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Does an SEC attorney commit an ethical violation by encouraging whistleblowing lawyers?

  • Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • June 18 2013

The Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance and Financial Regulation included a comprehensive post by Lawrence A. West which tackles the

U.S. Supreme Court: does SOX protect employees of a public company’s private contractor?

  • Fenwick & West LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • June 14 2013

The United States Supreme Court agreed to review whether the Sarbanes-Oxley Act whistleblower protections apply to employees of a public company's

Company agrees to pay $300,000 to resolve SEC charge over employee data breach

  • Winston & Strawn LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • June 13 2013

Proxy advisor, Institutional Shareholder Services Inc. (ISS), recently agreed to pay a $300,000 fine arising out of a data breach after an SEC

SOX and whistleblowers - any fraud will do

  • Morvillo Abramowitz Grand Iason & Anello PC
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • June 13 2013

Section 806 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act ("SOX") prohibits publicly-traded companies from retaliating against employees who report various acts of

Independence Day for compensation committees: advisor independence assessment required as of July 1st

  • Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
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  • USA
  • -
  • June 10 2013

Independence Day is coming a little early this year to the compensation committees of equity issuers listed on the New York Stock Exchange (the

SEC whistleblower risks: 6 ways to avoid being targeted by the SEC

  • Latham & Watkins LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • June 10 2013

How can public companies and financial institutions deal with whistleblower risks while avoiding actions that could be reasonably interpreted by the

Retaliation gets a broader view

  • Foley & Lardner LLP
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  • USA
  • -
  • June 10 2013

Retaliation cases continue to grow in number and, in a decision on June 4, 2013 of the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals, in scope as well. There, the

Heightened independence standards for advisors should give compensation committees pause for thought after July 1, 2013

  • Baker & Hostetler LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • June 3 2013

On July 1, 2013, the portion of the revised "listing standards" of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and NASDAQ Stock Market (Nasdaq) related to the

Court accords deference to SEC whistleblower rules

  • Winston & Strawn LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • June 3 2013

On May 21st, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York joined four other district courts in holding that the SEC's rules

Supreme Court decides to hear applicability of Sarbanes-Oxley’s whistleblower protections

  • Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP
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  • USA
  • -
  • June 3 2013

The Supreme Court recently granted certiorari to decide whether the whistleblower protections of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX), 18 U.S.C. 1514A