standards) issued by the International Sustainability Standards...more

Mitratech Holdings, Inc

People and Policy: Building Compliance and Ethics into Your Company’s DNA

It’s not enough to have the right policies in place — you have to embed those policies into the fabric of your organization. In today’s fast-paced and interconnected business world, ensuring compliance and building an...more

A&O Shearman

Pensions: what's new this week? - 5 August 2024

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Welcome to your weekly update from the A&O Shearman Pensions team, covering all the latest legal and regulatory developments in the world of workplace pensions. DB Funding Code laid in Parliament - The final draft DB...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

Learn About Data Privacy and How to Navigate the Information Security Regulatory Landscape

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Insights for this month’s article are provided by ARDA members Gregory Szewczyk, partner at Ballard Spahr Practice Leader of the firm’s Privacy and Data Security Group, and Aaron Tantleff, partner in Foley & Lardner’s...more

NAVEX

Supply-Chain Risk Is Eating the World

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Ethics and compliance officers have long had an uneasy relationship with corporate sustainability efforts, mostly because most compliance officers aren’t quite sure they want – or know how to handle – responsibility for it. ...more

Mintz

Has ESG Turned the Boardroom into an Escape Room?

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For those of you who have never participated in an escape room, it is a real-life game that confines a group of people (usually friends, co-workers or even family, for the adventurous types) to a room. The group then...more

Steptoe & Johnson PLLC

Oklahoma Court Says State Cannot Enforce Anti-ESG Law for Now

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States are taking varied positions on environmental, social, and governance (ESG) policies as a tool for investing and risk management. Many businesses have adopted ESG policies and states’ responses to this practice have...more

Kohrman Jackson & Krantz LLP

The SEC Cracks Down on “AI Washing”

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has sent clear signals that it will pursue companies for “AI washing” — touting the use of artificial intelligence in ways that are false or misleading. The SEC has imposed fines...more

Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics...

[Virtual Event] ESG and Compliance Conference - June 18th, 8:00 am - 5:00 pm CT

Achieve your ESG goals in 2024 - Environment, Social, and Governance (ESG) is a top priority for organizations of all types and sizes, and it the compliance team is a key factor in the ESG equation. Much like regulatory...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

The foundation of ethical decision-making: Company values and code of conduct

In the previous century, the primary focus for most companies was profit maximization for shareholders. In the last few decades, a shift from shareholder to stakeholder capitalism happened, and the term corporate social...more

King & Spalding

The New EU Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive: What Does It Mean For Non-EU Companies?

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The new EU Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (“CSRD”) is set to revolutionize ESG reporting for companies around the world. Certain large EU companies are already conducting double materiality assessments and...more

American Conference Institute (ACI)

[Event] Mexico Summit on Anti-Corruption & Compliance Program - March 13th - 14th, Mexico City, Mexico

ACI’s Mexico Summit on Anti-Corruption & Compliance Programs returns on March 13-14, 2024 in Mexico City! Given the uncertainty with the looming Presidential election, as well as increased U.S. enforcement focus on Mexico...more

StoneTurn

Greenhouse Gas Reductions: Finding Your Way Forward

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Large corporations, state governments and localities are issuing press releases and public statements concerning their greenhouse gas reduction goals. Some are aiming for 100% renewable energy, others have established net...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Investment Management Update - November 2023

...SEC Adopts Amendments to Fund Names Rule - On September 20, 2023, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted amendments to Rule 35d-1 under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the Fund Names Rule) as well...more

Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics...

New standards require planning, policies, and procedures

On July 31, the European Commission adopted the first set of rules under the European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS). The ESRS is an important follow-up to the adoption of the Corporate Sustainability Reporting...more

Kohn, Kohn & Colapinto LLP

SEC Issues Record Penalty for ESG Greenwashing Violations

In recent years, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has increasingly made Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) issues a central element of the agency’s enforcement priorities and on September 25, the...more

DarrowEverett LLP

Diversity Driven Derivative Suits: Culture Wars Come to the Boardroom

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Traditionally deployed to protect a corporation from its board’s imprudent investment or financial decision-making, in recent years shareholders have taken to bringing derivative actions on a corporation’s behalf for its...more

Bracewell LLP

Generic ESG Statements and Securities Class Actions: Goldman Sachs Secures Second Circuit Victory in Long-Running Class...

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A three-judge panel for the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit reversed a district court’s class certification in the decade-long Arkansas Teacher Retirement System v. Goldman Sachs Group litigation regarding...more

Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics...

On the cutting edge: Emerging issues and best practices for ensuring effective compliance programs

When establishing and implementing a compliance program, most organizations attempt to follow the U.S. Federal Sentencing Guidelines for Organizations (FSG) § 8B2.1 Effective Compliance and Ethics Program. The elements of...more

Hogan Lovells

ESG Market Alert – April 2023: Key ESG trends

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Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) promises to drive business decision making in 2023 and impact how companies plan, operate and report. The complex and rapidly-evolving world of ESG is set to remain a priority for...more

Jackson Lewis P.C.

$35M SEC Settlement Underscores Processes, Procedures Ensuring Appropriate Public Disclosures

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In a $35 million settlement that emphasizes the “S” for social in Environmental, Social and Corporate Governance (ESG) issues in public filings, publicly traded video game developer Activision Blizzard, Inc. has agreed with...more

J.S. Held

Crosscurrents: The Growing Impact and Future of the Chief Sustainability Officer

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The famous quote by Mahatma Gandhi — “The world has enough for everyone's need, but not enough for everyone's greed” — aptly reflected business sentiments prevalent decades ago. At that time, the sole intention was to fulfil...more

Bowditch & Dewey

[Webinar] Full Disclosure – Tips, Tricks and Traps for the Unwary in Navigating Public Finance Disclosure Obligations: Part I –...

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Given the increasing SEC scrutiny on disclosure practices in municipal finance, governmental issuers and conduit borrowers [e.g., 501(c)(3) corporations] are taking a fresh look at their disclosure policies and procedures,...more

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