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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

DLA Piper

SEC Emphasizes Focus on “AI Washing” Despite Perceived Enforcement Slowdown

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The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently highlighted its continued focus on artificial-intelligence-related misconduct as a key enforcement priority. Speaking on a series of panels at the Securities...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

SEC Enforcement Leadership Discusses New Priorities and Expectations

On May 20, 2025, as part of the annual “SEC Speaks” program, the leadership of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) Division of Enforcement publicly discussed the enforcement priorities under new Chairman Paul...more

K&L Gates LLP

United States: House Committee on Financial Services Urges the SEC to Withdraw Final and Proposed Rules

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On 31 March 2025, the House Committee on Financial Services (Committee), in a letter to Acting Chairman of the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Mark Uyeda, identified a series of proposed and adopted rules that...more

SEC Compliance Consultants, Inc. (SEC³)

7 Ugly Truths About Compliance: A Primer for New Chief Compliance Officers

Many compliance officers live in hope that if they ramp up their persuasive skills, engage employees with spectacular training presentations, and provide succinct and prompt advice, they will receive the respect and...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

FUNDamentals: Form N-PX — Institutional Investment Managers Must File, Even if No ‎Proxies Were Voted

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With Form ADV annual updating amendments due for many investment advisers by the end of next month, advisers should consider whether to update their proxy voting policies and related disclosure in Part 2A, Item 17 in light of...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Top 5 SEC Enforcement Developments for January 2025

On January 17, 2025, a few days before the presidential inauguration, the SEC reported a record-breaking first quarter of fiscal year 2025 (October through December 2024) with 200 total enforcement actions, including 118...more

Fenwick & West LLP

Securities Law Update - February 2025

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Welcome to the latest edition of Fenwick’s Securities Law Update. This issue contains updates and important reminders on...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

Carlton Fields

The Mysterious Boundary Beyond Which “Personal” Relationships Jeopardize a Director’s Independence

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In a recent enforcement action, the SEC concluded that the relationship between James Craigie and an officer of Church & Dwight Co. fatally undermined Craigie’s status as an “independent director” of the company under New...more

SEC Compliance Consultants, Inc. (SEC³)

SEC Delivers its Enforcement Report, Industry Says Goodbye to SEC Chair Gensler, and Lessons on Third-Party Transfers and...

Welcome to our December 20243 Regulatory Roundup, where we provide practical advice on the latest regulatory headlines. We start this issue with the SEC’s 2024 enforcement results, which fell somewhat short after its 2023...more

Alston & Bird

Navigating AI-Related Disclosure Challenges: Securities Filing, SEC Enforcement, and Shareholder Litigation Trends

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Companies’ accelerating reliance on artificial intelligence (AI) means heightened Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and shareholder plaintiff scrutiny. Our Securities Litigation Group underscores what companies need to...more

Bracewell LLP

What is AI Washing? The SEC’s Latest Target

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Is AI the new green? Recent comments by Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Gary Gensler suggest the regulator is primed to begin turning its enforcement efforts against so-called “AI washing,” presenting a new area of...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Investment Management Update - February 2023

In this issue, we cover regulatory developments impacting the investment management sector, including updates on closed-end fund activism and various new and revised SEC rules....more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

SEC Marketing Rule: A 30-Day Compliance Plan

The substantive provisions of the new Marketing Rule come into effect for all private fund managers, fund sponsors and other investment advisers registered with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in one month (i.e.,...more

A&O Shearman

SEC Staff Publishes Statement Regarding Form CRS Disclosures

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On December 17, 2021, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) staff (“Staff”) issued a statement (the “Statement”), which summarizes certain observations made by the SEC’s Standards of Conduct Implementation...more

Saul Ewing LLP

Securities and Exchange Commission Updates COVID-19 Guidance

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On March 25, 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced the following updates to its March 4, 2020 order addressing guidance to public companies, investment funds and investment advisers concerning COVID-19....more

McGuireWoods LLP

Financial Services Regulators Continue to Roll Out COVID-19 Guidance and Relief

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As McGuireWoods reported in a March 17, 2020, alert, “COVID-19: Securities Regulators and Industry Associations Issue Coronavirus Guidance and Relief,” financial services regulators have been issuing guidance and relief in...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

SEC Provides Regulatory Relief to Investment Companies and Investment Advisers

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As discussed in our prior alert, on March 4, 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Division of Investment Management extended the no-action position expressed in its 2019 no-action letter to the Independent...more

Morgan Lewis

SEC Provides Relief for Funds and Advisers Impacted by Coronavirus (COVID-19)

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The US Securities and Exchange Commission on March 13 announced temporary regulatory relief for registered investment advisers and exempt reporting advisers as well as for registered funds, registered unit investment trusts,...more

Cohen & Gresser LLP

SEC Disclosure Alert: Key Performance Metrics, Financial Reporting and Sustainability

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On January 30, 2020, the SEC issued guidance on the use of key performance metrics for public companies discussing their financial results and proposed amendments to certain financial reporting requirements. The published...more

Robinson & Cole LLP

SEC’s Proposed Amendments to Financial Disclosure Requirements in Regulation S-K and New Guidance on Metrics in MD&A

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On January 30, 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced its proposal to amend certain financial disclosure requirements in Regulation S-K for the purpose of eliminating duplicative disclosures and...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

SEC Proposes Amendments To Enhance MD&A Disclosures and Issues New MD&A Interpretative Guidance

The SEC issued documents on January 30, 2020, regarding management discussion and analysis (MD&A) and other disclosures. ...more

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