The Enforcement Division of the Securities and Exchange Commission (Division) released its Annual Report on November 2, 2020, providing information concerning its activities over the past fiscal year and outlining key...more
11/23/2020
/ American Depository Receipts (ADRs) ,
Annual Reports ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Disgorgement ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Enforcement Statistics ,
Infectious Diseases ,
Kokesh v SEC ,
Liu v Securities and Exchange Commission ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Violations ,
Steering Committees ,
Trading Suspension ,
Whistleblowers
Especially in today’s economic and work environment, we find it helpful – and we therefore thought our clients would also find it helpful – to keep track of the important litigation and regulatory enforcement developments...more
6/11/2020
/ Asset Management ,
Class Action ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Dodd-Frank ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
Fiduciary Duty ,
Investment ,
Proxy Materials ,
Regulation Best Interest ,
Section 36(b) ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Fraud ,
Securities Litigation
Especially in today’s economic and work environment, we find it helpful – and we therefore thought our clients would also find it helpful – to keep track of the important litigation and regulatory enforcement developments...more
5/27/2020
/ Asset Management ,
CARES Act ,
Clawbacks ,
Commercial Bankruptcy ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Exchange-Traded Products ,
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) ,
Fraud ,
Fraudulent Conveyance ,
Investment Management ,
Oil & Gas ,
Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Section 36(b) ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Fraud ,
Securities Litigation ,
Shareholder Litigation
Key Takeaways -
The COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak has undoubtedly increased firms’ exposure to market abuse risks in a number of ways:
Due to the rapidly changing consequences of restrictions caused by COVID-19 for...more
4/7/2020
/ Business Continuity Plans ,
Compliance ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Global Market ,
Hong Kong ,
Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (HKSFC) ,
Hong Kong Stock Exchange ,
Insider Information ,
Liquidity ,
Market Abuse ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Remote Working ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
SEHK ,
UK ,
United States