Daily Compliance News: June 17, 2025, The JBS Goes Public Edition
Exploring the Administration's Regulatory Impact on Private Equity — PE Pathways Podcast
PODCAST: Williams Mullen's Raising Capital 101: A Securities Podcast - What is a Public Offering?
Best Practices for Preparing Your Company for Exit
Tech Debt is Common. What does it mean for IPO readiness from a cybersecurity perspective?
PODCAST: Williams Mullen's Raising Capital 101: A Securities Podcast - What Makes it a Securities Offering?
A Day in the Life of a Financial Services General Counsel - The Consumer Finance Podcast
Has the SPAC Bubble Burst? Part 2: The SEC’s New Rules
Has the SPAC Bubble Burst? Lessons Learned From the Early Days of SPAC Mania
Fast Track to IPO: Why Are Series A Startups Snatching Topflight CFOs?
The Brave New Frontier of Securing D&O Insurance for SPACs and deSPACs
Venture Capital: Global State of the Market
Nota Bene Episode 95: Mapping Capital Markets and Securities Enforcement in the Current COVID-19 Moment with Jamie Mercer and John Stigi
Compliance and Coronavirus-Michael Beber on M&A, IPOs and SPACs During and After Covid-19
What Is a Direct Listing?
Compliance into the Weeds-Episode 85-Professor Coffee on the Dearth of IPOs
Life Sciences Quarterly: A View From Washington: What to Expect From the SEC
Dual-track IPOs
FCPA Compliance and Ethics Report-Episode 175-Debra Bruce on new methods for law firm funding and its implications
Advanced Intellectual Property Strategies for Defending Your Life Sciences IPO
The D&O Databox™ Mid-Year Report provides insights about securities class action activities, developments, and historical trends—sourced from Databox, our proprietary database and leading resource for securities class action...more
On May 9, 2025, Judge Edward J. Davila of the Northern District of California granted a motion to dismiss a purported securities class action against a grocery delivery company (the “Company”), certain of its officers and...more
On January 10, 2025, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit Court affirmed the dismissal of a putative securities class action brought by a pension plan alleging that a hearing aid manufacturer (the...more
In many ways, 2020 was an unprecedented year. In midMarch, the United States abruptly went into lockdown as coronavirus cases began to spike; a national emergency was declared, travel bans and gathering restrictions were...more
Despite a general decline in filings of securities class action litigation in 2020, the economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic has led to an uptick of securities fraud cases alleging failure to disclose risks of the...more
SEC Greenlights NYSE Proposal Modifying Direct Listings; SEC Expands Definition of Accredited Investor; SDNY Court Permits Trial To Proceed Against Former Lead Trader at Nomura Securities International; Delaware Chancery...more
California Federal Court Denies Motion to Dismiss Securities Class Action Arising from Uber’s IPO; S.D.N.Y. Dismisses Ponzi Scheme Action Against HSBC Hong Kong for Lack of Personal Jurisdiction; Delaware Court of Chancery...more
Bass, Berry & Sims attorney Chris Lazarini provided insight on a case brought by investors alleging a company violated certain securities laws by issuing a false registration statement in conjunction with its IPO. In the...more
The ICO boom in 2017 brings with it questions of jurisdiction and compliance, and a need for further guidance - The benefits of ICOs in raising capital, as well as in providing a marketing push for a new business model,...more
On October 30, 2015, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) voted three to one to adopt equity crowdfunding rules pursuant to Title III of the Jumpstart Our Business Startup Act of 2012 (JOBS Act)....more