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On August 22, 2012, the SEC staff released Frequently Asked Questions (“FAQs”) about certain JOBS Act provisions that address the conduct of research analysts and the publication of r...
On August 21, 2012, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) announced its first “whistleblower” award under the Dodd-Frank Act. While the facts relating to the whistleblowe...
On July 19, 2012, the Division of Investment Management of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) issued additional responses (the “Responses”) to frequently asked que...
The SEC voted today to implement the Dodd-Frank Act’s reporting requirements relating to “conflict minerals” – cassiterite, columbite-tantalite, gold, wolframite and other mineral...
The SEC voted today to adopt final rules to implement Section 1504 of the Dodd-Frank Act relating to resource extraction issuers. The rules provide that a U.S. or foreign company that (1)...
Recently, the Department of Justice reaffirmed its guidance as to what it views as the proper Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (“FCPA”) compliance procedures in the context of mergers an...
The new SEC rules regarding compensation committee independence and compensation advisers’ relationships require disclosure of whether the work of certain compensation consultants have ...
A year after opening its new whistleblower office, the SEC announced today that it had paid out $50,000 to an unidentified whistleblower, the first such award under Dodd-Frank. In its pre...
On August 16, 2012, the CFTC proposed rules that would permit affiliated swap counterparties to elect an exemption from mandatory swaps clearing, subject to various conditions. These cond...
On August 13, 2012, the Federal Trade Commission published a notice of proposed rulemaking, setting forth proposed amendments to the Hart-Scott-Rodino Premerger Notification Rules aimed a...