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Shady Days: SEC Secures Another Insider Trading Stat on Shadow Trading Theory

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The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California on May 30, 2024, approved a settled final judgment against technology company Arista Networks' former chairman and CEO, Andreas "Andy" Bechtolsheim based on...more

Proskauer Rose LLP

No Good Deed Goes Unpunished: When Employers’ Good Intentions Inadvertently Create Increased Risk

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Employment lawsuits typically involve allegations of an employer’s wrongdoing – claims that the employer or its agents intended to and did mistreat, discriminate, or retaliate against employees. However, these “bad actor”...more

Miller Canfield

Redefining Insider Trading: The SEC's Groundbreaking Theory in the Panuwat Case

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In SEC v Panuwat, a federal jury in California will hear a novel insider trading theory that the court has allowed to proceed to trial. In Panuwat, the SEC says it is unlawful for an individual to purchase securities of a...more

Wiley Rein LLP

A Client Alert About Client Alerts – SEC Cites Alerts In Issuing $400,000 Fine Related to Whistleblower Protections

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What: On June 22, 2022, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) settled charges against The Brink's Company (Brinks) for requiring employees to sign confidentiality agreements that prohibited disclosure of any financial...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Revisiting Share Repurchases in Volatile Times

In light of the recent increased volatility in the global financial markets, a number of companies have raised questions regarding the desirability of repurchasing shares at reduced market prices. This alert addresses...more

Woodruff Sawyer

Shadow Trading: The SEC’s New Angle on Illegal Insider Trading

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Everyone knows that employees cannot buy or sell securities while in possession of material nonpublic information. However, when we think about material non-public information, we usually think in terms of information...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Takeaways for In-House Counsel from the SEC’s “Shadow Insider Trading” Action

In January 2022, a federal district court denied a motion to dismiss a novel insider trading enforcement action brought by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission based upon a theory known as “shadow insider trading.”...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

SEC Shadow Trading Case Breaks Ground – But There Remains a Trail to Blaze

A California Court recently allowed the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC” or “Commission”) to proceed with its first insider trading prosecution based on a theory of “shadow trading.” On January 14, 2022, Judge...more

Venable LLP

Novel SEC "Shadow Trading" Theory Expands Insider Trading Liability

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The SEC recently unveiled a novel "Shadow Trading" theory that expands insider trading liability. "Shadow Trading" describes when an insider with material, non-public information regarding their own company uses that...more

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

In Echo of Expert Network Cases, SEC Reaches Securities Fraud Settlement with Alternative Data Provider

On Sept. 14, 2021, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) entered a cease-and-desist order against App Annie Inc. and its co-founder and former CEO, Bertrand Schmitt, after agreeing to settle securities fraud claims....more

Lowenstein Sandler LLP

Sympathy Trading–SEC Seeks To Expand Insider Trading Liability

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On August 17, 2021, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filed a first-of-its-kind complaint, alleging insider trading against a former employee of Medivation Inc. (Medivation), a California-based...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

SEC Updates Guidance on Expiring Confidential Treatment Orders

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On September 9, the SEC’s Division of Corporation Finance updated its guidance to outline three alternatives for handling an expiring confidential treatment order (“CTO”)...more

BCLP

SEC Staff Announces Temporary Procedures for Supplemental Materials and Rule 83 Confidential Treatment Requests

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In light of health and safety concerns related to the pandemic, the SEC staff recently announced the availability of a temporary secure file transfer process for the submission of supplemental materials pursuant to Rule 418...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

SEC Creates New File Transfer System for Supplemental Materials and Rule 83 Confidential Treatment Requests

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The SEC announced last week that in light of COVID-19 concerns, the Division of Corporation Finance is providing a temporary secure file transfer process for the submission of (i) supplemental materials that are requested by...more

Foley Hoag LLP

SEC Division of Enforcement Warns of COVID19 Insider Trading Risks

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On March 23, the SEC Division of Enforcement (Enforcement) issued a public statement bluntly warning issuers and insiders connected to them, along with broker-dealers and investment advisers, about the unique risks of insider...more

White & Case LLP

Key Considerations for the 2020 Annual Reporting Season

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This memorandum outlines key considerations from White & Case’s Public Company Advisory Practice for foreign private issuers (“FPIs”) in preparation for the 2020 annual reporting season. It describes our key considerations...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

SEC Staff Issues CF Disclosure Guidance on Confidential Treatment Requests

In December 2019, the Division of Corporation Finance (Staff) of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission issued new "CF Disclosure Guidance: Topic No. 7" (Guidance) regarding confidential treatment requests pursuant to...more

Proskauer - Corporate Defense and Disputes

Second Circuit Holds that a “Personal Benefit” Is Not Required for Insider Trading Under Criminal Securities Statute

The Second Circuit held earlier this week that the criminal statute proscribing securities fraud permits convictions for insider trading without proof that the provider of material, nonpublic information received a personal...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

SEC Grants Eligibility Waiver to Issue Whistleblower Award

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently awarded $3 million to joint whistleblowers despite concluding that the whistleblowers did not satisfy the technical eligibility requirements for receiving an award. See...more

McDermott Will & Emery

SEC Adopts Modernization and Simplification of Regulation S-K

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On March 20, 2019, the SEC adopted amendments to existing rules that, among other provisions, permit the omission of certain confidential information from material contracts without separately requesting confidential...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

SEC Proposes Amendments to Modernize and Simplify Regulation S-K

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On October 11, 2017, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) voted to propose amendments to modernize and simplify disclosure requirements in Regulation S-K and related rules and forms to reduce the costs and...more

K&L Gates LLP

SEC Staff Expands Confidential Review Procedures for Registration Statements under the Securities Act and Exchange Act

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On June 29, 2017, the Division of Corporation Finance of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC Staff”) issued an announcement (the “Announcement”) expanding its confidential review process in several areas,...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

SEC Confidential Submission Procedures Expanded Beyond Emerging Growth Company Issuers Beginning July 10, 2017

Last week, the Staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced that, beginning on July 10, 2017, the SEC will accept voluntary draft registration submissions from all issuers for nonpublic review. This...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

SEC to Permit All Issuers to Submit Confidential Draft Registration Statements

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced on June 29, 2017, that the staff (staff) of the Division of Corporation Finance will accept draft registration statement submissions from all companies for nonpublic...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP - JOBS Act

Confidential Submissions for All Issuers

The Securities and Exchange Commission announced a new policy that essentially extends the confidential submission accommodation made available to emerging growth companies (EGCs) to all issuers. The EGC process will...more

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