ArticleCivil Rights In The Crucible Of COVIDThe 21st installment of our Civil Right Series was held in February.United StatesCoronavirus (COVID-19)Hogan Lovells Cadwalader
ArticleIOSCO Encourages Issuers To Provide "High Quality" Disclosures Concerning The Impact Of COVID-19IOSCO urged issuers of securities to make "timely and high quality" disclosures, that are entity-specific, about the impact of COVID-19.United StatesCoronavirus (COVID-19)Hogan Lovells Cadwalader
ArticleARRC Designates New ChairHe is the Vice Chair of Institutional Securities at Morgan Stanley.United StatesCorporate/Commercial LawHogan Lovells Cadwalader
ArticleAuto Manufacturer Settles SEC Charge Of Internal Accounting FailuresCar manufacturer General Motors ("GM") agreed to pay a $1 million penalty to settle SEC charges that GM had deficient internal accounting controls. United StatesCorporate/Commercial LawHogan Lovells Cadwalader
ArticleBank Settles SEC Charges In Connection With Hidden FeesA bank settled SEC charges in connection with overcharging mutual funds and registered investment company clients for expenses relating to the custody of client assets.United StatesCorporate/Commercial LawHogan Lovells Cadwalader
ArticleBroker-Dealer Settles FINRA Charges for Failing to Maintain Supervisory SystemA broker-dealer settled charges with FINRA for failing to maintain a system of supervisory control procedures that would have assured compliance with FINRA rules.United StatesCorporate/Commercial LawHogan Lovells Cadwalader
ArticleBroker-Dealer Settles FINRA Charges For Failure To Properly Handle Limit OrdersA broker-dealer settled FINRA charges that it failed to immediately execute, route or display customer limit orders in OTC securities that would lock or cross the market,United StatesCorporate/Commercial LawHogan Lovells Cadwalader
ArticleCFTC Names Chief Diversity OfficerThe CFTC appointed Tanisha Cole Edmonds as the agency's first Chief Diversity Officer. United StatesCorporate/Commercial LawHogan Lovells Cadwalader
ArticleChief Counsel To Former SEC Chair To Step DownKimberly Hamm, Chief Council to former SEC Chair Jay Clayton, will step down in the coming weeks. United StatesCorporate/Commercial LawHogan Lovells Cadwalader
ArticleComment Deadline Set For SEC's Proposed Expansion Of Proxy Voting Disclosure Reporting RequirementsComments on the proposed amendments must be submitted by December 14, 2021.United StatesCorporate/Commercial LawHogan Lovells Cadwalader
ArticleComment Deadline Set For SEC Proposal On Reporting Requirements For SBS TransactionsThe SEC published in the Federal Register proposed rule changes to reporting requirements for security-based swap ("SBS") transactions. Comments on the proposal are due by March 21, 2022.United StatesCorporate/Commercial LawHogan Lovells Cadwalader
ArticleCompany Settles SEC Charges Of Accounting FraudAccording to an SEC Order and Complaint, Barrett Business Services, Inc., through its former CFO, engaged in a number of fraudulent accounting practices to conceal negative trends in BBSI's workers' compensation exposure.United StatesCorporate/Commercial LawHogan Lovells Cadwalader
ArticleEconomists Consider Role Of Financial Reporting In Corporate GovernanceEconomists discussed whether improved financial reporting, along with the improved flow of information from insiders to the bank's board and regulators, results in improved governance.United StatesCorporate/Commercial LawHogan Lovells Cadwalader
ArticleESMA Provides Additional Guidance On Trading Obligations In Event Of No-Deal BrexitThe European Securities and Markets Authority ("ESMA") provided additional guidance on the impact of a no-deal Brexit on the Markets in Financial Instruments ...United StatesCorporate/Commercial LawHogan Lovells Cadwalader
ArticleFederal Register: Expiration Of Temporary Rule On Timing For The CAT NMS PlanThe SEC announced that Securities Exchange Act temporary Rule 608T expired on November 16, 2016.United StatesCorporate/Commercial LawHogan Lovells Cadwalader
ArticleFederal Register: FINRA Extends Pilot Deadline For Transactions In Exchange-Listed SecuritiesA FINRA rule proposal extending its current pilot program for reviews of clearly erroneous transactions in exchange-listed securities was published in the Federal Register. United StatesCorporate/Commercial LawHogan Lovells Cadwalader
ArticleFederal Register: MSRB Proposes Rule Change To Improve Information Facility For EMMAComments may continue to be submitted to the SEC until January 11, 2019.United StatesCorporate/Commercial LawHogan Lovells Cadwalader
ArticleFederal Register: SEC Amends "Auditor Independence" RulesSEC amendments to auditor independence rules were published in the Federal Register. Rule 2-01(c)(1)(ii)(A) of Regulation S-X (the "Loan Provision")United StatesCorporate/Commercial LawHogan Lovells Cadwalader
ArticleFederal Register: SEC Approves FINRA Proposal To Create An "Academic Corporate Bond TRACE Data" ProductThe SEC approved a proposal to amend FINRA Rule 7730 to create a new Academic Corporate Bond TRACE Data product consisting of data on historic transactions in corporate bonds that would only be available to institutions of higher education.United StatesCorporate/Commercial LawHogan Lovells Cadwalader
ArticleFederal Register: SEC Approves FINRA Retail Communications ProposalThe SEC approved a FINRA proposal, as amended, to eliminate or reduce several of the filing requirements applicable to FINRA members' communications with the public pursuant to FINRA Rules 2210...United StatesCorporate/Commercial LawHogan Lovells Cadwalader