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Richard Alsop,
David Beveridge,
Alan Bickerstaff,
J. Russel Denton,
Jonathan DeSantis,
Brian Dillavou,
David Dixter,
Marwa Elborai,
David Flechner,
Stuart Fleischmann,
Christopher Forrester,
Ted Gilman,
Stephen Giove,
Carmelo Gordian,
Harald Halbhuber,
Lisa Jacobs,
Merritt S. Johnson,
Arielle Katzman,
Jonathan E. Kellner,
Kyungwon (Won) Lee,
J. Matthew Lyons,
Grissel Mercado,
Ilir Mujalovic,
Lona Nallengara,
Manuel Orillac,
Antonia Stolper,
Pawel J. Szaja
On August 17, 2018, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced the adoption of amendments to simplify and update disclosure requirements.
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Matthew Bersani,
Nicolas Bombrun,
Susanna Charlwood,
Peter Chen,
Tobia Croff,
David Dixter,
Thomas Donegan,
Domenico Fanuele,
Fabio Fauceglia,
Jerome Fortinsky,
Jonathan Handyside,
Masahisa Ikeda,
Guillaume Isautier,
George Karafotias,
Jeremy Kutner,
Colin Law,
Hervé Letréguilly,
Laurence Levy,
Doreen Lilienfeld,
John J Madden,
Mehran Massih,
Jacques B. McChesney McChesney,
Manuel Orillac,
Barnabas Reynolds,
Michael Scargill,
Antonia Stolper,
Pawel J. Szaja,
Sami L Toutounji
On 16 January 2018, the ESMA published an updated version of its practical guide to the national rules across the EEA on the notification of major holdings under the Transparency Directive.
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Robert Evans,
Jonathan Handyside,
Richard Price,
Cynthia Urda Kassis
In the wake of the US elections in November 2016, two of the Securities and Exchange Commission's ("SEC") disclosure rules for public reporting companies — the conflict minerals rule and government payments...
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Jonathan Handyside,
Richard Price,
Cynthia Urda Kassis
On June 27, 2016, the US Securities and Exchange Commission adopted a final rule implementing Section 1504 of the Dodd-Frank Act.
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Jonathan Handyside,
Richard Price,
Cynthia Urda Kassis
On June 16, 2016, the US Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") issued a proposed rule, which, if adopted, would result in a revamp of its disclosure requirements for mining company issuers.
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Christophe Asselineau,
Yas Banifatemi,
James Comyn,
Robert Evans,
Robert Freedman,
Jonathan Handyside,
Anthony Patten,
Richard Price,
Michael Scargill,
Antonia Stolper,
Cynthia Urda Kassis
On December 11, 2015, the US Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") issued a proposed rule to implement Section 1504 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.
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Robert Evans,
Harald Halbhuber,
Joel Moss,
Fredric Sosnick,
Antonia Stolper
Involuntary debt restructurings that have the effect of impairing a bondholder's right to receive payment may violate the Trust Indenture Act.
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Christophe Asselineau,
Yas Banifatemi,
James Comyn,
Robert Evans,
Robert Freedman,
Jonathan Handyside,
Anthony Patten,
Richard Price,
Michael Scargill,
Antonia Stolper,
Cynthia Urda Kassis
Over the last few years, a number of key jurisdictions have adopted regulations requiring companies engaged in natural resource extraction activities to disclose the payments they make to governments and state-owned companies.
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Michael Benjamin,
Jonathan DeSantis,
Robert Evans,
Lisa Jacobs,
Merritt S. Johnson,
Antonia Stolper
The SEC staff issued a no-action letter recently that will allow some companies to refinance their debt using tender and exchange offers shorter than the 20 business days required in the tender offer rules.
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Matthew Bersani,
David Dixter,
Robert Evans,
Stephen Giove,
Kristen Hutchens,
Masahisa Ikeda,
Lisa Jacobs,
Marc Plepelits,
Richard Price,
Martin Schmidt,
Claudius Sokenu,
Sami L Toutounji,
Robert Treuhold
The SEC announced enforcement proceedings against officers, directors and major shareholders and publicly-traded companies for violations related to beneficial ownership filings.
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Michael Benjamin,
Matthew Bersani,
David Beveridge,
Danielle Carbone,
Jonathan DeSantis,
Lee Edwards,
Robert Ellison,
Robert Evans,
Domenico Fanuele,
Stephen Fishbein,
Stuart Fleischmann,
Pamela Gibson,
Stephen Giove,
Apostolos Gkoutzinis,
Masahisa Ikeda,
Lisa Jacobs,
Jacques B. McChesney McChesney,
Danforth Newcomb,
Manuel Orillac,
Marc Plepelits,
Richard Price,
Russell Sacks,
Alan Seem,
Antonia Stolper,
Sami L Toutounji,
Robert Treuhold,
Philip Urofsky,
John Wilson
It has been over eight months since SEC-registered issuers began making mandatory disclosures of business activities in or with Iran.
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Abigail Arms,
Danielle Carbone,
Robert Evans,
John Finley, III,
Nathan Greene,
Lisa Jacobs,
Jesse Kanach,
Antonia Stolper,
Robert Treuhold
On July 10, 2013, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") adopted rule changes that will permit general solicitation and general advertising in securities offerings under Rule 506 of Regulation D and Rule 144A.
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Abigail Arms,
Christophe Asselineau,
Robert Evans,
Pamela Gibson,
Masahisa Ikeda,
Lisa Jacobs,
Mehran Massih,
Monica McConville,
Marc Plepelits,
Richard Price,
Michael Scargill,
Martin Schmidt,
Antonia Stolper,
Robert Treuhold,
Cynthia Urda Kassis
A US court has recently vacated the new SEC rule requiring resource extraction issuers to file annual reports with information about government payments for the commercial development of oil, natural gas or minerals.
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Stephen Fishbein,
Pamela Gibson,
Richard Kelly,
Danforth Newcomb,
Patrick Robbins,
Philip Urofsky
Niko Resources Ltd., an international oil and natural gas exploration and production company headquartered in Calgary, recently pleaded guilty to violations of Canada’s Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act (CFPOA) and agreed to implement compliance procedures and periodically report on that implementation to the Court and to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
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