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Unprecedented FCPA wake-up call for U.S. broker-dealers and foreign banks: has the perfect FCPA storm finally arrived for U.S. financial markets?

  • Duane Morris LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 14 2013

On May 7, 2013, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York (SDNY) unsealed extraordinary criminal charges against two

Wall Street sales tax reintroduced on Capitol Hill: likely a significant impact on private investment funds

  • Duane Morris LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 18 2013

On April 17, 2013, U.S. Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minn.) reintroduced the Inclusive Prosperity Act of 2013 (H.R. 1579) (the "Bill"), a financial

Narrow interpretation of customer under SIPA is affirmed by the Second Circuit

  • Duane Morris LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 10 2013

On February 22, 2013, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in In re Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC held that

Foreign traders beware: trading in US markets will expose you to US insider trading laws

  • Duane Morris LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 4 2013

On March 29, 2013, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced the settlement of what appeared to be a routine insider trading case

SEC says social media can pass muster for Regulation FD disclosures

  • Duane Morris LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 3 2013

Yesterday, the Securities and Exchange Commission issued a release and report of investigation announcing that issuers can use social media outlets

NASDAQ proposes internal audit function requirement for listed companies

  • Duane Morris LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • March 6 2013

The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC (Nasdaq) recently proposed a rule change to require listed companies to establish and maintain an internal audit function

U.S. Supreme Court lowers the bar for class certification in private securities fraud actions

  • Duane Morris LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • March 6 2013

On February 27, 2013, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its opinion in Amgen, Inc. v. Connecticut Retirement Plan and Trust Funds, 568 U.S. ___ (2013

Use it or lose it: U.S. Supreme Court holds the SEC must bring civil enforcement actions within five years of wrongful conduct

  • Duane Morris LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • February 28 2013

On February 27, 2013, the United States Supreme Court put a stop to the Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) practice of bringing civil

Apple Einhorn dispute shines spotlight on SEC’s unbundling rules

  • Duane Morris LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • February 28 2013

Although the dispute between hedge fund manager David Einhorn and Apple, Inc. is about Apple's capital allocation strategy, it has brought attention

SEC enforcement actions against private equity: get ready for more

  • Duane Morris LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • February 6 2013

In a speech delivered at the Private Equity International Conference on January 23, 2013, in New York, Bruce Karpati, Chief of the U.S. Securities