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Former CEO Sentenced in Historic Insider Trading Case Under Rule 10b5-1

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On June 23, 2025, U.S. District Judge Dale S. Fischer of the Central District of California sentenced a former Chairman and CEO of a behavioral healthcare company to 42 months in federal prison. This conviction represents the...more

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EU Omnibus Package: 10 things you should know about the proposed changes to key sustainability legislation

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The European Commission published an "Omnibus" package of proposed changes on 26 February, marking the start of a process that could result in significant changes to key EU laws on sustainability reporting, diligence and...more

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Corruption Perceptions Index 2024: A “Dangerous Problem” Globally, with More Expected from Governments in Asia Pacific

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On February 11, 2025, Transparency International (TI) published its annual Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) for 2024. TI observes that corruption remains “a dangerous problem in every part of the world, but change for the...more

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Top 10 International Anti-Corruption Developments for December 2024

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Designed for busy in-house counsel, compliance professionals, and anti-corruption lawyers, this newsletter summarizes some of the most important international anti-corruption law and enforcement developments from the past...more

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The Year in ESG – 2024 Popular Reads on JD Supra

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A roundup of some of the most widely read ESG and related updates, analysis, and guidance published on JD Supra througout 2024....more

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The Corporate Transparency Act – 2024 Popular Reads on JD Supra

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A roundup of some of the most widely read Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) publications on JD Supra throughout 2024....more

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EU Court Upholds Commission’s Power To Demand Data Held by Foreign Companies

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In Nuctech Warsaw (T-284/24), the EU Court of Justice held that EU subsidiaries can lawfully be required to provide access to email accounts and data held by their overseas parent company. The ruling involved the following...more

Bond Schoeneck & King PLLC

Doing Business in New York Part 1: Being A New York Employer - Key Differences in Law That Incoming Businesses Need to Know

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For existing businesses expanding operations into New York State for the first time, there are a myriad of legal idiosyncrasies to navigate. Businesses must proactively identify areas where a different approach is required to...more

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SEC v. SolarWinds: Court Dismisses the Majority of the SEC’s Securities Fraud Claims

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On July 18, Judge Paul Engelmayer of the Southern District of New York issued a lengthy order dismissing the majority of the SEC’s enforcement case against SolarWinds Corporation (SolarWinds) and its CISO, Timothy Brown. The...more

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Court of Chancery Issues First Dismissal of a SPAC Disclosure Complaint

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In January 2022, Vice Chancellor Lori Will of the Delaware Court of Chancery issued a groundbreaking opinion in In re MultiPlan Corp. Stockholders Litigation that paved the way for SPAC stockholders to bring direct breach of...more

Hogan Lovells

EU adopts first of its kind Nature Restoration Law

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In a surprising turn of events, the Council of EU Environment Ministers formally adopted on 17 June 2024, the much-contested EU Nature Restoration Law. The new Law sets specific, legally binding, targets and obligations for...more

PilieroMazza PLLC

Federal Judge Orders Minority Business Development Agency to Serve All Business Owners Regardless of Race

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On March 5, 2024, a federal judge ordered the Department of Commerce’s Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA) to immediately stop considering a business owner’s race or ethnicity in determining whether an applicant may...more

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SEC to Continue Aggressive Enforcement Efforts in 2024 After Record-Setting 2023

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This is the fourth in our 2024 Year in Preview series examining important trends in white collar law and investigations in the coming year. We will be posting further installments in the series throughout the next several...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

ESG Insights: 10 Things That Should Be Top of Mind 2024

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Amid new regulations, increased enforcement and litigation, and higher stakeholder scrutiny, companies will need to adopt an integrated and nuanced approach to ESG. In some ways, 2023 was a challenging year for ESG. This...more

A&O Shearman

Regulators and reforms: how Australia tackled white collar crime in 2023 and what to expect in 2024

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Regulators and enforcement authorities in Australia intensified their efforts to curb white-collar crime in 2023. They targeted fraud, money laundering, tax evasion, cybercrime, and corruption across multiple industries,...more

Jenner & Block

Client Alert: The SEC Charges SolarWinds and Its CISO with Fraud: Key Takeaways

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This week, the SEC filed a high-profile litigation asserting fraud and internal controls charges against software company SolarWinds Corporation and its Chief Information Security Officer, Timothy G. Brown, in connection with...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

2023 Analysis Of Climate Litigation Shows Continuing Upward Trend

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In its 2023 snapshot report (the Climate Litigation Report), the London School of Economics’ Grantham Institute found that climate litigation continues to grow, with 190 new cases filed in the last 12 months, including cases...more

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SEC Approves Stock Exchange Rules for Dodd-Frank Clawbacks

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On June 9, 2023, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved, on an accelerated basis, the New York Stock Exchange’s (NYSE) and Nasdaq Stock Market’s (Nasdaq) proposed listing standards implementing the SEC’s...more

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Australia’s Securities and Consumer Protection Regulators Pursue Alleged Greenwashing

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On February 28, 2023, Australia’s securities regulator, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC), announced that it had commenced “civil penalty proceedings” in federal court against Mercer Superannuation...more

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Ten Key Considerations for the 2023 Annual Reporting and Proxy Season Part I: Form 10-K Considerations

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Part I of our two-part series identifies our Public Company Advisory Group's 10 important considerations when preparing Annual Reports on Form 10-K in 2023, organized in two categories: 1. Six Housekeeping Considerations:...more

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Corporate Governance: 2022 Year-End Review

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Since Kramer Levin issued its Corporate Governance: 2022 Midyear Review, a wave of enforcement actions by the Department of Justice (DOJ) and Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has underscored the continued importance...more

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Court of Chancery Dismisses Caremark Claims Because of Reporting Systems

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Delaware courts have historically been reluctant to allow Caremark (or “board oversight”) claims to gain traction, describing such a claim as “possibly the most difficult theory in corporation law upon which a plaintiff might...more

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Delaware Court of Chancery Applies MFW Factors to ‘Reverse Spinoff

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The Court of Chancery’s decision in In re Match Group, Inc. Derivative Litigation1 is the latest example of how the Delaware Supreme Court’s watershed 2014 decision in Kahn v. M & F Worldwide Corp. (MFW)2 has been applied to...more

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The DOJ Gets the Green Light in its Latest No-Poach Criminal Prosecution

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It has been a tumultuous year for the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) and its recent no-poach criminal prosecution strategy. No-poach agreements, which are arrangements between companies that place restrictions on the hiring...more

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Enforcement Priorities Could Shift in a Downturn

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In 2022, we saw steep drops in the U.S. stock market, comparable to the bursting of the dot-com bubble of 2000-01 and the crash set off by the global financial crisis of 2007-09. Additionally, cryptocurrency markets have lost...more

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