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The SEC has issued an emergency order to deter naked short selling in the publicly traded securities of 19 specific financial services firms, including Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (a list of the issuers is set forth belo... more
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The Securities and Exchange Commission has recently adopted two rule amendments that will expand the ability of foreign private issuers that are not U.S. reporting companies to provide stock-based compensation ... more
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On November 15, 2007 , the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved amendments to Rule 144 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act), substantially as the amendments were propose... more
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A decision by the Southern District of New York in SEC v. Masri , 04 Civ. 1584 (S.D.N.Y. Nov. 21, 2007) (RJH), granting summary judgment and dismissing claims against a broker, seeks to clarify the inte... more
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On November 8, 2007, the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB) issued Notice 2007-32 with guidance pertaining to amendments to its supervision rule, Rule G-27. The Notice stated that the amendments, whic... more
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In 2006, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted broad reforms to the disclosure rules regarding executive compensation. The new rules resulted in significant changes in the manner in which public ... more
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Last week, NASD and NYSE (collectively, SROs) issued a joint request for comment on proposed Joint Guidance regarding the review and supervision of electronic communications. The proposed Joint Guidance sets fo... more
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On June 14, 2007, the SEC’s Office of Compliance, Inspections, and Examinations (OCIE) issued a ComplianceAlert, the first in what it has indicated will be a series of periodic updates that will summarize select areas t... more
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On May 25, 2007, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued guidance regarding the tax treatment of fees paid in accounts that charge flat percentage fees instead of transaction-based commissions. Under the IRS ... more
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On May 24, 2007, for the second time in less than four weeks, the SEC granted an industrywide exemption relief from the confirmation delivery requirements of Rule 10b-10 under the Securities Exchange Act of 193... more
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At its public meeting on May 23, 2007, the Securities and Exchange Commission announced several far-reaching proposals that, if adopted , would simplify private placements and resales of unregistered securities,... more
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On May 14, 2007, the SEC announced that it filed a motion with the D.C. Circuit to stay, for 120 days, its ruling vacating Rule 202(a)(11)-1. Absent the stay, the court’s mandate would have issued in the next s... more
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Recently, the NASD issued Notice to Members (NTM) 0720 regarding electronic filing of new membership applications. Specifically, NTM 0720 states that, effective May 31, 2007, recently approved amendments to the... more
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On April 30, 2007, the SEC granted an industrywide exemption from the confirmation delivery requirements of Rule 10b10 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to all dually registered brokerdealers and investment advisers ... more
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As widely reported, on March 30, 2007, a divided panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit vacated Rule 202(a)(11)1 under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (Advisers Act). The Financial Planning Associati... more
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On March 29, 2007, the New York Court of Appeals held in Rosenberg v. MetLife, Inc. , USCOA, 2 No. 23 (Mar. 29, 2007), that an employer’s statements on an NASD employee termination notice (Form U-5) are protected by an... more
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On March 20, 2007, eight federal regulators (the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Federal Trade Commission, the Nation... more
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On March 12, 2007, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office posted a notice on restriction requirements in patent applications containing nucleotide sequences. The 2007 Notice rescinds a 1996 Notice on the subject and is eff... more
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On March 9, 2007, the SEC issued a proposal to amend numerous aspects of its financial responsibility rules for broker-dealers, including the following rules under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934: Rule 15c3-1 (the net ca... more
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This White Paper focuses on selected U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), NASD, and NYSE Regulation cases and developments in 2006 regarding broker-dealers. The number of disciplinary actions against broker-dea... more
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In December 2006, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved extensions of some of the scheduled compliance dates for Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. The final action conforms to the proposed ex... more
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Jon Gerty,
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The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (“FSMA”) gives the FSA significant powers to impose a variety of sanctions on firms and individuals for breaches of rules under FSMA and other legislation. The FSA can publicly... more
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On 1 July 2005, the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Market Abuse) Regulation 2005 (the “Regulations”) came into force in order to implement the EC Directive on Insider Dealing and Market Manipulation (Market Abuse) ... more
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The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued two releases on August 9, 2006 that will extend some of the scheduled compliance dates for Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. Section 404 requires... more
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On August 1, the NASDAQ Stock Market became a registered national securities exchange? formerly, as a subsidiary of the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), it had been operating an inter-dealer quotations syst... more
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Beth Kiesewetter,
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Monica Parry,
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LawFlash/Client Alert | Securities Industry FYI
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On February 28, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed amendments to Rule 22c-2 under the Investment Company Act of 1940. In addition to permitting mutual funds to charge redemption fees, Rule 22c-2 provid... more
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On December 14, 2005 the Securities and Exchange Commission changed the filing deadlines for quarterly and annual reports for domestic public companies and, in a related action, adopted a new definition of a “large acce... more
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John Ayanian
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Following in the footsteps of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) and the Department of Justice (“DOJ”), on September 14, 2005, the New York Stock Exchange (“the NYSE” or “the Exchange”) issued Information Memo... more
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The Second Circuit Court of Appeals in New York decided on Wednesday that antitrust laws apply to underwriter syndicates.
The plaintiffs in the IPO case allege that the defendants, prominent underwriter... more
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John Hartigan
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Christopher Hall,
Jennifer Shufro
This LawFlash is an overview of recent developments in securities litigation, including general developments, mutual fund proceedings, electronic discovery and email retention.
This LawFlash discuss... more
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Under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, and related stock exchange and Nasdaq listing standards, the audit committees of public companies have adopted procedures for handling complaints and grievances relating to accounti... more
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On June 29, 2005, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) unanimously adopted new rules, substantially in the form they were proposed in November 2004, modifying and significantly enhancing the communication, registrati... more
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Steven Stone,
Ryan Helmrich
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Beth Kiesewetter
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Ben Indek
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Ben Indek
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Steven Stone
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Steven Stone,
Monica Parry
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Miriam Fisher,
John Hemann
On April 26, 2005, the United States Supreme Court upheld criminal convictions arising from a scheme to avoid taxation by a foreign government. The decision in Pasquantino v. United States , 125 S. Ct. ... more
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John Peloso
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Ben Indek
Winter 2005
Newsletter | Morgan Lewis on Securities
Securities
In this Issue:
- Securities Offering Reform: The Securities and Exchange Commission issued proposals to s... more
Presentation | Speech
Ben Indek
Presentation | Speech
Ben Indek
Outside Publications | Article
Ben Indek,
John Peloso
Outside Publications | Article
Monica Parry,
Ryan Helmrich
White Paper | Morgan Lewis White Paper
Stephen Farrell,
David Sirignano
The Securities and Exchange Commission has proposed significant changes to the registration and offering process under the Securities Act of 1933. According to the Commission, the proposed changes are intended to elimina... more
Outside Publications | Article
Kathleen Collins
Presentation | Speech
Ben Indek
Presentation | Speech
Ben Indek
Presentation | Speech
Ben Indek
Fall 2004
Newsletter | Morgan Lewis on Securities
Securities
In this Issue:
- Outside Directors and Red Flags: In the wake of recent corporate scandals, there has bee... more
Presentation | Speech
Ben Indek
Outside Publications | Article
Ben Indek,
John Peloso
Outside Publications | Article
Marc Sonnenfeld,
Karen Pohlmann,
Phoebe Mounts
LawFlash/Client Alert | Securities LawFlash
Securities Industry
At its open meeting on March 11, 2004, the SEC adopted new rules implementing the amendments to Form 8-K that were proposed on June 17, 2002. The amendments are also responsive to the suggestion in Section 409 ... more
Outside Publications | Article
Alan Singer
Outside Publications | Article
Ben Indek,
John Peloso
Presentation | Speech
Ben Indek,
Steven Stone


