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Morrison & Foerster LLP

Top 5 SEC Enforcement Developments for May 2025

On May 14, 2025, Deputy Enforcement Director Antonia Apps told those gathered at an anti‑money laundering conference in Washington, D.C. to expect a more measured approach from SEC Enforcement. That may include, she...more

K&L Gates LLP

SEC Finalizes Expanded Proxy Voting Reporting and New Say-On-Pay Reporting Requirements

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On 2 November 2022, by a vote of 3-2 (with Commissioners Hester Peirce and Mark Uyeda objecting), the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted, substantially as proposed in September 2021, final form and rule...more

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Crosscurrents: J.S. Held’s Environmental, Social & Governance Observations (Fiduciary Duties Become Political)

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The Attorneys General for both Indiana and Louisiana have issued opinions that environmental, social, and governance (ESG) criteria violate the fiduciary duty owed to corporate investors absent full disclosure of the use of...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Top 5 SEC Enforcement Developments for February 2022

In order to provide an overview for busy in-house counsel and compliance professionals, we summarize below some of the most important SEC enforcement developments from the past month, with links to primary resources. This has...more

Morgan Lewis

The SEC Staff Takes On ESG Investing

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In the US Securities and Exchange Commission staff’s most recent guidance addressing environmental, social, and governance (ESG) investing, the staff of the Division of Examinations released an April 9 Risk Alert noting...more

White and Williams LLP

The Big Change in Cybersecurity Regulation That No One Is Talking About

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The close of 2019 witnessed a significant development in data security law that impacts companies regulated with respect to or engaged in the trading of public securities, as well as those companies that provide services to...more

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Sixth Circuit Declines to Address the Definition of Dodd Frank “Whistleblower”

On January 13, 2017, the Sixth Circuit in Verble v. Morgan Stanley Smith Barney, LLC, declined an opportunity to be the third federal appellate court to address the definition of “whistleblower” under Dodd Frank’s...more

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