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...
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 ...
President-Elect Trump’s transition website promises to “dismantle the Dodd-Frank Act and replace it with new policies to encourage economic growth and job creation.” To help our cl...
Today, the Ninth Circuit issued an opinion in SEC v. Jensen. The court held that Rule 13a-14 of the Securities Exchange Act confirms that the SEC has a cause of action against CEOs and C...
On June 1, 2016, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit held that federal courts do not have jurisdiction to hear constitutional challenges to ongoing Securities and Ex...
On May 23, 2016, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit reversed a $1.3 billion civil penalty imposed against Countrywide Home Loans, Inc., Bank of America, N.A., and r...
On April 5, 2016, the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) launched a new one-year pilot program encouraging voluntary self-disclosure of misconduct related to the Foreign Corrupt Pract...
A recent Court of Appeals decision sharply limits the authority of judges to reject Deferred Prosecution Agreements (“DPAs”). On April 5, 2016, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Distr...
In two recent cases, the SEC affirmatively decided not to bring clawback actions under Section 304 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (“SOX”) against executives who reimbursed their respective...
2015 proved to be a year of continued focus on anti-corruption enforcement. We have distilled key aspects of the year’s enforcement trends and resolutions to offer you succinct summarie...
