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Capital Markets Insight: How to Know When You Need a Temporary CUSIP Number for Reopenings

If you are involved in issuing or trading securities, you are familiar with CUSIP numbers, the ninedigit alphanumeric codes that identify specific securities in the United States and Canada. What you may not know is that...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

SEC Division of Examinations Highlights Common Deficiencies in Registered Investment Company Core Examination Areas

On November 4, the Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) Division of Examinations (Division) published an analysis of the most common deficiencies identified across its three core registered investment company (RIC)...more

Proskauer - Regulatory & Compliance

SEC Sued Over New Short Sales and Securities Lending Disclosure Rules: Second Lawsuit Filed This Year in 5th Circuit Challenging...

The SEC has been sued again in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, on the heels of that Court’s recent invalidation of the SEC’s newly-minted corporate buy-back rules. The new legal action asks the Court to...more

DarrowEverett LLP

Should Influencers Be Held Liable for the Promotion of Digital Assets?

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The world’s ever-changing technological landscape has led to the formation of new mediums of creativity — mediums that the sports and entertainment industry cannot ignore. Digital currencies, virtual universes, and enhanced...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Navigating the Regulatory Landscape – SEC Adopts New Rules Requiring Increased Disclosure on Stock Buybacks – Including Quarterly...

On May 3, 2023, by a 3-2 vote, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted amendments to disclosure rules (the “new buyback disclosure rules”) relating to repurchases of equity securities by issuers (or repurchases...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

The General Guide to the UK Takeover Regime

This guide summarises certain key provisions of the Code with a focus on issues that are likely to be of particular concern to a bidder. Although reference is made to other statutory and regulatory instruments and regimes,...more

Proskauer - Blockchain and the Law

Fraud Claims Against Token Issuer Dismissed Based on Disclosures to Accredited Investor

The organizers of an initial coin offering (ICO) recently won dismissal of an investor’s fraud claims by establishing that their public risk disclosures negated the investor’s claims of reliance on alleged misstatements. The...more

Bennett Jones LLP

CSA Guidance on Improving COVID-19 Disclosures

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On February 25, 2021, the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) published Staff Notice 51-362 – Staff Review of COVID-19 Disclosures and Guide for Disclosure Improvements. The CSA notice details the results of a recently...more

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CSA Continuous Disclosure Review Program Highlights Common Disclosure Deficiencies

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On October 29, 2020, the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) issued Multilateral Staff Notice 51-361 for the fiscal years ended March 31, 2020, and 2019. The notice is part of the CSA's continuous disclosure review...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Best Interest Standard of Care for Advisors #32

Regulation Best Interest: Best Interest and Suitability—How They Differ (Part 3) - Regulation Best Interest (Reg BI) imposes a “best interest” standard of care on broker-dealers for their recommendations of securities and...more

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International Organization of Securities Commissions Publishes Statement on COVID-19 Disclosure for Issuers

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The International Organization of Securities Commissions, the international policy forum for securities regulators, has published a statement on the disclosure standards that securities issuers should adhere to in the context...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

Issuers and Conduit Borrowers of Municipal Securities: Don’t Neglect Your Continuing Disclosure Obligations Under Rule 15c-2-12...

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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (the “SEC”) Rule 15c2-12 (the “Rule”) requires an underwriter in a primary offering of certain municipal securities to reasonably determine that an issuer or obligated person (as...more

Adler Pollock & Sheehan P.C.

Glossary of Important Securities Regulation Terms and Definitions

This Glossary is designed to provide law students taking Securities Regulation with a tool that will assist them in learning the basic language of securities law and achieve a working knowledge of the fundamental principles...more

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