We use cookies to customise content for your subscription and for analytics.
If you continue to browse Lexology, we will assume that you are happy to receive all our cookies. For further information please read our Cookie Policy.
Lexology logo






  Request new password

Search results

Order by most recent / most popular / relevance

Results: 1-10 of 14

U.S. government issues FATCA proposed guidance & approach to automatic exchange of FATCA information

  • Akerman Senterfitt
  • -
  • France, Germany, Italy, Spain, United Kingdom, USA
  • -
  • February 9 2012

On February 8, 2012, the U.S. Department of the Treasury ("Treasury") and the Internal Revenue Service ("IRS") issued the long-awaited Proposed Regulations with respect to the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act ("FATCA"

Fifth Circuit weighs in on preclusion of securities fraud class actions

  • Akerman Senterfitt
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 11 2012

The Securities Litigation Uniform Standards Act (SLUSA) was enacted in 1998 to curb the increase in filing of class action securities cases in state court to avoid recent heightened requirements imposed on such cases in federal court

Final JOBS Act signed: significant reform impacts small business

  • Akerman Senterfitt
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 6 2012

President Obama signed into law yesterday the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act (the "JOBS Act"), which was passed with overwhelming support by both the Senate and the House of Representatives

SEC issues final rule requiring exchanges to establish listing standards for the independence of compensation committees and compensation advisers

  • Akerman Senterfitt
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • July 16 2012

On June 20, 2012, the Securities and Exchange Commission adopted a final rule, pursuant to Section 952 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010, requiring national securities exchanges to establish listing standards for the independence of compensation committees and compensation advisers

Eleventh Circuit to rehear case on applicability

  • Akerman Senterfitt
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 11 2012

The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals recently granted a motion to rehear a case en banc involving the applicability of the antitrust laws to debt market transactions

Say-on-pay voting results during the 2012 proxy season

  • Akerman Senterfitt
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 11 2012

Although we are still in the middle of the 2012 proxy season with many public companies holding annual stockholder meetings during May and June of 2012, there are a number of interesting trends and voting results that have emerged so far from the 2012 proxy season

SEC guidance under the JOBS Act

  • Akerman Senterfitt
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 1 2012

Since the enactment of the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act (The "JOBS Act"), the Division of Corporation Finance of the SEC has issued three sets of Frequently Asked Questions related to the JOBS Act, addressing general questions related to emerging growth company ("EGC") status and the IPO on-ramp, scaled disclosure and other provisions of the JOBS Act benefiting EGCs; confidential staff review of registration statements pursuant to new Section 6(e) of the Securities Act of 1933; and changes to requirements for registration and deregistration under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Eleventh Circuit entertains additional form of loss causation for private securities fraud

  • Akerman Senterfitt
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • July 30 2012

Earlier this week, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the granting of a post-trial judgment as a matter of law for the defendants in a private securities fraud-on-the-market action, Hubbard v. BankAtlantic Bancorp, Inc., 2012 WL 2985112 (11th Cir. July 23, 2012

2012 M&A, private equity, and capital markets

  • Akerman Senterfitt
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 22 2012

While the level of U.S. M&A activity has decreased since the 2007 peak, overall the number and value of U.S. M&A transactions were at a post financial crisis high in 2011 with transaction levels slightly higher than 2010

SEC proposes elimination of prohibition on general solicitation and general advertising in certain private offerings

  • Akerman Senterfitt
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • September 13 2012

On August 29, 2012, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) announced proposed rules eliminating the prohibition on general solicitation and advertising in offerings under Rule 506 of Regulation D under the Securities Act of 1933 (the “Act”) provided that all purchasers of securities are accredited investors and the issuer has taken reasonable steps to verify that all purchasers are accredited investors

Current Search

Suggested Facets

Author

Jurisdiction

Workarea

© Copyright 2006-2013 Globe Business Publishing Ltd | Cookies | Disclaimer | Privacy policy