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SEC Launches Cross-Border Task Force to Target Fraud Involving Foreign-Based Companies

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What auditors and underwriters should know - The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has launched a Cross-Border Task Force to investigate fraud involving foreign-based companies, with a focus on market manipulation...more

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The Latham FPI Guide: Accessing the US Capital Markets From Outside the United States - 2025 Edition

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Fabry-Pérot Interferometer, SA is a highly successful non-US company known to the world as FPI. FPI is considering doing a debt or equity offering in the United States. What are the key legal issues it, and its underwriters...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

SEC Launches Initiative to Tackle International Fraud and Protect U.S. Investors

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On September 5, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced the formation of a Cross-Border Task Force. This initiative aims to enhance the Division of Enforcement’s capabilities in identifying and combating...more

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

Lawsuit Highlights How Tariff-Related Risk Disclosures Are Under Shareholder Scrutiny

The tariffs that President Donald Trump has imposed on foreign countries have raised myriad questions on how import restrictions and elevated costs resulting from the president’s tariff policies will impact business for U.S....more

Quinn Emanuel

SEC Gets Serious About Cross-Border Fraud: New Task Force Targets Foreign Companies and Gatekeepers

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The SEC just fired a warning shot across international waters. On September 5th, the agency announced the launch of a new Cross-Border Task Force aimed squarely at rooting out fraud by foreign companies—and the professionals...more

Seward & Kissel LLP

SEC No-Action Relief Clears Operational Hurdles for Broker-Dealers Handling ETFs with Foreign Holdings

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Who may be interested: Exchange-Traded Funds, Broker-Dealers, Registered Investment Companies, Registered Investment Advisers, Compliance Staff, Boards of Directors - Quick Take: The Securities and Exchange Commission (the...more

BakerHostetler

Weekly Blockchain Blog - August 2025

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US Fintech and Digital Asset Companies Announce Stablecoin Initiatives - A major U.S. fintech company recently announced a partnership with the issuer of the USDC stablecoin “to give financial institutions the ability to...more

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Weekly Blockchain Blog - May 2025 #2

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U.S. Fintech Companies Announce Stablecoin Initiatives - Several major U.S. fintech companies recently announced stablecoin initiatives. In one development, Mesh, a Dubai-based digital asset startup, announced that it has...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

2025 Insights: A First Look at Trump’s Second Term

As we step into a new year, the potential shifts under a second Trump administration loom large. Our 2025 Insights publication analyzes the impacts these changes could have on both U.S. and global business environments,...more

BakerHostetler

[Podcast] Estate and Tax Planning for Globally Mobile Clients: Non-U.S. Persons Investing in U.S. Capital Markets

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Non-Americans who wish to purchase U.S. stocks and other financial assets should be aware of the tax consequences of investing here. George McCormick discusses this issue and more....more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Sustainability and ESG Advisory Practice Update, March 2024

We are pleased to share the March 2024 issue of Wilson Sonsini’s Sustainability and ESG Advisory Practice Update. Each issue combines news, key legal developments, and resources related to sustainability and environmental,...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

The Latham Global IPO Guide - 2024 Edition

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This Summary does not contain all of the information that you will need to successfully complete your global IPO. You really should read this entire guide as well as the other Latham & Watkins publications referred to in this...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

AGG Talks: Cross-Border Business - Navigating Inbound Franchising in the U.S.

In this episode, Mike Burke, AGG Corporate partner and leader of the Ireland & Northern Ireland practice, is joined by Erica Tokar and Leah Braukman, attorneys in AGG’s Corporate practice, to discuss inbound franchising of...more

Jones Day

Jones Day Cross-Border Investigations Series 2023 - Issue 1 : Whistleblowing

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While there are a number of ways in which organizations may become aware of potential wrongdoing internally, perhaps the most significant for its legal and compliance teams is internal reporting, or “whistleblowing,” by...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

Implications of SEC Amendment to Insider Trading Safe Harbor for Canadian Issuers

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On December 14, 2022, the SEC adopted final rules amending Rule 10b5-1, a safe harbor from liability under the U.S. insider trading rules. The safe harbor permits directors, executive officers and others, including issuers,...more

Oberheiden P.C.

Internal Audit for FCPA Compliance: A Detailed Guide

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The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) (15 U.S.C. § 78dd-1 et seq.) is a federal anti-bribery law that makes it unlawful for certain people to pay foreign government officials in order to conduct business abroad. While it...more

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Raising U.S. Funds Under Canada’s New “Listed Issuer Financing Exemption”

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​​​​​​​As many of our readers will have heard, the Canadian Securities Administrators (“CSA”) has announced the adoption of a new prospectus exemption for certain reporting issuers listed on a Canadian stock exchange (the...more

Morgan Lewis

Analysis: It’s Time to Create ‘The Commission on Foreign Investment and National Security’

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Given its existing limitations, the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States is ready for its next evolution—not a tweaking around the edges of an existing process that continues to perpetuate limitations to the...more

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US vs EU/UK Margin Rules Comparative Summary

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This updated guide lays out the margin requirements for uncleared derivative transactions in a user-friendly comparative table. ...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Challenges for Cross Border Distribution of Private Funds in 2022

On January 12, 2022, Skadden partners Greg Norman and Anna Rips led the webinar “Challenges for Cross-Border Distribution of Private Funds in 2022,” which considered recent changes to the rules and regimes governing the...more

BakerHostetler

New Crypto Products Launch; Market Reports Published; Treasury Dept. Addresses Crypto Tax; Crypto Enforcement Actions and Threats...

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Reports Address Crypto M&A and Metaverse, New Crypto Products Launch - A Big Four accounting firm recently released its “2021 Global Cryptocurrency Mergers and Acquisition and Fundraising Report.” Key takeaways from the...more

Goodwin

2021 Year in Review: FCPA

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A. Basic Overview of Statute - The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, 15 U.S.C. §§ 78dd-1, et seq. (FCPA), makes it unlawful for U.S. persons and entities and others who act within the jurisdiction of the...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

M&A in 2021 and Trends for 2022

2021 M&A smashed U.S. and global records. The year saw the arrival of a new U.S. administration, the release of COVID-19 vaccines, as well as continued questions regarding the impact of the pandemic, including the year-end...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

[Webinar] The Continuing Rise of the SPAC: Where Does It Go from Here? - December 16th, 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm EST

The interest in special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs), also known as blank check companies, skyrocketed in 2020 with 250+ SPAC filings. This year has already outpaced last year with 350+ SPAC filings and nearly 450...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

The Latham FPI Guide: Accessing the US Capital Markets From Outside the United States - 2021 Edition

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Fabry-Pérot Interferometer, SA is a highly successful non-US company known to the world as FPI. FPI is considering doing a debt or equity offering in the United States. What are the key legal issues it, and its underwriters...more

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