Public companies regularly face challenges in protecting confidential information relating to material announcements of corporate developments as well as financial results and other events. For example, recently, the U.S....more
7/15/2025
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Corporate Misconduct ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Fraud ,
Insider Trading ,
Material Nonpublic Information ,
Misappropriation ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Risk Management ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Fraud ,
Securities Violations
As discussed in our September 1, 2021 post, the SEC brought its first “shadow insider trading” case against Matthew Panuwat, a company employee who purchased options in a competitor’s shares shortly after learning his...more
6/14/2024
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Corporate Governance ,
Criminal Convictions ,
Criminal Prosecution ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Insider Trading ,
Material Nonpublic Information ,
Materiality ,
Misappropriation ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Risk Mitigation ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Fraud
This newsletter discusses noteworthy updates, key regulatory decisions and upcoming compliance reminders.
In this edition, we review:
...SEC Changes Approach to Shareholder Proposal No-Action Requests
...SEC Issues...more
10/24/2019
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Cease and Desist Orders ,
Clean Water Act ,
Contract Terms ,
Corporate Governance ,
Default ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Environmental Violations ,
Federal Loans ,
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ,
Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) ,
Interpretive Letters ,
Investment Adviser ,
Libor ,
Material Nonpublic Information ,
MD&A Statements ,
Misrepresentation ,
New Guidance ,
No-Action Requests ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Proxy Advisors ,
Proxy Advisory Firms ,
Proxy Voting ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Regulation FD ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Exchange Act ,
Shareholder Proposals ,
Shareholders