We recently published a client alert describing the possibility of a rollback of the pay ratio disclosure rule under the new administration. The pay ratio rule has already produced unfore...

On December 5, 2016 the PCAOB announced that it had settled charges against Brazil-based Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Auditores Independentes for a record $8 million civil penalty. PCAOB News...

With President-elect Donald Trump’s transition underway, speculation has been rife as to the impact of his Administration and a Republican-controlled Congress on a variety of issues, in...

The OCC’s proposed framework for granting special purpose national bank charters could hold significant promise by providing the benefits of federal preemption and a stable regulatory s...

The SEC’s 2016 report to Congress on its whistleblower program announced that it paid out $57 million in fiscal 2016, more than the total amount awarded during the entire first five yea...

An issuer of high yield bonds won dismissal of claims brought by retail noteholders who claimed that a debt swap of new secured notes for unsecured notes, made available only to instituti...

This memorandum highlights some considerations for the preparation of your 2016 annual report on Form 20-F. As in previous years, we discuss both disclosure developments as well as contin...

An important, but sometimes misunderstood, SEC procedural requirement is the SEC’s quorum rule, which establishes the minimum number of Commissioners required for a Commission rulemakin...

To be guilty of insider trading, a tipper of inside information must receive a “personal benefit” in exchange for his tips. On December 6, 2016, the Supreme Court unanimously held in ...

Earlier today, the Consumer Bankers Association, the Credit Union National Association, the Independent Community Bankers of America and the National Association of Federal Credit Unions ...