Discrimination, Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)

Intentionally Discriminatory Public Offering Stalled At The SEC

Allen Matkins on 4/7/2025

In this February post, I pondered the question of whether an issuer could allocate shares on the basis of race, gender or ethnicity. That post was inspired by the case of Glennon v. Johnson, U.S. Dist. Ct. Case No....more

Executive Order 14173: How Public Companies’ DEI Initiatives May Be Targeted and Key Actions to Take Now

Epstein Becker & Green on 2/12/2025

On January 21, 2025, President Trump signed Executive Order 14173, titled “Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity” (the “Order”), which, among other actions, directs all executive departments and...more

May Corporations Allocate Shares Based On Race, Gender, Or Ethnicity?

Allen Matkins on 2/11/2025

Last December, Bally’s Chicago, Inc., a Delaware corporation and indirect subsidiary of Bally’s Corporation filed a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission to raise funds in connection with the...more

OFCCP Enforcement Action Against Federal Contractor Enjoined by U.S. District Court

Paul Hastings LLP on 11/7/2024

Last week, the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas entered a preliminary injunction barring the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) from pursuing an enforcement action against a federal contractor, ABM...more

Right To Know - June 2024, Vol. 18

Clark Hill PLC on 6/10/2024

Cyber, Privacy, and Technology Report - Welcome to your monthly rundown of all things cyber, privacy, and technology, where we highlight all the happenings you may have missed....more

State AGs Write Amicus Brief Arguing Nasdaq Diversity Rule Is Unconstitutional

Troutman Pepper Locke on 12/7/2023

Republican attorneys general (AGs) from 19 states, led by Utah AG Sean D. Reyes, filed an amicus brief urging the Fifth Circuit to rehear a case after a panel of judges declined to entertain a lawsuit challenging diversity...more

Artificial Intelligence, the SEC, and What the Future May Hold

Foley & Lardner LLP on 11/14/2023

With the growing use of artificial intelligence (AI) in financial markets, broker-dealers and investment advisers need to pay attention to the risks posed by AI on firms’ compliance with federal securities laws. While machine...more

Reductions in Force: Legal Do’s and Don’ts

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 12/15/2022

Reductions in force (RIFs) are making headlines as companies trim their worker ranks in the face of a weakening economy. Employers must decide whether to implement voluntary or involuntary RIFs (or both); the considerations...more

Compliance Into The Weeds - Elon Musk and Tesla Redux

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist on 2/16/2022

Compliance into the Weeds is the only weekly podcast that takes a deep dive into a compliance-related topic, literally going into the weeds to explore a subject more fully. This week, Matt and I return to one of Matt's...more

Diversity or Discrimination? Amicus Brief Argues Against Nasdaq’s Board Diversity Rule

Cozen O'Connor on 1/7/2022

A group of 17 Republican AGs, led by Arizona AG Mark Brnovich, filed an amicus brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in Alliance for Fair Board Recruitment v. SEC, No. 21-60626, in support of a challenge to...more

Financial Daily Dose 11.19.2020 | Top Story: FAA Clears Boeing’s Troubled 737 Max to Return to Skies

Robins Kaplan LLP on 11/19/2020

The FAA has once again given Boeing the green light to send its troubled 737 Max models into the sky, “20 months after it was grounded following two fatal crashes blamed on faulty software and a host of company and government...more

Financial Services Report, Fall 2015

Morrison & Foerster LLP on 9/18/2015

BELTWAY - Straight Out of the Seventh Circuit The Seventh Circuit recently affirmed a lower court’s ruling that the SEC cannot be sued in district court to stop it from bringing an administrative action. Bebo v. SEC, No....more

That is SO last week - August 2015 #2

Zelle LLP on 8/11/2015

Pay was the big deal last week. A divided Securities and Exchange Commission voted to approve the CEO Pay Ratio Rule. The new rule requires publicly traded companies to disclose the ratio of their chief executive officer’s...more

The Employment Law Authority - March/April 2015

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 4/7/2015

In this Issue: - Immigration - State Round-Up - Best Practices - Retaliation - Employment Discrimination - Excerpt from Immigration; Spouses of H-1B visa holders will be eligible for work...more

10-K Conundrum: 7th Circuit Holds Corporate Filings Can Lead To Employment Claims

Dorsey & Whitney LLP on 1/22/2015

A recent Seventh Circuit decision provides a cautionary tale for employers deciding what level of detail about litigated matters to include in publicly disclosed Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) filings. The court...more

Quirky Question #251, Naming Names in SEC Filings?

Dorsey & Whitney LLP on 1/22/2015

Question: Our publicly traded company must file a disclosure with the SEC, and we’re trying to determine what information to include regarding recent charges of discrimination that former employees have filed with the...more

Corporate and Financial Weekly Digest - Volume IX, Issue 12

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP on 3/24/2014

In this issue: - Delaware Supreme Court Upholds Chancery Court Ruling that Applied Business Judgment Rule to Going Private Transaction with Controlling Stockholder - Amendments to Uniform Branch Office...more

Skadden's 2013 Insights: Global Litigation

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 1/21/2013

New legal ground is expected to be broken this year in areas of importance to companies and their directors, officers and executives. We see those developments coming from around the globe and defining the litigation...more

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