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ESG Essentials: What You Need To Know Now - Episode 17 - The Evolution of ESG Enforcement Under the SEC
Navigating Compliance in Government Contracts: Insights from SEC and DOJ Perspectives
Episode 338 -- Deep Dive into the Deere SEC FCPA Case
PODCAST: Williams Mullen's Raising Capital 101: A Securities Podcast - What Makes it a Securities Offering?
All Things Investigations: Anchored in Fraud: Mike DeBernardis and Shayda Vance on Austal USA’s Scandal
The Legal Tightrope: Surviving Parallel Investigations
Navigating Government Contracts: Diana Shaw on Oversight and Whistleblower Protections
From Court to Code: Smart Contracts and Arbitration
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
On October 22, 2024, the SEC charged two current reporting companies, Unisys Corp. and Check Point Software Technologies, and two former public companies, Mimecast Limited and Avaya Holdings Corp., with making materially...more
The SEC notched another FCPA settlement, continuing its steady pursuit and resolution of FCPA cases. In the meantime, the Justice Department has been silent in the FCPA enforcement arena. In its latest settlement, Moog,...more
We recently had a Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) enforcement action that reminded me that everything old is new again in anti-corruption compliance. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) FCPA enforcement action...more
A recent Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) settled enforcement action serves as an excellent reminder of the risk of operational integration to firms that operate multiple advisory entities, especially where one of...more
On September 26, 2024, the SEC announced that it had settled charges with DraftKings Inc. for selective disclosure of material non-public information on the CEO’s personal X (formerly Twitter) and LinkedIn accounts in...more
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), and the Exchanges were active across a host of regulatory issues impacting fintech companies and broker-dealers during...more
The SEC’s September 17, 2024, actions signal its commitment to penalize non-compliance, while encouraging market participants to self-report violations. On September 17, 2024, the US Securities and Exchange Commission...more
Welcome to Horizon, DLA Piper’s regular bulletin reporting on late-breaking legislative and policy developments in ESG. Our aim is to scan the litigation, enforcement, and regulatory horizon to help inform business decisions....more
In the world of corporate compliance, some very basic compliance lessons seem destined to be repeated. This was certainly clear from the recently announced Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Foreign Corruption Practices...more
The SEC’s recent settlement with Deere & Company for $9.9 million for FCPA violations is another textbook example of bribery schemes, which revealed the absence of a culture of compliance, and the circumvention of basic...more
September 30 is the SEC’s fiscal year-end, so it's no surprise to see an uptick in enforcement cases this month. The latest slew of settlements involved violations of the Marketing Rule (Advisers Act Rule 204(4)-1) for...more
On September 9, 2024, approximately one year since its first flurry of similar Marketing Rule actions, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) announced settlements with nine SEC-registered investment advisers (the...more
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) recently instituted proceedings against Deere & Company (“John Deere”), a leading global manufacturer of agricultural and heavy machinery, for multiple violations of the...more
Who may be interested: Registered Investment Advisers, Registered Investment Companies, Compliance Staff - Quick Take: The SEC recently announced a number of enforcement actions relating to recordkeeping failures,...more
In a significant enforcement action, the SEC sanctioned a private fund manager for failing to establish and maintain adequate policies and procedures to prevent the misuse of material nonpublic information (MNPI) while...more
On August 14, 2024 the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) announced settled charges against 26 SEC-registered investment advisers, broker-dealers and dually-registered broker-dealers and investment advisers...more
On August 26, 2024, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced an order against a registered investment adviser, Sound Point Capital Management, LP, for its failure to “establish, maintain, and enforce written...more
The SEC recently took action against Gainvest Legal Corp. and its owner. This action serves as a stark reminder for others in the financial services industry about the importance of a custom-tailored compliance program and...more
On August 1, 2024, the Department of Justice’s Criminal Division launched the Corporate Whistleblower Awards Pilot Program (the Program), following up on its announcement in March 2024 of a plan to offer whistleblower awards....more
SEC Loses in ALJ Case, DOL’s Latest Fiduciary Rule Put on Hold, and SEC Reconsiders AI and Custody Rule Proposals - Welcome to our July Regulatory Roundup, where we provide a quick look at the latest regulatory developments....more
On June 18, 2024, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) announced a $2.1 million civil penalty settlement of charges against R.R. Donnelley & Sons (“RRD”), a global provider of business communications services and...more
In the ever-evolving compliance landscape, the recent enforcement action by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) against RR Donnelley is a significant case study. This incident underscores the importance of robust...more