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The FCPA: two new record settlements serve as a reminder to carefully monitor practices

  • Porter Wright Morris & Arthur LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • February 19 2009

The renewed emphasis on enforcement of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA or the Act) by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) recently resulted in two record-breaking settlements a warning that should be heeded by all companies doing business abroad

Broker discretionary voting

  • Porter Wright Morris & Arthur LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • July 31 2009

On July 1, 2009, the SEC approved a proposed rule change to amend NYSE Rule 452 and Section 402

SEC and DOJ release FCPA guide

  • Porter Wright Morris & Arthur LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • November 14 2012

On November 14, 2012, the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Department of Justice released A Resource Guide to the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act

Lawsuit challenges SEC rules on conflict minerals

  • Porter Wright Morris & Arthur LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • October 24 2012

On October 22, 2012, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the National Manufacturers Association, and the Business Roundtable filed a lawsuit in the United States Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit seeking to modify or eliminate the Securities and Exchange Commission’s ("SEC") final rules governing conflict minerals

SEC makes first whistleblower award

  • Porter Wright Morris & Arthur LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • August 22 2012

On August 21, 2012, the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") announced that it has paid out the first award under its whistleblower award program, which was established under the 2010 Dodd-Frank Act a little more than a year ago

SEC charges Oracle with FCPA violations

  • Porter Wright Morris & Arthur LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • August 17 2012

On August 16, 2012, in a Complaint filed in the U.S. District Court in the Northern District of California, the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") charged Oracle Corporation with violating the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act ("FCPA"

SEC charges Pfizer and Wyeth with FCPA violations

  • Porter Wright Morris & Arthur LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • August 7 2012

On August 7, 2012, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") charged Pfizer Inc. with violating the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act ("FCPA"

SEC charges Bristol-Myers Squibb executive with insider trading

  • Porter Wright Morris & Arthur LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • August 7 2012

On August 2, 2012, the Securities and Exchanges Commission ("SEC") charged an executive in the treasury department at Bristol-Myers Squibb with insider trading

SEC investor alert: social media and investing - avoiding fraud

  • Porter Wright Morris & Arthur LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • January 12 2012

The SEC’s Office of Investor Education and Advocacy has issued an Investor Alert to help investors be better aware of fraudulent investment schemes that may involve social media

SEC adopts disclosure guidance on European sovereign debt exposures

  • Porter Wright Morris & Arthur LLP
  • -
  • European Union, USA
  • -
  • January 9 2012

On Friday, January 6, 2012, the SEC Division of Corporation Finance issued Disclosure Guidance: Topic No. 4 (European Sovereign Debt Exposures) regarding disclosure relating to registrants' exposures to risk of debt to certain European countries

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