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SEC Adopts Climate Change Disclosure Rules for Public Companies
This MoFo client alert provides an analysis of the U.S. SEC's newly adopted rules with respect to climate change disclosures for publicly traded companies.
Takeaways for In-House Counsel from the SEC’s “Shadow Insider Trading” Trial
On April 5, 2024, a jury in California federal court found a former corporate executive liable for insider trading in SEC v. Panuwat, a novel enforcement action involving a theory known as “shadow trading.”
Above Board: SEC Enforcement - Control Violations and Compliance Best Practices
In this episode of the Above Board podcast, Morrison Foerster partner and host Scott Lesmes speaks with Morrison Foerster partners Haima Marlier and Michael Birnbaum, both former senior trial counsel at the SEC, and Craig Martin, a former enforcement attorney at the SEC, about recent SEC enforcement activities concerning controls violations.
DOJ Criminal Division Initiates Self-Disclosure Pilot Program for Individuals, 29 Apr 2024
The Foreign Corruption Risks of Electric Vehicle Production, 01 May 2024
Top 10 International Anti-Corruption Developments for March 2024, 17 Apr 2024
DOJ to Pay Whistleblowers, 19 Mar 2024
MoFo's 2023 FCPA Year in Review, 08 Feb 2024
Top 10 International Anti-Corruption Developments for December 2023, 18 Jan 2024
Top 10 International Anti-Corruption Developments for November 2023, 18 Dec 2023
Top 10 International Anti-Corruption Developments for October 2023, 15 Nov 2023
Top 10 International Anti-Corruption Developments for September 2023, 19 Oct 2023
Top 10 International Anti-Corruption Developments for August 2023, 13 Sep 2023
Top 10 International Anti-Corruption Developments for July 2023, 15 Aug 2023
Top 10 International Anti-Corruption Developments for June 2023, 28 Jul 2023
Latest Symptom of the Health Care Crackdown: DOJ Announces New Task Force Targeting Sector’s Anti-Competitive Conduct, 16 May 2024
Healthcare Antitrust Crackdown Evokes Techlash, 13 May 2024
Potential Exceptions Under FTC’s Non-Compete Ban, 01 May 2024
FTC Issues Final Rule Banning Non-Competes, 23 Apr 2024
Potential Exceptions Under FTC’s Non-Compete Ban, 01 May 2024
Prohibitions on Data Broker Sales to Foreign Adversaries Just Expanded, 06 May 2024
The Commerce Department's Stored Communications Act Problem, 23 Apr 2024
Landmark Law on Artificial Intelligence Is Approved by the European Parliament, 23 May 2024
EU Cyber Resilience Act Raises the Cybersecurity Bar for Digital Products, 23 May 2024
DOJ National Security Division Issues First-Ever Declination Under Voluntary Self-Disclosure Policy, 29 May 2024
FARA-Like or FARA-Light? State Regulation of Foreign Influence, 30 Apr 2024
War Aid and Sanctions: National Security Act Includes Significant New Sanctions Authorities, 29 Apr 2024
CFIUS Updates: New Rules to Sharpen Process and Enforcement Authorities, 25 Apr 2024
War Aid and Sanctions: National Security Act Includes Significant New Sanctions Authorities, 29 Apr 2024
FARA-Like or FARA-Light? State Regulation of Foreign Influence, 30 Apr 202
U.S. SEC Adopts Amendments to Reg S-P, 28 May 2024
Above Board: SEC Enforcement - Control Violations and Compliance Best Practices, 14 May 2024
Q&A with Morrison Foerster’s Silva: It could take years before SEC’s climate regulation is back on track, 07 May 2024
Takeaways for In-House Counsel from the SEC’s “Shadow Insider Trading” Trial, 16 Apr 2024
SEC 'Shadow Trading' Victory Could Bring DOJ Knocking, 08 Apr 2024