Practical Law The Journal is the award-winning magazine companion to Practical Law, covering a wide range of transactional, regulatory, and litigation topics. It publishes monthly in a digital-only format hosted on Reuters.com. Legal Current reached out to the Practical Law The Journal team to discuss what readers can look forward to in the October issue. …
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Practical Law The Journal: July Issue Out Now
Practical Law The Journal is the award-winning magazine companion to Practical Law, covering a wide range of transactional, regulatory, and litigation topics. It publishes monthly in a digital-only format hosted on Reuters.com. Legal Current reached out to the Practical Law The Journal team to discuss what readers can look forward to in the July issue. …
Fake News & Short Sellers vs. the SEC
“Fake news” is nothing new, especially to corporations dealing with short sellers – investors who bet on falling stock prices, who have long been accused of deliberately spreading false information in order to drive bigger gains. But the Securities & Exchange Commission has been surprisingly powerless in dealing with short sellers. Mike Dicke of Fenwick …
Blowing the Whistle on the SEC Whistleblower Program
Since passage of the Dodd-Frank Act overhauling federal securities laws, the Securities and Exchange Commission’s whistleblower program has been gradually growing in scope and significance. In 2015, the SEC received more than 4,000 tips. But some recent developments may be “blowing the whistle” on the whistleblower program itself. Jonathan Shapiro of Baker Botts LLP discusses …
SEC update from Marc Gold at the ACC Annual Meeting
One of the first sessions at the 2014 ACC annual meeting in New Orleans focused on U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission-related developments over the last 12 months that are applicable to corporate counsel. The panel featured: Marc Gold, senior vice president and associate general counsel, corporate & securities, Thomson Reuters; Atiba Adams, vice president, corporate …
