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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

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

Ballard Spahr LLP

Investors Bring 10b-5 Action Against Westpac Over Money Laundering Scandal

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AML Scandals Seem to Inevitably Spawn Investor Lawsuits - As we recently blogged, Westpac, Australia’s second-largest retail bank, has been embroiled in a scandal arising from approximately 23 million alleged breaches of...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Securities Law/Commodities Exchange Act (CEA) - The World in U.S. Courts: Summer 2019

Factual Allegations Insufficient to Establish US Transaction in Securities Fraud Suit by Cayman Islands Bank Against Brazilian Entity Relating to Debt Securities Sold Outside the US - Banco Safra S.A. – Cayman Islands...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Securities Law/Commodities Exchange Act (CEA) - The World in U.S. Courts: Summer-Fall 2018

Giunta v. Dingman, US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, June 19, 2018 - As relevant here, plaintiff Erik Gordon sued Dingman in New York, alleging that Dingman violated US securities laws in connection with his sale...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Latin America Dispute Resolution Update – The Latest Developments in Cross-Border Disputes Involving the US and Latin America

US Courts Will Decide Whether to Enforce US$2 Billion Award Against Petróleos de Venezuela - In April 2018, an International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) tribunal awarded US$2.04 billion in damages to two subsidiaries of U.S....more

Latham & Watkins LLP

Global IPO Guide - 2017 Edition

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WorldWide Widgets, a non-US e-commerce company, is considering going public. In addition to offering its locally listed stock to investors outside the United States, WWW would like to sell to investors inside the United...more

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Business Litigation Report - June 2016

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Federal Circuit Recognizes New, but Limited, Privilege for Patent Agent Communications - Introduction - Patent agents are licensed to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”), and...more

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Australia: An Increasingly Attractive Plaintiffs’ Forum for Securities Class Actions

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The United States has long been the primary home for securities class actions around the world. This trend, however, was curtailed to some degree with the Supreme Court decision in Morrison v. National Australia Bank, 130 S....more

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Third Circuit Defines "Extraterritorial" Applicability of Federal Securities Laws in United States v. Georgiou

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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit added its voice yesterday to the ongoing judicial effort to construe the U.S. Supreme Court's 2010 decision in Morrison v. National Australia Bank, concerning the extent to...more

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