SEC provides guidance on how to comply with Regulation FD in using social media *

USA - April 16 2013
On April 2, the SEC issued a report of investigation under Section 21(a) of the Exchange Act in which it confirmed that public companies may use…

Co-authors: Paul Hilton, C. Alex Bahn, Laura A. Berezin , Kevin K. Greenslade, Richard J. Parrino.

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CFTC issues swap reporting relief and finalizes the inter-affiliate exception *

USA - April 12 2013
The first half of April has seen a flurry of activity from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) that is relevant for commercial end-users…

Co-authors: Daniel S. Meade, Christopher Schindler, Stuart G. Stein, Richard J. Parrino, Evan M. Koster .

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CFTC issues final exemptive order delaying cross-border application of certain swap-related provisions of Dodd-Frank Act *

USA - January 30 2013
On December 21, 2012, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) issued a final exemptive order delaying the application to non-U.S. swap…

Co-authors: Evan Koster , David J. Cohn, Richard J. Parrino.

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SEC staff issues guidance on disclosure of sanctionable activity involving Iran *

Iran, USA - December 10 2012
On December 4, the SEC’s Division of Corporation Finance issued seven Compliance and Disclosure Interpretations (CDIs) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 relating to the new disclosures in periodic reports required by the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012 (Act).

Co-authors: C. Alex Bahn, Jeanne Archibald, Kevin K. Greenslade, Richard J. Parrino, Michael J. Silver.

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SEC rules on resource extraction disclosure now effective *

USA - November 13 2012
The new SEC rules on disclosure by “resource extraction issuers” became effective on November 13.

Co-authors: Paul Hilton, Kevin K. Greenslade, Richard J. Parrino.

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