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Jul
8
2011
 FTC Announces Major Changes to Disclosure Requirements for Hart-Scott-Rodino Notification Rules and Form McDermott Will & Emery
Jul
8
2011
 Delaware Supreme Court Holds That Insider Trading Claims Alleging Misuse of Confidential Corporate Information Need Not Show Injury To the Corporation Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Jul
7
2011
 Supreme Court Decision Limits Primary Rule 10b-5 Liability Lowndes, Drosdick, Doster, Kantor & Reed, P.A.
Jul
7
2011
 Securities and Exchange Commission Adopts Final Whistleblower Rules under the Dodd-Frank Act; Internal Reporting Encouraged but Not Required Hunton Andrews Kurth
Jul
5
2011
 Legislative Alert: TWIA Finance Opportunities Under Texas Senate Bill 3 Hunton Andrews Kurth
Jul
4
2011
 Clamping Down on Kleptocrats -How Financial Firms Can Help Stamp Out Global Corruption. Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS)
Jul
2
2011
 SEC Adopts New Private Fund Adviser, Venture Capital, Foreign Private Adviser and Family Office Registration and Exemption Requirements Vedder Price
Jun
30
2011
 Tips for Good Corporate Governance Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS)
Jun
30
2011
 IRS Issues Proposed Regulations Clarifying Performance-Based Equity Compensation Exception to Section 162(m) Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Jun
29
2011
 Bank of America, which spent $4 billion to buy Countrywide, now must pay $8.5 billion settlement to Countrywide investors Center for Public Integrity
Jun
29
2011
 Two More Extensions: IRS and FinCEN Issue Extensions for Certain FBAR Filers in IRS Notice 2011-54 and FinCEN Notice 2011-2 Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Jun
29
2011
 DOJ Issues New Merger Remedy Guidance Bracewell LLP
Jun
28
2011
 SEC Adopts Family Office Rule Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Jun
25
2011
 Worth Taking Notice: Whistleblower Rules Regarding Auditing Firms McDermott Will & Emery
Jun
24
2011
 SEC Adopts Investment Adviser Rules Implementing the Dodd-Frank Act Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Jun
24
2011
 Does Your Sarbanes-Oxley Act Compliance Program Reflect Your Social Media Presence? Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Jun
22
2011
 Supreme Court Establishes Bright-Line Rule for 10b-5 Liability, But Questions Remain: Janus Capital Group, Inc. v. First Derivative Traders Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Jun
20
2011
 United States Supreme Court Holds that the "Maker" of a Statement for Rule 10b-5 Purposes is the Person or Entity with Ultimate Authority Over the Statement Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Jun
20
2011
 Mine Operators Face Additional Challenges, Burdens, Under New Specialized SEC Disclosure Regime Dinsmore & Shohl LLP
Jun
17
2011
 U.S. Supreme Court Limits Scope of Primary Liability Under Federal Securities Laws Hunton Andrews Kurth
Jun
16
2011
 Who Do Directors Represent? Michael Best & Friedrich LLP
Jun
16
2011
 U.S. Supreme Court Limits Liability Under Rule 10b-5 Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Jun
16
2011
 Interview with C. David Morris, Senior Counsel International at Northrop Grumman Corporation Marcus Evans
Jun
15
2011
 CFTC Delays Derivatives Rules Until End of Year Center for Public Integrity
Jun
13
2011
 Financial Reform This Week: Derivatives Market Jittery about Missed Deadlines Center for Public Integrity
Jun
12
2011
 California Court of Appeal Holds That State Courts Have Jurisdiction Over Securities Act Class Actions Unless the Action Is a "Covered Class Action" and Involves a "Covered Security" Under SLUSA Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Jun
10
2011
 California Court of Appeal Interprets "Controlling Person" Liability Under State and Federal Securities Laws Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Jun
9
2011
 Supreme Court Unanimously Rejects Fifth Circuit’s Loss Causation Standard Hunton Andrews Kurth
Jun
9
2011
 Time Running Out on Retail Currency Business for SEC-Registered Broker-Dealers Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Jun
8
2011
 U.S. Supreme Court: Investors Can Seek Class Action Status Without Proving Loss Causation Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Jun
8
2011
 One Reason the SEC Can’t Regulate Wall Street Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS)
Jun
8
2011
 ARB Ruling Takes Broad View of Scope of Protected Activity Under SOX Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Jun
6
2011
 Valuation of the Company vs. Valuation of the Stock: A Venture Capital Paradox Michael Best & Friedrich LLP
Jun
3
2011
 $400 Million in New Venture Capital Money Michael Best & Friedrich LLP
Jun
3
2011
 Compensation for Directors of Startups Michael Best & Friedrich LLP
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