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In the wake of a highly-publicized cybersecurity breach involving the SEC’s EDGAR system, SEC Chairman Jay Clayton has been in the hot seat at recent congressional hearings, fielding po...
The SEC will hold an open meeting on Wednesday, October 11 at 10:00 a.m. to consider whether to propose amendments based on the recommendations in the staff’s Report on Modernization an...
On September 26, 2017, the U.S. Department of Justice filed a federal antitrust complaint seeking partially to unwind Parker-Hannifin Corporation’s $4.3 billion acquisition of CLARCOR, ...
The Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) released this Monday its draft standards for Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) disclosure, launching a 90-day public comment ...
On September 27, 2017, Congress passed the Fair Access to Investment Research Act of 2017 (the “FAIR Act”), sending the bill to President Trump for his signature. The FAIR Act instru...
Many have commented on the suit filed last week challenging the CFPB’s arbitration rule, but few have considered what impact, if any, the suit could have on the fast-approaching complia...
ADP rejected Pershing Square’s recommendation to use a universal proxy card, arguing that given the solicitation has already commenced, changing the voting procedures for a new and unte...
On Tuesday the House of Representatives passed a bill (H.R. 1624) that would require the federal banking agencies to amend their liquidity rules (including the LCR Rule) to treat all “m...
This past Friday, a federal district court set aside the temporary regulations that frustrated certain inversion transactions, including the proposed Pfizer/Allergan merger, which was aba...
There has been significant attention to the first major policy speech by the CFTC’s newly-minted Enforcement Division Director, James McDonald on September 25, 2017. Mr. McDonald’s s...