VideoGlobal Regulatory CooperationIn this LEVICK Daily video interview, we discuss global regulatory cooperation with Jonathan Armstrong.United StatesCorporate/Commercial LawDuane Morris LLP
ArticleHouse Overwhelmingly Passes Bill To Allow Reporting Companies To Use Reg A+HR 2864, the "Improving Access to Capital Act," passed the US House of Representatives on September 5, 2017 with a lopsided bipartisan vote of 403-3. United StatesCorporate/Commercial LawDuane Morris LLP
ArticleNYSE Withdraws Proposal To Permit Listing Without An IPOOn June 19, 2017, the New York Stock Exchange withdrew its proposal, originally submitted in March, to allow companies to list on the big board through a so-called "self-filing" without an IPO. United StatesCorporate/Commercial LawDuane Morris LLP
ArticlePublic Advertising In ‘Private’ Regulation D OfferingsPublic Advertising In ‘Private’ Regulation D Offerings. United StatesCorporate/Commercial LawDuane Morris LLP
ArticleRegulation A+ Offerings Have Raised Over $600 MillionToday, Sebastian Abero, the head of the SEC's Office of Small Business Policy, had some very positive news for those interested in the new Regulation A+. He revealed that, since the Reg A+ rules were adopted by the SEC in June 2015, through September 2017, there have been 69 completed Reg A+ offerings raising a total of $611 million. United StatesCorporate/Commercial LawDuane Morris LLP
ArticleSEC Chair Clayton Comments On Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs)They also last week issued a warning to celebrities about risks of endorsing ICOs.United StatesCorporate/Commercial LawDuane Morris LLP
ArticleSEC Confirms Reg A+ Issuers Can Defer Some Financial Reporting Even When Seeking Exchange ListingThe Regulation A+ rules adopted by the SEC in 2015 included scaled reporting obligations to assist in reducing issuers' offering costs as against a traditional IPO. United StatesCorporate/Commercial LawDuane Morris LLP
ArticleSEC Expands "Smaller Reporting Company" DefinitionThe change is effective 60 days after publication in the Federal Register, which should happen fairly soon.United StatesCorporate/Commercial LawDuane Morris LLP
ArticleSEC Proposes Rules To Disclose Pay RatiosOn Sept. 18, the SEC at long last proposed an "amendment" to Regulation SK to institute pay ratio disclosures mandated in Section 953(b) of the Dodd-Frank Act. United StatesCorporate/Commercial LawDuane Morris LLP
ArticleYear Ends With Usual Ambiguities For Corporate WorldIn the midst of an improving economy, a robust IPO market and a selective M&A landscape, the corporate world in 2014 leaves us with the usual variety of year-end ambiguities. United StatesCorporate/Commercial LawDuane Morris LLP
Article7th Circuit Upholds Kickback ConvictionsThe 7th Circuit Court of Appeals recently upheld the convictions of two former hospital executives finding that there was more than enough evidence for a reasonable jury to conclude that certain contracts...United StatesCriminal LawDuane Morris LLP
ArticleDepartment Of Justice Announces National Enforcement Sweep Of Genetic Testing Laboratories And Telemedicine ProvidersGenetic testing and telemedicine targeting senior citizens and individuals with disabilities have been the subject of growing government scrutiny.United StatesCriminal LawDuane Morris LLP
ArticleNew DOJ Guidance on Corporate Compliance Monitors Is More Business-FriendlyOn October 11, 2018, Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division of the U. S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Brian A. Benczkowski issued new guidance on the selection of corporate compliance monitors in Criminal Division matters.United StatesCriminal LawDuane Morris LLP
ArticleState Attorneys General Urge Congress To Finish The Job On Retail Theft LegislationOn February 25, 2025, a bipartisan group representing a majority of state attorneys general sent a Letter to Congress urging bipartisan congressional action...United StatesCriminal LawDuane Morris LLP
ArticleAnnual Vietnam Labour Law Reporting ObligationsSee our handy chart in the link below outlining employers' annual labour law reporting obligations in Vietnam.United StatesEmployment and HRDuane Morris LLP
ArticleDeadline Approaching: California Employers Must Report Compensation Data By March 31stOn September 30, 2020, California Governor, Gavin Newsom, signed SB 973 into law. By March 31, 2021, private California employers with 100 or more employees must submit a "pay data report" to the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing.United StatesEmployment and HRDuane Morris LLP
ArticleEEOC Finds That Title VII Protects Transgendered PersonsI had previously posted about an Eleventh Circuit case recognizing that discrimination against transgendered persons is prohibited sex discrimination under Title VII. United StatesEmployment and HRDuane Morris LLP
ArticleEmployer Mistakes With Leave Of Absence Policies Can Be CostlyThe Family and Medical Leave Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act have been in effect for more than two decades.United StatesEmployment and HRDuane Morris LLP
ArticleFifth Circuit to Dodd-Frank Whistleblowers: Call the SECThe U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit’s decision last week in Asadi v. G.E. Energy (USA) has been hailed as a triumph for employers because it requires whistleblowers who bring retaliation claims under the Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act to show that they suffered retaliation because they reported potential violations to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. United StatesEmployment and HRDuane Morris LLP