In order to provide an overview for busy in-house counsel and compliance professionals, we summarize below some of the most important SEC enforcement developments from the past month, with links to primary resources. This...more
In order to provide an overview for busy in-house counsel and compliance professionals, we summarize below some of the most important and interesting SEC enforcement developments from the past month, with links to primary...more
11/11/2022
/ Blockchain ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Duty to Disclose ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Insider Trading ,
PCAOB ,
Rules of Professional Conduct ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Exchange Act ,
Securities Fraud ,
Securities Violations
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) have recently intensified their scrutiny of insider trading under Rule 10b5-1 trading plans. The emerging trend of enforcement investigations...more
11/9/2022
/ CFTC ,
Chief Technology Officer (CTO) ,
Cooling-Off Rule ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Insider Trading ,
MNPI ,
Proposed Amendments ,
Rule 10b-5 ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
In order to provide an overview for busy in-house counsel and compliance professionals, we summarize below some of the most important SEC enforcement developments from the past month, which was an active one as the SEC...more
10/12/2022
/ AT&T ,
Boeing ,
Broker-Dealer ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Insider Trading ,
Investment Adviser ,
MNPI ,
Negligence ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Recordkeeping Requirements ,
Regulation FD ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
On September 21, 2022, the Securities & Exchange Commission announced a settled enforcement action against two executives of China-based mobile internet company Cheetah Mobile, Inc. The SEC alleged that Sheng Fu, Cheetah...more
For the first time, a Regulation Fair Disclosure (Reg FD) case may be headed to trial. On September 8, 2022, the Federal District Court for the Southern District of New York denied cross-motions for summary judgment in a case...more
In order to provide an overview for busy in-house counsel and compliance professionals, we summarize below some of the most important U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) enforcement developments from the past month,...more
8/8/2022
/ Chief Compliance Officers ,
Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) ,
Compliance ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Cryptocurrency ,
Financial Institutions ,
Identity Theft ,
Insider Trading ,
Investment Adviser ,
Investment Schemes ,
Popular ,
Registered Investment Advisors ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
In order to provide an overview for busy in-house counsel and compliance professionals, we summarize below some of the most important and interesting SEC enforcement developments from the past month, with links to primary...more
2/3/2022
/ Aiding and Abetting ,
CEOs ,
CFOs ,
Compliance ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Insider Trading ,
Internal Investigations ,
MNPI ,
Remediation ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Exchange Act
On December 15, 2021, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) proposed amendments to the affirmative defense in Rule 10b5-1(c) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and...more
12/17/2021
/ 10b5-1 Plans ,
Cooling-Off Rule ,
Corporate Governance ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Gary Gensler ,
Good Faith ,
Insider Trading ,
Proposed Amendments ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Exchange Act ,
Securities Regulation
Rule 10b5-1 Plans: An Overview-
What is a Rule 10b5-1 plan?
A Rule 10b5-1 plan is a written plan for trading securities that is designed in accordance with Rule 10b5-1(c) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the...more