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SEC Withdraws Proposed Cyber-Related Rule Applicable to Broker-Dealers And Signals SolarWinds Settlement on the Horizon

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The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently announced the withdrawal of several Biden-era regulations, including a proposed rule that would have required a broad range of platforms and financial intermediaries (such...more

McGuireWoods LLP

With Compliance Date for Reg S-P Amendments Looming, Is Your Firm Ready Yet?

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Welcome to “SERC’ling Up,” your resource for staying ahead in today’s fast-evolving financial landscape. This newsletter delivers perspectives on the latest enforcement trends, regulatory updates and high-stakes developments...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

What’s New with FINRA’s Recent 2025 Regulatory Oversight Report

2025 is here, and so is FINRA’s 2025 Annual Regulatory Oversight Report (Report). On January 28, 2025, FINRA published the Report, which provides firms with insight into FINRA’s findings from recent observations and...more

Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP

Nutter Securities Enforcement Update: 2024 Fourth Quarterly Review

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

Stinson LLP

Key Takeaways from the SEC's 2025 Exam Priorities

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On October 21, 2024, the Division of Examinations (Division) of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) published its 2025 examination priorities (2025 priorities). The release of the 2025 priorities is intended to...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

The SEC’s Division of Examinations Announces 2025 Priorities

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On October 21, the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) Division of Examinations announced its 2025 examination priorities (2025 guidance) for registered investment advisers and investment companies, broker-dealers,...more

Carlton Fields

Going Up: SEC Cyber Incident Reporting - Regulation S-P Amendments Take It to Next Level

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On May 16, 2024, the SEC breathed new life into its decades-old Regulation S-P, which requires firms to adopt policies and procedures for the protection of customer information and records. The amended rule balloons the...more

Mayer Brown

SEC Adopts Amendments to Regulation S-P

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On May 15, 2024, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) adopted amendments (the “Amendments”) to Regulation S-P under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”), which governs the treatment of...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

Municipal Securities Regulation and Enforcement: 2023 Mid-Year Review

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2023 MID-YEAR REVIEW - In the first half of 2023, several rule changes have been proposed by the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB) and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), including changes to...more

Carlton Fields

SEC Stirs Its Pot of Cybersecurity Preparedness and Response Proposals

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The SEC remains laser-focused on cybersecurity, with the agency recently reopening the comment period on a sweeping rule for investment advisers and investment companies. In addition, the SEC issued proposed enhancements to...more

King & Spalding

SEC Returns Spotlight to Cybersecurity Disclosure Enforcement

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On June 15, the Securities and Exchange Commission announced a settlement with First American Financial Corporation for what the SEC found were inadequate disclosure controls and procedural violations, revealed in connection...more

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer

OCIE Warns of Increased ‘Credential Stuffing’ Cyberattacks on Investment Advisers, Broker-Dealers

The  Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (OCIE) has published a risk alert, warning SEC-registered investment advisers, brokers and dealers about the increasing use of...more

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On Cybersecurity, Grab the Low-Hanging Fruit

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SEC Tells Firms to Stop Missing the Basics on Cybersecurity - The SEC’s Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (OCIE) reported in a recent Risk Alert that many investment advisers and broker-dealers are failing to...more

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The SEC OCIE Announces Increased Scrutiny of Broker-Dealers’ and Investment Advisers’ Cybersecurity Programs

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On September 15, 2015, the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (OCIE) issued a National Exam Program Risk Alert (2015 Risk Alert) to provide broker-dealers and investment...more

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