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Regulation in Flux, March 2025 - The UK’s FCA Publishes Bulletin on Leaks of Market Sensitive Information

In Primary Market Bulletin 54, the Financial Conduct Authority ("FCA") addresses concerns about deliberate, unintentional and unlawful disclosure of market sensitive information during ongoing M&A transactions. Leaks to the...more

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How Will Deep Cuts to the SEC Staff Impact You?

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With this Administration moving fast to deeply cut the federal workforce, you may be wondering what a trimmed-down SEC might look like. This is just conjecture – but here are five thoughts on how that might impact you...more

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Updates on OJK Regulation 45/2024

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On December 27, 2024 the Indonesia Financial Service Authority (Otoritas Jasa Keuangan or the OJK) issued OJK Regulation No. 45 of 2024 on Development and Enhancement of Issuers and Public Companies (OJK Regulation 45/2024). ...more

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SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce Provides Some Tea Leaves

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Normally, I don’t pay too much attention to the speeches that SEC Commissioners deliver because it’s the SEC Chair that wields the real clout. But given where we are with a new SEC Chair to be sworn in over the coming months...more

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The Paul Atkins Diet: Trump SEC Nominee Likely to Get Back to Basics, Trim Enforcement and Embrace Crypto

Members of Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP’s Government Investigations and White Collar Practice attended a Cornerstone Research event on December 11, 2024, about the outlook for the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in...more

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SEC approves Nasdaq proposal modifying minimum bid price compliance periods

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In August 2024, Nasdaq submitted a new rule proposal aimed at accelerating the delisting process for companies with shares that trade below $1. Briefly, under the proposal, a company would be suspended from trading on Nasdaq...more

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SEC Charges Four Companies with Misleading Cyber Disclosures

In October of 2024, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) charged four current and former public companies – Unisys Corp., Avaya Holdings Corp., Check Point Software Technologies Ltd, and Mimecast Limited – with...more

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Capital Markets & Governance Insights - October 2024

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SEC Developments - In Twin Actions, SEC Charges Former Kubient CEO for Fraud and Former CFO and Audit Committee Chair for Failing to Investigate and Perpetuating CEO’s Fraud....more

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Section 13 and 16 Developments: Lessons Learned from Recent SEC Enforcement Actions

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Over the past year, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) has intensified its focus on beneficial ownership reporting under Sections 13(d), 13(g) and 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (“Exchange...more

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SEC Adopts New SPAC Rules

On January 24, 2024, the SEC adopted new rules that apply to SPAC transactions and the adopted rules largely track the agency’s proposals with some notable exceptions. The new rules will become effective 125 days after...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Insights – June 2023

This edition of Skadden’s quarterly Insights looks at the latest trends in shareholder activism, the scrutiny companies are facing over their ESG disclosures and employment considerations for using AI in the workplace, among...more

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Updating Annual Report Risk Factors: Key Developments and Drafting Considerations for Public Companies

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The Annual Report season will soon be upon us, and it is important to assess a company's risk factors at the outset and whether recent developments, including those relating to macroeconomic, geopolitical, and public health...more

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Skadden's 2020 Insights

Despite political and economic uncertainties, markets and deal activity were resilient in 2019, and strong fundamentals remain in place heading into 2020. Companies continue to face a challenging litigation and enforcement...more

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Capital Markets & Public Companies Quarterly: Changes to SEC Review of Shareholder Proposals, Expansion of Testing-the-Waters,...

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In the third quarter of 2019, the SEC Staff announced major changes to the standard no-action request review and response process relating to shareholder proposals. In addition, the SEC expanded the availability of...more

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Corporate Governance And Securities Law Update: Latin America Edition

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Below is a summary of the main developments in US and EU corporate governance and securities law and certain financial markets regulation developments since our last update in April 2019. ...more

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New SEC Chair Announces Guiding Principles

In remarks before the Economic Club of New York, new SEC Chairman Jay Clayton discussed eight guiding principles: Principle #1: The SEC’s mission is our touchstone. Investors and capital markets will suffer if the SEC...more

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