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Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP

Nutter Securities Enforcement Update: July 1, 2025

The Nutter Securities Enforcement Update is a periodic update of noteworthy recent securities enforcement activity, settlements, decisions, and charges. We provide brief summaries that highlight recent enforcement action...more

Goodwin

Shareholder Activism in the REIT Sector: An Evolving Landscape

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Shareholder activism in the public REIT sector has evolved from a marginal tactic employed by a small number of high-profile hedge funds into a persistent, structural feature of corporate life. The public REIT model, long...more

Hahn Loeser & Parks LLP

Using Private Funds For CRE Development Capital

In our last legal alert, we discussed developers using private placements to raise private equity capital as a proactive response to the Commercial Real Estate (CRE) market....more

Mayer Brown Free Writings + Perspectives

SEC Director Focuses on CRE Disclosures

As part of a panel discussion at the Practising Law Institute’s 2024 SEC Speaks Conference held on April 2, 2024, the Director of the SEC’s Division of Corporation Finance, Erik Gerding, highlighted several risks and...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

A Comparative Analysis of 2022 and 2023 SEC Comments Issued to REITs

In recent years, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has increased its scrutiny of disclosure in public filings, as evidenced by an increase in the number of comments issued to public reporting companies. This trend...more

Alston & Bird

Structured Finance Spectrum – Winter 2024

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Welcome to the latest edition of the Spectrum, covering hot-topic issues in the structured finance markets in the U.S. and UK. This edition features the shifting single-family rental landscape, what’s next for EDGAR, and...more

Carlton Fields

NASAA Report on BD Compliance With Reg BI: Finds Progress, but Specifies Work To Be Done

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A September report of the North American Securities Administrators Association (NASAA) on broker-dealer compliance with the SEC’s Regulation Best Interest (Reg BI) finds...more

Freiberger Haber LLP

Enforcement News: Misappropriation of Client Funds and Stock Manipulation

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It should come as no surprise that one of the goals of an investment fraud is the theft of customer funds for the scammer’s personal benefit. In legal parlance, this aspect of a fraudulent investment scheme is called...more

Goodwin

Blind Pool REIT IPOs: Real Estate Sponsors Are Getting Ready To Jump Back In

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Coming out of the Great Recession, there was a rush by real estate sponsors to raise “blind pool” capital to take advantage of displacement and distress in the real estate market. From 2009 through 2010, 30 new public real...more

Woods Rogers

Real Estate Syndications: Legal Considerations for Syndicators (and Investors)

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Real estate syndication involves pooling funds from multiple investors to finance a real estate project. While syndication can be a profitable investment strategy, it also comes with various legal considerations and potential...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Prefabricated Facts: SEC Charges "Queen of Mobile Homes," Others for Years-Long Scheme

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A recent enforcement action from the Fort Worth Regional Office of the SEC reminds one of the agency's investor-protection mission and continued focus on those who deceive retail investors in the private offer and sale of...more

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Goodwin REIT Alert: REIT Disclosure Requirements When Acquiring or Disposing of Real Estate Operations

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When a public REIT acquires or disposes of real estate, the transaction may trigger financial disclosure requirements under SEC rules and guidance. Specifically, Rule 3-14 of Regulation S-X (“Rule 3-14”) sets forth the...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

Private Capital Insights - Spring 2022

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Welcome to the second edition of Private Capital Insights, a report that examines market trends and developments impacting private capital investors across a range of asset classes. In this edition, we explore the...more

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Investing in Metaverse Real Estate: Mind the Gap Between Recognized and Realized Potential

The Metaverse is an immersive world combining virtual reality and augmented reality, where users are represented by avatars and roam virtual spaces. It comprises a variety of platforms and environments that can be explored,...more

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Climate Risks Prompting Shifts By Real Estate Investors

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The prospect of climate change, and the corresponding elevated risks to various forms of property and investments, are increasingly beginning to be priced in to widening swathes of the economy. While the energy...more

Mayer Brown Free Writings + Perspectives

On point. – Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)

Real estate investment trusts (“REITs”) are professionally managed companies that invest in real estate, mortgages and real estaterelated assets on behalf of their investors. Established in 1960, REITs were designed to...more

Miles & Stockbridge P.C.

Wealth Begets Wealth: The Limited Expansion of the Accredited Investor Definition

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With the increased focus on the lack of access to capital in certain communities, and the generational impacts of such deficit, the SEC’s expanded definition of accredited investor takes a step in the right direction, but...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

REIT Alert: SEC Updates Financial Disclosures about Acquisitions and Dispositions of Businesses, Including Real Estate Operations

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Earlier this year, the Securities and Exchange Commission updated its requirements to provide financial information about acquisitions and dispositions of businesses and real estate operations, the first time that these...more

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Securities Class Action Against Swiss-Based Company Dismissed On Forum Non Conveniens Grounds

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Securities Class Action Against Swiss-Based Company Dismissed On Forum Non Conveniens Grounds; Second Circuit Finds Strong Inference of “Conscious Recklessness” In Allegations And Reverses Dismissal of Securities Suit Against...more

Proskauer Rose LLP

The SEC's New Disclosure Regime for Real Estate Acquisitions - A User's Guide for REITs

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The Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") recently adopted amendments to Regulation S-X and related rules and forms that will streamline and reduce the financial statements required to be filed in connection with...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

Financial Disclosures in the COVID-19 Era for REITs and other Public Companies Relating to Real Estate Assets and Liabilities

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The stock markets’ volatility in the era of the COVID-19 pandemic is one of the virus’ largest impacts. With that in mind, the SEC recently made clear that timely disclosure of significant financial and non-financial issues...more

Hogan Lovells

"The Net Short": U.S. and European High-Yield Covenant Trends in Response to Net Short Activism

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On February 15, 2019, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York issued its ruling in the case of Aurelius Capital Master, Ltd. (“Aurelius”) against Windstream Services, LLC (“Windstream”). The origins of...more

King & Spalding

SEC Proposes Amendments to Financial Disclosures for Acquisitions and Dispositions

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On May 3, 2019, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) proposed amendments to the financial disclosure requirements in Rules 3-05, 3-14 and Article 11 of Regulation S-X governing acquisitions and dispositions of...more

Proskauer Rose LLP

SEC Proposes Rule Changes with Potential Benefits for REITs, Funds, and Business Development Companies

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The Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC" or "Commission") recently proposed a number of changes to Regulation S-X and related rules and forms that could significantly streamline the requirements for filing financial...more

Mayer Brown Free Writings + Perspectives

Survey of Recent SEC Comment Letters to Mortgage REITs

In recent years, the Staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) has been providing comments regarding companies’ presentations of non-GAAP financial measures in public filings. ...more

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