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At an open meeting on February 24, 2010, the Securities and Exchange Commission adopted a new short sale price test by a 3-2 vote. Commissioners Casey and Paredes opposed the rule in forc...
In January 2009, we published our memorandum, Environmental Disclosure in SEC Filings - 2009. 1 That memorandum summarized in detail the various rules, standards and case law relating to ...
As we have previously discussed, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) Director of Enforcement Robert Khuzami recently unveiled new tools designed to help the SEC Staff accel...
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President Obama Proposes Significant Limits for Financial Institutions
Developments Regarding the Directive on Alternative Investment Fund Managers
Joint Forum Study ...
On January 21, 2010, the U.S. Department of Justice, Antitrust Division (“DOJ”) announced that it had settled an action against Smithfield Foods, Inc. (“Smithfield”) and Premium S...
On January 4, 2010, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) proposed for public comment new rules (the “Proposed Rules”) that would govern FINRA’s New Membership A...
On January 26, 2010, Assistant Attorney General Christine A. Varney of the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) provided an update regarding the current review...
This memorandum highlights some considerations for the preparation of your 2009 annual report on Form 20-F. Although the changes to Form 20-F itself are relatively minor this year, in lig...
The SEC has issued for public comment proposed amendments to Rule 10b-18 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are intended to clarify and modernize the safe harbor provisions in...