Business fraud advisor: a brief primer for corporate social media disclosures in light of the SEC’s recent guidance on Regulation FD *

USA - April 8 2013
The Securities and Exchange Commission ("Commission" or "SEC") recently stepped into the social media age with its April 2, 2013 Report of…

Co-authors: Karen E. Woody, Brett A. Sisto, Christopher E. Tierney, Douglas H. Fischer .

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District Court denies Mark Cuban summary judgment in SEC's insider trading case *

Cuba, USA - March 18 2013
On March 5, 2013, the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas issued a Memorandum Opinion and Order in the case Securities…

Co-authors: Brett A. Sisto.

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Supreme Court rejects SEC's position concerning Statute of Limitations in of anti-fraud statutes *

USA - March 2 2013
On February 27, 2013, the Supreme Court of the United States issued its decision in Gabelli v. SEC, holding that, in an action by the government for…

Co-authors: James A. Treanor .

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Criminal Antitrust Whistleblower Act reintroduced *

USA - February 8 2013
On January 22, 2013, Sens. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) and Chuck Grassley (R-IA) reintroduced legislation to the Senate Judiciary Committee that would…

Co-authors: Charles F. (Rick) Rule, Joseph J. Bial, Samer B. Korkor , Anthony V. Nanni.

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CEOs and CFOs beware: court endorses SEC's aggressive use of Section 304 of Sarbanes-Oxley to clawback compensation of executives who did not engage in misconduct *

USA - January 2 2013
Executive pay is under fire again. According to a recent district court decision in the Western District of Texas interpreting section 304 of the…

Co-authors: Emily J. Rockwood .

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