Episode 335 -- The New DOJ Whistleblower Program
Navigating Emerging Privacy Issues in Financial Services — The Consumer Finance Podcast
Implications of the SEC Cybersecurity Disclosure Rule
Corruption, Crime and Compliance: SEC Suffers Dismissal of Claims in Solarwinds Securities Fraud Case
Episode 334 -- District Court Dismisses Bulk of SEC Claims Against Solarwinds
The Woody Report: The Solar Winds Dismissal
In That Case: Securities and Exchange Commission v. Jarkesy
Corruption, Crime and Compliance: Deep Dive into The SEC’s Settlement with R&R Donnelly on Cybersecurity Controls
Episode 332 -- Deep Dive into SEC’s Internal Controls and Cybersecurity Settlement with R&R Donnelly
The Justice Insiders Podcast: Jarkesy’s Implications for the Administrative State
DE Under 3: OFCCP Must Shut Down its Administrative Court Prosecutions as a Result of SCOTUS’ SEC Jury Trial Case Decision
Dogecoin’s Day in Court
Unpacking the Lummis-Gillibrand Payment Stablecoin Act: Implications for the Digital Asset Industry — The Crypto Exchange Podcast
Podcast: Is Cryptocurrency a Security (like an orange grove)?
Navigating the Regulatory Waters: The SEC's Wells Notice to Uniswap and its Impact on DeFi — The Crypto Exchange Podcast
Will Resiliency Carry the Digital Asset Sector Through 2024: Federal Legislative Developments and OFAC Consent Orders — The Crypto Exchange Podcast
Compliance into the Weeds: The WACKO Enforcement Action Involving BF Borgers
Meeting the Proposed SEC Climate Disclosure Requirements
Understanding the Whistleblower Pilot Program in the Southern District of New York
2 Gurus Talk Compliance: Episode 26 – The Compliance Week Wrap Up Edition
Who may be interested: Board of Directors; Registered Investment Advisers; Registered Investment Companies; Broker-Dealers; Transfer Agents; Compliance Staff - Quick Take: The SEC announced that it settled charges against...more
Companies’ accelerating reliance on artificial intelligence (AI) means heightened Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and shareholder plaintiff scrutiny. Our Securities Litigation Group underscores what companies need to...more
Last year, the California legislature enacted two bills, SB 253 and SB 261 that purport to impose burdensome disclosure mandates on businesses. The legislature did so in spite of obvious constitutional infirmities. It was...more
NEW CLIMATE-DISCLOSURE RULES SUBJECT TO HEAT OF LEGAL CHALLENGES - While your winter blues are hopefully melting away, recent rule making from the Securities and Exchange Commission is feeling the heat of several lawsuits....more
On March 6, 2024, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted final enhanced and standardized climate-related disclosure rules requiring disclosure of climate-related information in registration statements and...more
This memorandum outlines key considerations from White & Case's Public Company Advisory Group for foreign private issuers ("FPIs") during the 2024 annual reporting season, divided into two sections: Form 20-F Housekeeping...more
The Nutter Securities Enforcement Update is a periodic summary of noteworthy recent securities enforcement activity, settlements, decisions, and charges....more
A bond issue (a debt obligation of a local government) is often perceived as a mystery for many Pennsylvania local government officials and solicitors. The securities and tax regulations governing municipal bonds have grown...more
On October 18, 2023, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted amendments to the rules governing beneficial ownership reporting to “require market participants to provide more timely information on their positions...more
On November 22, 2023, the SEC issued an order postponing the effective date of the Share Repurchase Rule. Under the Share Repurchase Rule as adopted by the SEC, issuers would be required to disclose daily quantitative...more
On November 22, 2023, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced that it issued an order postponing the effective date of the share repurchase disclosure rule (Repurchase Rule).[1] The Repurchase Rule was...more
On October 30, 2023, after continued pressure from legislators and industry participants—and a recent lawsuit—the SEC issued an order providing relief for fixed-income securities sold pursuant to Rule 144A from the public...more
On October 10, 2023, the Securities and Exchange Commission adopted amendments to the rules governing beneficial ownership reporting under Sections 13(d) and 13(g) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. The adopting release...more
On October 10, 2023, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the Commission) adopted amendments to modernize the rules governing beneficial ownership reporting. The amendments shorten the deadline for initial and amended...more
On September 12, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chair Gary Gensler testified before the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. His testimony emphasized that market growth combined...more
Investment Advisers: Assessing Risks, Scoping Examinations, and Requesting Documents* I. Introduction - The SEC-registered investment adviser (“adviser”) population is large and diverse, ranging from global asset managers...more
Summary - The United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit upheld on August 24, 2023, a decision from the District Court to dismiss a securities fraud case brought by a Chapter 11 bankruptcy trustee, on the...more
On Aug. 2, we distributed an alert about the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) July 26, 2023, adoption of the Cybersecurity Risk Management, Strategy, Governance, and Incident Disclosure Rule. Our focus in that...more
On June 5th and 6th, 2023 the SEC filed complaints against Binance and Coinbase, respectively, for acting as an exchange, broker, and a clearing agency without registering accordingly as a result of offering tokens and...more
On May 3, 2023, by a 3-2 vote, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted amendments to disclosure rules (the “new buyback disclosure rules”) relating to repurchases of equity securities by issuers (or repurchases...more
On May 3, 2023, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission adopted amendments (the share repurchase amendments) to its rules regarding disclosure of securities repurchase programs (also known as share buybacks) by companies...more
The SEC today adopted amendments to modernize the disclosure requirements relating to repurchases of an issuer’s equity securities, including: - requiring issuers to provide daily repurchase activity on a quarterly or...more
On March 14, 2023, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) instituted cease-and-desist proceedings against DXC Technology Company (DXC) for alleged violations of Regulation G and other federal securities laws in its...more
Securities and Exchange Commission rulemaking continued at a brisk pace in the first quarter of 2023 as the Commission implemented several significant reporting and compliance regulations adopted in 2022. Final rules and...more
On Wednesday, March 1 the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced its first-ever prosecution of an individual for insider trading based on an executive’s use of 10b5-1 trading plans. Terren Peizer, the executive chairman of...more