The SEC has proposed rules that would implement the requirements of Section 1503 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Act. This Section is already in effect and calls for ope...
The SEC has proposed rules that implement Section 1502 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Act which requires companies that file Exchange Act reports, whether U.S. companie...
You may recall that last year a federal district court in Texas dismissed the SEC’s insider trading case against Mark Cuban, on the theory that a simple confidentiality agreement withou...
On September 18, 2010, the SEC proposed amendments which would require both financial and nonfinancial companies to disclose additional information in registration statements and periodic...
The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Act recently signed into law by the President contains three new disclosure requirements applicable to mining and natural resource extractio...
Among the many provisions contained in The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (signed into law by the President today), is a provision which nullifies Rule 436(g) u...
On June 24, 2010, the Supreme Court issued an important decision narrowing the reach of the key antifraud provisions of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (“Exchange Act”) with respe...
At a meeting of the ABA Subcommittee on Securities Regulation last Friday, Tom Kim, Chief Counsel, SEC Division of Corporation Finance, indicated that the SEC’s proposed amendment to Ru...
The Southern District of New York (“SDNY”) recently agreed to modify the Global Research Equity Settlement (“Global Settlement”) paving the way for chaperoned research analyst and...
Corporate governance is in a state of unprecedented ferment. In response to pressures from shareholders and advisory groups, the governance practices of large companies have been steadily...
