A divided Securities and Exchange Commission voted to amend its whistleblower rules to: (1) increase the amounts of smaller awards; (2) assert SEC discretion in determining award amounts;...
A speech by the Director of Enforcement and several recent insider trading cases signal that the SEC will seek increased penalties in some cases in response to the Supreme Court’s disgo...
Davis Polk partner Robert Cohen, counsel Stefani Johnson Myrick and associate Benjamin Wasserman recently authored “4 Ways to Prepare for SEC or CFTC Penalty Negotiations” in Law360...
A $900,000 fine is a reminder for companies to use care in tracking and disclosing all elements of executive compensation.
Executive perks may not be material to a company’s financial c...
The SEC has expressed its intent to respond proactively to the impact of the coronavirus on capital markets and investors. Risks to investors can become heightened during a market downtur...
Last week, the House overwhelmingly passed legislation aimed at closing what lawmakers have called a “loophole” for insider trading—corporate insiders trading between the occurrence...
On Friday, November 1, 2019, the Supreme Court granted certiorari in Liu v. Securities and Exchange Commission, a case that challenges the SEC’s long-held position that it has authorit...
Earlier this month, SEC Chairman Jay Clayton issued a statement announcing a change in the SEC’s waiver application process that will streamline the SEC settlement process. The Commissi...
House Financial Services Committee Chair Maxine Waters (D-CA) has released a discussion draft of legislation to amend the SEC’s approach to considering and granting waivers to automatic...
The Supreme Court’s opinion in Lucia v. SEC, holding that SEC ALJs qualify as Officers of the United States under the Constitution and are therefore subject to the Appointments Clause o...
