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2011

Date Title
December 13, 2011

SEC Staff Limits Ability of Foreign Issuers to Submit Draft Filings on Confidential Basis

Type: On the Subject

November 28, 2011

SEC Approves More Rigorous Listing Requirements of the Major U.S. Stock Exchanges for Reverse Merger Companies

Type: On the Subject

January 14, 2011

SEC, DOJ Continue to Enforce FCPA Cases Involving China and Joint Ventures

Type: China Law Alert

 

2010

Date Title
December 22, 2010

Non-Prosecution Agreement Suggests SEC May Take New Approach to Corporate Cooperators

Type: On the Subject

July 29, 2010

The SEC Gets Busy Early in Implementing Dodd-Frank Rulemaking Process

Type: On the Subject

May/June 2010

Inside M&A - May/June 2010

Type: Inside M&A

June 21, 2010

Amendment to German Securities Trading Act Introduced by Federal Ministry of Finance

Type: On the Subject

April 12, 2010

SEC Enforcement to Focus on Municipal Securities Industry

Type: On the Subject

Spring 2010

International News, Issue 1, 2010

Type: International News

March 22, 2010

SEC’s New Individual Cooperation Program Could Have Significant Ramifications for Companies

Type: On the Subject

February 12, 2010

SEC Weighs In on Climate Change Disclosure – What, if Anything, Do You Need to Disclose?

Type: On the Subject

January 28, 2010

SEC Issues Interpretive Guidance on Climate Change Disclosure

Type: On the Subject

January 26, 2010

SEC Publishes Revisions to Investment Adviser Custody Rule

Type: White Papers

January 5, 2010

Effects of the New Compensation and Corporate Governance Rules on the 2010 Proxy Season

Type: White Papers

 

2009

Date Title
August 6, 2009

District Court Narrowly Defines Misappropriation Theory Liability in SEC v. Cuban

Type: On the Subject

August 5, 2009

Recent Madoff-Related Coverage Disputes Place Crime Insurance in the Spotlight

Type: On the Subject

July 6, 2009

SEC Eliminates Broker Discretionary Voting in Director Elections, Proposes Changes to Disclosure & Other Requirements Regarding Corporate Governance & Compensation

Type: On the Subject

May 20, 2009

Informal Corporate Disclosure in the Age of Twitter

Type: White Papers

May 6, 2009

NYSE Amends Rules Regarding Procedures for Release of Material Information by Listed Companies

Type: On the Subject

February 2, 2009

SEC Adopts Final Rules Requiring Interactive Financial Data in XBRL Format

Type: On the Subject

January 28, 2009

Illinois Circuit Court Reinforces Seventh Circuit’s Limitation on Financial Advisors’ Liability Under Fairness Opinions

Type: On the Subject

January 5, 2009

The SEC v. Mark Cuban Insider Trading Case

Type: White Papers

 

2008

Date Title
November 26, 2008

SEC Proposes Roadmap for U.S. Issuers to Switch to IFRS

Type: White Papers

October 27, 2008

SEC Extends and Modifies Institutional Investor Short Sale Reporting, Adopts Naked Short Selling Rules

Type: On the Subject

October 23, 2008

SEC Amends Rules on Cross-Border Tender Offers, Exchange Offers, Business Combinations

Type: On the Subject

October 9, 2008

Hexion v. Huntsman: MAC-Out and Lessons in Satisfying Closing Conditions

Type: On the Subject

October 2, 2008

SEC and FSA's Recent Short Selling Orders

Type: On the Subject

September 2, 2008

SEC Modernizes Foreign Issuer Rules, Proposes IFRS Roadmap

Type: On the Subject

July 18, 2008

SEC Issues Order Affecting Short Sales in Financial Stocks

Type: On the Subject

June 27, 2008

SEC Permits Aggregate Section 16 Reporting

Type: On the Subject

June 17, 2008

Court Holds Total Return Swaps Confer 13(d) Beneficial Ownership

Type: On the Subject

 

2007

Date Title
September 21, 2007

SEC Petitioned to Require Climate Risk Disclosure by All Public Companies; New York State Attorney General Subpoenas Records on Carbon-Related Risks

Type: On the Subject

 

2006

Date Title
December 2006

International News, Issue 3, 2006

Type: International News

June 28, 2006

U.S. Court Strikes Down SEC’s Hedge Fund Rules

Type: On the Subject

April 2006

International News, Issue 1, 2006

Type: International News

April 2006

Update from Germany - April 2006

Type: On the Subject

March 27, 2006

California to Decline Fairness Hearings for Public Shell Reverse Mergers

Type: On the Subject

January 18, 2006

Disclosure Developments for Public Companies for the Upcoming Annual Disclosure Season

Type: White Papers

January 10, 2005

SEC Proposes Amendments to Tender Offer “All-Holders, Best-Price” Rule

Type: On the Subject

 

2005

Date Title
December 7, 2005

The Challenge of Harmonizing U.S. Codes of Conduct and Sarbanes-Oxley Hotlines with EU Data Protection and Employment Laws

Type: On the Subject

October 12, 2005

Corporate Minute-Taking: A General Counsel’s Guide

Type: On the Subject

September 9, 2005

Securities Offering Reform - A Practical Guide to New SEC Rules Relating to Registered Securities Offerings

Type: White Papers

August 8, 2005

The Return of the Stock-For-Stock Cross-Border Merger?

Type: On the Subject

June 20, 2005

Recent Executive Compensation Disclosure Developments: Has The Bar Been Raised?

Type: White Papers

April 26, 2005

NASDAQ Adopts Changes to Corporate Governance Exemption Process

Type: On the Subject

March 3, 2005

Form 8-K Disclosure and Exhibit Filing Requirements Regarding Director and Executive Compensation

Type: White Papers

 

2004

Date Title
November 30, 2004

SEC Issues FAQs on Revised Form 8-K

Type: White Papers

October 25, 2004

Impact of SEC’s Proposal to Register Hedge Fund Investment Advisers on the UK and Europe

Type: On the Subject

August 18, 2004

SEC’s Proposal to Register Private Fund Investment Advisers

Type: On the Subject

July 30, 2004

Two Years Later – A Recap of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and Related SEC Rulemaking

Type: White Papers

Spring 2004

International News Spring 2004

Type: International News

March 24, 2004

SEC Adds New Reporting Events to Form 8-K and Accelerates Filing Deadline for Required Reports to Four Business Days

Type: White Papers

 

2003

Date Title
November 24, 2003

SEC Issues Rules for Enhanced Proxy Statement Disclosure of Director Nomination Process and Communication with Directors by Security Holders

Type: White Papers

November 12, 2003

SEC Issues Rules on Periodic Disclosure of Company Stock Repurchases

Type: White Papers

April 18, 2003

SEC Adopts New Rules Reagarding Earning Announcements and the Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures

Type: On the Subject

February 21, 2003

Family Offices: Exemption from Registration as an Investment Adviser

Type: On the Subject

 

2002

Date Title
December 18, 2002

SEC Proposes Online Filing System for Section 16 Reports

Type: On the Subject

July 2002

Implications of SEC Order and Proposed Rules Requiring Personal Attestations by CEOs and CFOs of Periodic SEC Reports

Type: On the Subject

April 2002

SEC Proposes New, Amended Corporate Disclosure Rules on Periodic Reporting and Insider Transactions

Type: On the Subject

 

2001

Date Title
May 2001

SEC Increases Scrutiny of Foreign Issuers Doing Business With Countries and Entities

Type: On the Subject

February 2001

Securities and Exchange Commission Proposes New Rules on the Disclosure of Equity Compensation Plans

Type: On the Subject

January 2001

The Securities and Exchange Commission Adds Audit Committee Burdens

Type: On the Subject

 

2000

Date Title
September 2000

New SEC Disclosure Rules For Foreign Companies

Type: On the Subject

August 2000

SEC Issues Final Rule On Selective Disclosure

Type: On the Subject

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