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IRS extends favorable stock dividends guidance to RICS

  • Morrison & Foerster LLP
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  • USA
  • -
  • January 16 2009

In December 2008, the Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”) issued Revenue Procedure 2008-68, providing temporary guidance regarding certain stock distributions by publicly traded real estate investment trusts (“REITs”

SEC releases final rule on enhanced disclosure and prospectus delivery for mutual funds and exchange-traded funds

  • Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
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  • USA
  • -
  • January 16 2009

On January 13, the Securities and Exchange Commission issued a release setting forth the adoption of amendments to Form N-1A and new measures for the satisfaction of prospectus delivery obligations by mutual funds and exchange-traded funds

Failure to timely file SEC reports is not a default under certain indenture reporting covenants

  • White & Case LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • January 13 2009

Companies that have issued or plan to issue debt securities are facing an unusual confluence of circumstances: a severely discounted secondary debt market combined with an increasing level of internal corporate investigation activity resulting from, among other things, requirements imposed by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act

Cornerstone Report: securities class action filings soar in 2008 due to an increase in filings against financial services firms

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • January 15 2009

Cornerstone Research, in cooperation with Stanford Law School's Securities Class Action Clearinghouse, recently released its report on federal securities class action filings in 2008

Massachusetts brings enforcement action against Reserve Fund

  • Alston & Bird LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • January 14 2009

Yesterday, the Enforcement Section of the Massachusetts Securities Division of the Office of the Secretary of the Commonwealth filed an enforcement action against multiple parties affiliated with the Reserve Primary Fund (the "Fund") in connection the Fund “breaking the buck” in September of last year

Broker’s scheme to profit from trading Apple ends in DOJSEC charges

  • Dorsey & Whitney LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 16 2013

Broker David Miller did not have inside information about the Apple earnings call scheduled for October 25, 2012. He did have something else - plans

Deadline approaches for amending compensation committee charters

  • Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 16 2013

By July 1, affected companies must comply with recent amendments to the Listing Rules of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and the NASDAQ Stock

White sworn in as SEC Chair

  • BuckleySandler LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 15 2013

On April 10, the SEC announced that Mary Jo White was sworn in as the 31st Chair of the SEC, two days after the Senate confirmed her for the position

Is the medium the message? Netflix’s decision to post material information on social media channels

  • Morvillo Abramowitz Grand Iason & Anello PC
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 17 2013

The news is out! There's a buzz in the blogosphere. It's trending on Twitter. The Securities and Exchange Commission has authorized the use of social

Synthetic annuities in today’s market

  • Jorden Burt LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • December 31 2008

Two realities may be combining to increase the level of public receptivity to annuitization in the form of a guaranteed stream of income over either a stipulated period or life