The long-anticipated rules regarding recovery of erroneously awarded incentive-based compensation, commonly referred to as a “clawback,” were adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission by a 3-2 vote on October 26,...more
10/31/2022
/ Clawbacks ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Corporate Governance ,
Dodd-Frank ,
Executive Compensation ,
Final Rules ,
Financial Statements ,
Form 10-K ,
Form 20-F ,
Incentive Compensation ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Section 10D ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Exchange Act
In the wake of recent unexpected changes in the way that companies do business, the goods and services that consumers demand, and the accompanying market volatility, plaintiffs have begun filing securities fraud complaints...more
5/4/2020
/ Class Action ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Cruise Ships ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
False Statements ,
Material Misstatements ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Securities Exchange Act ,
Securities Fraud ,
Securities Litigation ,
Virus Testing ,
Zoom®
Yesterday, the Securities and Exchange Commission issued an Order granting conditional regulatory relief from certain filing obligations under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 for companies facing challenges in meeting...more
3/5/2020
/ Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Filing Deadlines ,
Form 10-K ,
Form 10-Q ,
Form 20-F ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Relief Measures ,
Risk Management ,
Rule 144 ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Exchange Act
September 10, 2015, in a 2-1 decision in Berman v. Neo@Ogilvy LLC, the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruled that whistleblowers who report securities law violations internally but not to the US Securities and...more
9/16/2015
/ Adverse Employment Action ,
Chevron Deference ,
Chief Compliance Officers ,
Dodd-Frank ,
Internal Reporting ,
Retaliation ,
Rule 21F ,
Sarbanes-Oxley ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Exchange Act ,
Whistleblower Protection Policies ,
Whistleblowers