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Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Alberta Securities Commission Releases Reasons for Cease-Trading Retroactive Poison Pill

On July 22, 2025, the Alberta Securities Commission (ASC) released reasons for its decision to cease-trade a shareholder rights plan of Greenfire Resources Ltd. The rights plan had been adopted in response to the announcement...more

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

OSC Finalizes Rules for Distribution of Disgorged Funds to Harmed Investors

On June 12, 2025, the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) published its final rules to implement a new statutory framework that will facilitate distributing amounts collected by the OSC under disgorgement orders to harmed...more

Barnea Jaffa Lande & Co.

Israel Securities Authority Pecuniary Sanctions: Enforcement Tool or Rights Violation?

The Israel Securities Authority (ISA) has recently begun to take a clearly more aggressive approach toward administrative enforcement. Originally, pecuniary sanctions were intended to provide a swift, proportional, and...more

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SEC Engages in “Targeted, Common-Sense” Reorganization

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It has been reported that the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently reduced head count by an estimated 12% due to the Trump administration’s effort to rapidly downsize the federal government. Particularly hard-hit...more

Polsinelli

Blockchain+ Bi-Weekly; Highlights of the Last Two Weeks in Web3 Law: April 24, 2025

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The last two weeks have seen federal agencies continue refining their approach to the digital asset industry, while state regulators are beginning to play a more prominent role—even as the overall pace of development appears...more

Cooley LLP

Capital Markets Update – March 2025 One-Minute Reads

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New C&DIs related to Reg A and Reg D - On March 12, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Division of Corporation Finance (Corp Fin) issued new and updated compliance and disclosure interpretations (C&DIs) under...more

Cornerstone Research

CME Group Disciplinary Notices Held Steady in 2024 After Significant Jump in 2023

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Disciplinary notices issued by the CME Group’s Market Regulation Enforcement team remained steady in 2024 after experiencing a significant increase in 2023, according to a new report by Cornerstone Research. The report,...more

DarrowEverett LLP

Private Placements in South Carolina: A Primer on Federal and State Securities Registration

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With an estimated 34 people moving to the Charleston area each day and with South Carolina claiming one of the fastest-growing populations in the nation last year , the post-COVID increase in the number of private placement...more

A&O Shearman

Addressing Issue Of First Impression, Southern District Of New York Dismisses Action Seeking To Impose Short-Swing Liability...

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On March 14, 2025, Judge John P. Cronan of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York granted summary judgment in favor of defendants in an action brought under Section 16(b) of the Securities...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

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

Oberheiden P.C.

Section 4(a)(2): Private Placement Ultimate Guide

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Section 4(a)(2) private placements can help companies raise capital without an Initial Public Offering (IPO). While exempt from registration, these offerings do require strict compliance to avoid legal pitfalls. Companies...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

SEC’s Corporation Finance Staff says the offer and sale of “Meme Coins” does not fall under the Securities Act – the Meming of it...

On February 27, 2025, the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Division of Corporate Finance (the “staff”) released its views on “meme coins,” stating that under certain circumstances, the offer and sale of “meme...more

Seward & Kissel LLP

SEC Charges Investment Advisers for Compliance Failures Relating to Cash Sweep Programs

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Quick Take: Indicative of a recent SEC focus on bank deposit sweep programs (BDSPs) offered to advisory clients through broker-dealers, the SEC recently settled charges against three dually registered investment advisers and...more

Bressler, Amery & Ross, P.C.

Form D-elay: Shift in Enforcement?

Securities issuers and their counsel have historically relied on the fact that the SEC has not pursued enforcement actions against issuers that have not filed, or been delayed in filing, a Form D in connection with offerings...more

K&L Gates LLP

Asset Management Regulatory Year in Review 2024

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2024 was a year of meaningful regulatory change for asset managers globally. The regulatory activity was wide ranging and without a particular unifying theme. In fact, the wide, and in cases diverging focuses of key global...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

Fenwick & West LLP

How the Current SEC Could Affect Ongoing Crypto Enforcement and ‘Impact Litigation’

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As the crypto industry eagerly awaits regulatory clarity, some early glimpses of the new administration’s policy priorities may be found in resolutions of ongoing Securities and Exchange Commission cases against exchanges and...more

Ropes & Gray LLP

Capital Markets & Governance Insights - January 2025

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Companies should not minimize the extent of a material cybersecurity incident by omitting material facts regarding the scope and potential impact of the incident. Cybersecurity risk factor disclosures should be tailored to a...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

Cooley LLP

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

Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP

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

Ropes & Gray LLP

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

White & Case LLP

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

SEC Compliance Consultants, Inc. (SEC³)

A September Surprise: SEC Finds Gaps in MNPI Controls for CLO Manager

In the SEC’s burst of settlements at the end of its fiscal year, one case about the potential misuse of material nonpublic inside information (“MNPI”) shows just how far down in the weeds it is willing to go to prevent...more

Cornerstone Research

Securities Class Action Filings: 2024 Midyear Assessment

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The number of securities class action filings increased in the first half of 2024 relative to the second half of 2023, according to a report released today by Cornerstone Research and the Stanford Law School Securities Class...more

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