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Materiality Disclosures and Their Effect on Investors’ Decisions

By Brant E. Christensen, Aasmund Eilifsen, Steven M. Glover and William F. Messier, Jr February 5, 2018 by renholding

Auditors consider misstatements or omissions in financial statements to be material if they could influence the economic decisions of financial statement users. Additionally, materiality affects how auditors plan and perform an audit and evaluate identified misstatements. Regulators in the UK …

Wachtell Discusses What to Expect in White Collar and Regulatory Enforcement for 2018

By John F. Savarese, Ralph M. Levene, Wayne M. Carlin, David B. Anders, Jonathan M. Moses and Marshall L. Miller January 31, 2018 by renholding

In our memo last year, we acknowledged that it was close to impossible to predict the likely impact that the newly elected Trump administration would have on white-collar and regulatory enforcement. (White Collar and Regulatory Enforcement: What to Expect …

Clifford Chance on France’s Pioneering Blockchain Legal Framework for Unlisted Securities

By Frédérick Lacroix, Sébastien Praicheux and Pierre d'Ormesson January 29, 2018 by Carly Goeman

While blockchain, legally referred to as distributed ledger technology (DLT), or dispositif d’enregistrement électronique partagé (DEEP) in French, was first developed for the creation of virtual currencies such as bitcoin, it is also a technology that allows for …

Gibson Dunn Offers Securities Enforcement Update for 2017

By Marc J. Fagel January 26, 2018 by renholding

2017 was the prototypical transition year for the SEC. In contrast to many other federal agencies under the current administration, the new SEC leadership did not promise a wholesale rethinking of the agency’s mandate. Rather, they seemed to signal minor …

Preserving Capital Markets Efficiency in the High-Frequency Trading Era

By Gaia Balp and Giovanni Strampelli January 25, 2018 by renholding

Automation and new technology have dramatically changed trading on equity markets over the past 20 years, and algorithmic and High-Frequency Trading (HFT) have become prominent in U.S. and European financial markets, while regulation has been slow to adapt. Despite increasing …

SEC Chair Talks Blockchain Scrutiny, Dodd-Frank Rulemaking, and Expectations for Gatekeepers

By Jay Clayton January 23, 2018 by renholding

Thank you for that warm welcome.[1] I am delighted to join you today by videoconference. I know Meredith [Cross] has prepared questions. I look forward to answering those, as well as questions from this distinguished audience. When I was

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Nonfinancial Risk Disclosure and the Costs of Private Ordering

By Virginia Harper Ho January 22, 2018 by renholding

2017 was a year of major developments that are changing how companies disclose nonfinancial environmental, social, and governance (ESG) risk to investors. In January, regulations implementing the European Union’s 2014 Nonfinancial Reporting Directive took effect for certain large companies operating …

Sheppard Mullin Discusses the Future of CFIUS After Proposed Reforms

By Reid Whitten and Lisa Mays January 22, 2018 by charlesbluesky

‘Tis the season to wonder, what will 2018 bring? We may speculate on things like a private company making a moon landing or a peace accord with North Korea. We may be certain of things like well-intentioned gym memberships and …

Poetic Expansions of Insider Trading Liability

By John P. Anderson January 19, 2018 by renholding

The courts have consistently held since the Supreme Court decided Dirks v. SEC in 1983[1] that tipper-tippee insider trading liability requires proof that the tipper personally benefited from the tip.

This personal benefit test can pose significant challenges to …

K&L Gates Discusses the SEC’s TPG Settlement and Approach to Private Equity Fees

By Michael S. Caccese, Michael W. McGrath, Kenneth Holston and Matthew T. Hevert January 18, 2018 by charlesbluesky

On December 21, 2017 the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) published a settlement order[1] with TPG Capital Advisors, LLC (“TPG”) arising from insufficient disclosure regarding the acceleration of monitoring fees paid by portfolio companies owned by private …

SEC Chair’s Remarks at Ceremonial Swearing In of New Commissioners Jackson and Peirce

By Jay Clayton January 17, 2018 by renholding

Good Morning.

I hope that everyone had a very nice weekend and enjoyed the holiday on which we commemorate the life and contributions of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

I note that this August will be the 55^th anniversary

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The Spotify Listing: Can an “Underwriter-less” IPO Attract Other Unicorns?

By John C. Coffee, Jr. January 16, 2018 by renholding

Press reports indicate that Spotify, the music streaming company, is planning an initial public offering in March or April of this year, and that it plans to use a novel “direct listing” approach that has not previously been used at …

SEC Chair Clayton Talks Fixed Income Markets

By Jay Clayton January 12, 2018 by renholding

I am delighted to welcome all of you to the inaugural meeting of the Fixed Income Market Structure Advisory Committee, or “FIMSAC” as many of us like to call it.[1] This is a significant day for the Commission. There

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The Economics of Disclosure and Financial Reporting Regulation

By Christian Leuz and Peter D. Wysocki January 9, 2018 by renholding

Disclosure and reporting regulation is a central and recurring policy issue that has received significant attention in academic research on accounting, finance, and economics. Further fueling demand for this research are increasingly frequent requests that policy makers and regulators conduct …

From Texas Gulf Sulphur to Chiarella: A Tale of Two Duties

By Donald C. Langevoort January 8, 2018 by renholding

The Second Circuit’s en banc decision in SEC v. Texas Gulf Sulphur Corp.[1] (“TGS”) is approaching its 50th anniversary, and it’s still well-known for several important holdings. Perhaps the most celebrated (or condemned) accepted the SEC’s argument …

Gibson Dunn Discusses SEC Guidance on How the New Tax Law Affects Disclosure and Accounting

By Ronald O. Mueller, Elizabeth Ising, Michael Scanlon, Brian Lane and Andrew Fabens January 8, 2018 by renholding

On December 22, 2017, the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Office of the Chief Accountant and Division of Corporation Finance (“Staff”) issued important guidance that provides significant relief and helpful answers on some of the accounting and disclosure issues raised by …

How Effective Is the SEC in Identifying Financial Reporting Errors?

By Matthew Kubic December 22, 2017 by renholding

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Division of Corporate Finance (DCF) reviews and regulates information in public filings to “deter fraud and facilitate investor access to information necessary to make informed investment decisions.”

Commentators criticize the SEC for …

Who Falls Prey to the Wolf of Wall Street?

By Christian Leuz, Steffen Meyer, Maximilian Muhn, Eugene F. Soltes and Andreas Hackethal December 21, 2017 by renholding

“Seniors [are] particularly vulnerable to investment scams” read one headline. “We are taking further steps to find and eliminate from our system pump-and-dump scammers, those who prey on retirees,” noted Jay Clayton, chairman of the Securities …

How Five Jurisdictions Enforce Financial Market Manipulation and Insider Trading Laws

By Lev Bromberg, George Gilligan and Ian Ramsay December 18, 2017 by renholding

Insider trading and market manipulation — two of the most high-profile categories of financial misconduct — have resulted in several major cases, and significant sanctions in recent years. Our recent article examines the type, frequency, and severity of sanctions imposed …

Sheppard Mullin Discusses SEC’s Streamlined Enforcement Agenda

By Jeff Kern and Kate Ross December 14, 2017 by charlesbluesky

One of the most eye-catching items in the recently released 2017 Annual Report of the Enforcement Division of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC or the Commission) is the significant decline in enforcement activity from 2017. The report, issued on …

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