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11/11/2009 2:05:35 PM EST
Alan P. Goldberg and Mark R. Greer
Posted by Alan P. Goldberg and Mark R. Greer
Partner, K&L Gates LLP; Associate, K&L Gates LLP, respectively
Regulation S-AM is designed to prevent registered investment advisers, investment companies, broker-dealers and registered transfer agents ("Covered Persons") from using cert ...
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11/10/2009 9:54:16 AM EST
Robert G. Bagnall
Posted by Robert G. Bagnall
Counsel, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP
Proposed legislation would require managers of private investment funds to register with the SEC as investment advisers under the Investment Advisers Act. Currently, most private fund ...
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11/4/2009 2:11:31 PM EST
Ken Winer and Brooke Clarkson
Posted by Ken Winer and Brooke Clarkson
Partner, Foley & Lardner LLP; and Associate, Foley & Lardner LLP, respectively
Mary Schapiro, Chairman of the SEC, and Robert Khuzami, Director of the SEC Enforcement Division, have taken a number of steps to revamp the SEC's enforcement division. In this Analysi ...
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10/27/2009 2:51:38 PM EST
Henry C. Blackiston, Esq.
Posted by Henry C. Blackiston, Esq.
Senior Counsel, Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation Department of Seyfarth Shaw LLP
More than 90 companies have been investigated by federal prosecutors, regulators, or independent board committees for backdating stock option grants. This Commentary expands the discussion by ...
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10/20/2009 11:17:25 AM EST
Marie E. Picard
Posted by Marie E. Picard
Vice President and Counsel, ING Investment Management
Designed to further regulatory reform, the Private Fund Investment Advisers Registration Act of 2009 (Proposed Act) would expand the pool of investment advisers required to register wi ...
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10/19/2009 4:52:23 PM EST
Steven A. Lauer
Posted by Steven A. Lauer
Lumen Legal
Traditional notions of compliance budgeting no longer apply to today’s rigorous requirements. As a result, the compliance officer needs to make a case for funding, as does every other co ...
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10/14/2009 3:30:19 PM EST
Stephen Ornstein, Matthew Yoon, John Holahan
Posted by Stephen Ornstein, Matthew Yoon, John Holahan
Attorneys, Sonnenschein, Nath, and Rosenthal LLP
As part of its comprehensive plan for financial regulatory reform, the Obama Administration has proposed the creation of a new federal regulator, the Consumer Financial Protection Agency (CFPA ...
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10/8/2009 2:43:54 PM EST
Frank Aquila & Melissa Sawyer
Posted by Frank Aquila & Melissa Sawyer
Partners, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, Mergers & Acquisitions Group
In this commentary, Frank Aquila and Melissa Sawyer provide an overview of the flexibility of contingent value rights (CVRs), which are being more wide ...
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9/7/2009 12:00:56 PM EST
Mark Perlow, Gordon Peery, Robert Rosenblum
  The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has announced that it will examine and reconsider the legality of "flash o ...
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7/27/2009 10:54:01 AM EST
Robert M Jaworski
Posted by Robert M Jaworski
Partner, Reed Smith LLP
In June 2009, the Supreme Court in Continue reading >>
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