Sunday Book Review: December 22, 2024 – The Top Business Ethics Books from 2024 Edition
Daily Compliance News: December 20, 2024 – The First Post-Wirecard Client Edition
Classroom Insiders, Season 2 – A Deep Dive into Panuwat and Shadow Insider Trading
2 Gurus Talk Compliance: Episode 42 – The Holiday Edition
Regulatory Ramblings: Episode 60 - The Evolution of Fintech: Asia, The US and the Implications for Inclusion with Theodora Lau
Regulatory Ramblings: Episode 57 - A Path to Financial Inclusion Through Technology with Eelee Lua
Regulatory Ramblings: Episode 58 - The AI-fication of Jobs with Huy Nguyen Trieu
Regulatory Ramblings: Episode 59 - Four Decades Fighting Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery – A Diplomat Reflects with Matt Friedman
Daily Compliance News: December 19, 2024 - The Prison Labor Edition
TechLaw10: Online Fraud & How to Stop It
PODCAST: Williams Mullen's Raising Capital 101: A Securities Podcast - What is a Private Offering?
Compliance into the Weeds: NRA Governance Reforms: A Compliance Case Study
The Hill Country Podcast: Behind the Scenes at Kerrville Daily Times with John Wells
Great Women in Compliance – Holiday GWIC-tacular
Daily Compliance News: December 18, 2024 – The Turn Your Knife on Yourself Edition
Daily Compliance News: December 17, 2024 – The Extraordinary Circumstances Edition
SBR-Author’s Podcast – Exploring Storytelling with James Jennings
Everything Compliance: Shout Outs and Rants - Episode 146, The Holiday Edition
Innovation in Compliance – Boosting Corporate Culture Through Engagement with Stephan Poschik
All Things Investigations: Mike Huneke on Navigating Uncharted Waters: Compliance Strategy in a Changing Administration
The foundations for the Loan Market Association's ("LMA") fund finance work plans are now in place. Over the last months, LMA has thoroughly studied the market, listened to the voices of members and key stakeholders, and...more
Introduction - On 5 December 2024, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Divisions of Clearing and Risk, Data, Market Oversight, and Market Participants issued a staff advisory on the use of artificial intelligence...more
On 18 December 2024, the German Parliament (Bundestag) passed the Act on the Digitalization of Financial Markets (Finanzmarktdigitalisierungsgesetz, the "Act"). The Act is intended to complement key measures of the European...more
Key Takeaways - Executives and companies may deduct the cost of security benefits that meet certain requirements under the Treasury Regulations Public companies are generally required to disclose the cost of security...more
On December 17, 2024, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) announced that it had settled charges against Ohio-based Express, Inc. (“Express”). The SEC ultimately found that Express violated Sections 13(a) and 14(a)...more
Readers, thank you for journeying with us through all nine (and this, our 10th and final!) installments of Season's Readings. In this final piece, we turn from the past and look ahead to what may be in store from the SEC's...more
Last year, as we previously reported, California Governor Newsom signed into law Senate Bill 54, Fair Investment Practices by Investment Advisers, which requires “covered entities,” defined as a “venture capital company” that...more
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has taken a significant step in its regulatory scrutiny of blockchain gaming projects by issuing a Wells notice to CyberKongz, a prominent NFT gaming platform. This...more
The U.K. Financial Conduct Authority has published a Dear CEO Letter setting out its supervision strategy for firms in the custody and fund services sector. The custody and fund services sector broadly covers firms acting as...more
Institutional Shareholder Services updated its Benchmark proxy voting policies on December 17—with updated policies generally applying to shareholder meetings taking place on or after February 1. The updates for U.S....more
The European Securities and Markets Authority has published three sets of Q&As to provide further detail on the guidelines on funds which use ESG or sustainability-related terms in their names. The guidelines relate to...more
On December 12, 2024, Judge Lewis A. Kaplan of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York granted a motion to dismiss a putative securities class action asserting claims under Sections 10(b) and...more
On December 17, 2024, Judge Vince Chhabria of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California granted a renewed motion for class certification in a securities action against a majority shareholder of...more
On December 12, 2024, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) filed a litigated complaint (the “Complaint”) in United States District Court for the District of Connecticut against a hedge fund manager (the “Firm”)...more
This guide discusses important themes and trends for the coming annual reporting season. It also includes a “housekeeping checklist” designed to assist you as you prepare your annual report. ANNUAL CYBERSECURITY...more
On December 11, 2024, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, in a 9-8 en banc decision, vacated NASDAQ’s Board Diversity Rules (the “Rules”) in Alliance for Fair Board Recruitment v. SEC, finding that the...more
This guide discusses important themes from the 2024 proxy season and developing trends we are monitoring for 2025. It also includes a “housekeeping checklist” designed to assist you as you prepare your proxy statement. For...more
On December 11, 2024, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, in a lengthy opinion, vacated the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) approval of Nasdaq’s board diversity rules in Alliance for Fair...more
The Securities Exchange Commission ("SEC") has, in furtherance of its whistleblower program, taken actions recently that have led to lenders updating the confidentiality sections of credit agreements to allow for the...more
Morrison Foerster partners Kate Driscoll and Nate Mendell, both former federal prosecutors and members of the firm’s Investigations + White Collar Defense Group, hosted the seventh episode of When Your Life Sciences Are on...more
At the heart of the statutory and regulatory framework governing transactions in derivatives in the United States is a customer asset protection regime that requires futures commission merchants (FCM) and derivatives clearing...more
This episode of “Just Compensation” features Andrew E. Graw, Megan Monson, and Jessica I. Kriegsfeld of Lowenstein Sandler's Executive Compensation and Employee Benefits group discuss when severance plans will be subject to...more
The recent homicide of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson has put a spotlight on executive security and has prompted many companies to reassess how they are protecting their top executives. We also believe that in the wake...more
Key developments of interest over the last month include: the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau publishing a final rule on federal supervision of Big Tech and other widely used digital payment apps; the UK FCA...more
The Hong Kong Stock Exchange concluded its consultation on proposed amendments to the Corporate Governance Code and related Listing Rules. All proposals were adopted with certain modifications and clarifications and will go...more
