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Time to Review Whistleblower Provisions: SEC Charges Seven Public Companies with Violation of Whistleblower Protection Rule

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On September 9, 2024, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) announced settled charges against seven public companies for violation of the whistleblower protection rule in connection with employment, separation,...more

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Securities Class Action Filings 2024 Midyear Assessment - Non-U.S. Core Federal Filings

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This is an excerpt from Securities Class Action Filings 2024 Midyear Assessment - This index tracks the number of core federal filings against foreign issuers (i.e., companies headquartered outside the United States)...more

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Securities Class Action Filings: 2024 Midyear Assessment - Summary of Trend Filings

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This is an excerpt from Securities Class Action Filings 2024 Midyear Assessment - This figure highlights recent trend categories that have appeared in core filing activity. See the Glossary for definitions of each trend...more

McDermott Will & Emery

SEC Faces Headwinds in SolarWinds Cybersecurity Litigation, but Public Companies and CISOs Still Under Scrutiny

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On July 18, 2024, Judge Paul A. Engelmeyer in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York issued a 107-page opinion dismissing most of the claims against software company SolarWinds and its chief information...more

Jenner & Block

Client Alert: Key Takeaways from the Motion to Dismiss Ruling in SEC v. SolarWinds et al.

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The SEC’s high-profile litigation against SolarWinds and its Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), Timothy G. Brown, reached a critical turning point on July 18, 2024, when a district court in the Southern District of...more

Kohn, Kohn & Colapinto LLP

Department of Justice Secures Conviction in First Insider Trading Prosecution Based Exclusively on the Use of Rule 10b5-1 Trading...

On June 21, a jury in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California found the former CEO and Chairman of Ontrak, Inc., a publicly traded healthcare company guilty on one count of securities fraud and two...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Inside the Courts – An Update From Skadden Securities Litigators - May 2024

Spotlight - Macquarie Ruling Raises the Bar for Securities Fraud Claims - Key Points - - On April 12, 2024, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously reversed and vacated the Second Circuit’s decision in Macquarie...more

Bracewell LLP

US Supreme Court Holds That Pure Omissions Are Not Actionable Under Federal Anti-Fraud Rule

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In a unanimous decision, the US Supreme Court held that pure omissions are not actionable under Rule 10b-5(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Rather, the Court found that Rule 10b–5(b) prohibits half-truths, not...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Supreme Court Holds “Pure Omissions” Are Not Actionable Under Rule 10b-5(b)

In Macquarie Infrastructure Corp. v. Moab Partners, No. 22-1165, 2024 WL 1588706 (U.S. Apr. 12, 2024) (“MIC”), the United States Supreme Court (Sotomayor, J.) held unanimously that “pure omissions” in a Securities and...more

Jones Day

SEC Prevails in Novel "Shadow Trading" Insider Trading Trial

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The Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") won at trial in its first "shadow trading" case, holding a corporate official liable for insider trading for using nonpublic information about his company's acquisition to trade...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

UPDATE: SEC Wins Shadow Trading Trial But Court Will Get a Second Look

On April 5, 2024, after an eight-day trial, a jury found Matthew Panuwat liable for violating insider trading laws. Commenting on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s victory, Gurbir Grewal, the agency’s Director of the...more

Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP

Nutter Securities Enforcement Update: March 1, 2024

The Nutter Securities Enforcement Update is a periodic update of noteworthy recent securities enforcement activity, settlements, decisions, and charges. We provide brief summaries that highlight recent enforcement action...more

BCLP

The Supreme Court Considers Item 303 Violations as Basis for Securities Fraud Claims

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Corporate executives know they must disclose in their companies’ financial statements trends or uncertainties affecting their business. Such disclosure is a requirement of Item 303 of SEC Regulation S-K....more

Latham & Watkins LLP

SEC Adopts Climate-Related Disclosure Rules

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On March 6,2024, in a 3-2 vote, the US Securities and Exchange Commission adopted final rules requiring registrants to disclose certain climate-related information in registration statements and annual reports....more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

SEC Settlement against Auditing Firm Serves as Reminder of Important Independence Rules

On February 29, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) announced that it settled an administrative proceeding against Lordstown Motors Corps’ former auditor, Clark Schaefer Hackett and Co. (CSH)—the same day that...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Inside the Courts – An Update From Skadden Securities Litigators - February 2024

Securities Class Actions Show No Signs of Slowing in 2024 - Key Points - While the volume of securities class actions filings has remained consistently elevated over the past several years, the composition of the class...more

Woodruff Sawyer

SPACs Poised to Turn a Corner in 2024: Annual Risk Update

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Here we are again—another year of SPAC ennui. We’re hearing derisive comments about the death of SPACs, unending deadline extensions, almost 200 liquidations, 70 deal terminations, and general SPAC malaise. If you’ve followed...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

Fifth Circuit Vacates SEC Rules for Share Repurchase Disclosure

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We had previously reported that beginning with the next annual report on Form 10-K, most US-listed issuers would be required to make more extensive disclosures on their share repurchase programs and insider transactions...more

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Fifth Circuit Vacates SEC Buyback Disclosure Rule

On December 19, 2023, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals vacated the SEC’s share repurchase disclosure rule, which required issuers to: (i) report daily aggregate share repurchase data on a quarterly basis, (ii) indicate if...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Requirement for Enhanced Share Repurchase Disclosures in Periodic Reports Delayed

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On November 22, 2023, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued an order postponing the effective date for the new share Repurchase Rule (88 Fed. Reg. 36002 (June 1, 2023)) pending further SEC action. The SEC’s...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Ninth Circuit Provides Guidance on SEC Rule 16b-3 Short-Swing Profit Liability Exemption

In Roth v. Foris Ventures, LLC, Nos. 22-16632, 22-16633, 2023 U.S. App. LEXIS 30081 (9th Cir. Nov. 13, 2023), the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit partially reversed the dismissal of a shareholder...more

Saul Ewing LLP

Public Companies Quarterly Update (Q3 2023)

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Welcome to Saul Ewing’s Public Companies Quarterly Update series. Our intent is to, on a quarterly basis, highlight important legal developments of which we think public companies should be aware. This edition is related to...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

The Informed Board - Summer 2023

Short sellers make their money by publishing information that attacks a company in order to drive down its share price. How can a company prepare? And what should it not do in the face of a short attack? We offer some tips in...more

BCLP

Recent case highlights potential pitfalls of informal communications with analysts

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A recent court case highlights the potential pitfalls for public companies engaging in informal communications with analysts. The court found that paraphrased statements attributed to an officer in an analyst’s report can be...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Companies Face Increasing Scrutiny Over Their ESG Disclosures — Including by ESG Critics

Key Points As public interest and scrutiny into environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues continue to rise, companies face an ever-evolving landscape relating to their ESG disclosures. The Securities and Exchange...more

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