Disclosure Requirements, Appeals, Conflicts of Interest

First Circuit Questions Materiality in SEC's Case Against Commonwealth Equity Services

Troutman Pepper Locke on 4/17/2025

On April 1, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit vacated a summary judgment ruling in favor of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) against Commonwealth Equity Services, LLC, also known as Commonwealth...more

“You Got To Know When To Protest”: Federal Circuit’s Inserso Decision Stretches the Blue & Gold Waiver Rule For Bid Protests To...

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 8/5/2020

...As most contractors know, a good protest requires a lot of thought and commitment to convince an agency or tribunal of why corrective action should be taken. The last thing a protester wants is to learn – too late – that...more

Examining Corwin: Latest Trends and Results

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 5/13/2019

The Delaware Supreme Court’s 2015 decision in Corwin v. KKR Financial Holdings LLC1 fashioned a powerful defense in post-closing money damages cases for boards of directors by finding that business judgment deference applies...more

DC Circuit finds negligent but not willful fraud for inadequate disclosures

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP on 5/3/2019

In a much-anticipated decision, on April 30, 2019, the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit issued its decision in Robare, a case that concerned an investment adviser’s (IA) disclosure of conflicts of...more

Court Rules that Arbitrators Must Disclose Related or Overlapping Appointments

Latham & Watkins LLP on 5/24/2018

Arbitrators should disclose subsequent appointments to related arbitration proceedings, particularly if cases materially overlap. In the Halliburton v Chubb ruling, the Court of Appeal held that an arbitrator who did not...more

In Principle: 10 Things Authorised Firms Need to Know for 2018 – The World of Financial Regulation as the UK Prepares to Exit the...

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 1/25/2018

There is much for authorised firms to consider in the year ahead. Firms have been through the intensive period of the enactment of the second Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID II), but must now step up their...more

2016 Year In Review: Corporate Governance Litigation And Regulation

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP on 1/12/2017

2016 saw many notable developments in corporate governance litigation and related regulatory developments. In this article, we discuss significant judicial and regulatory developments in the following areas: Mergers...more

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