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Judge's Gavel Sitting on American Dollar Bills: SEC using fines as deterrence

‘Deterrence’ is the SEC’s New Buzzword

Judge's Gavel Sitting on American Dollar Bills: SEC using fines as deterrence

Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Gary Gensler has made enforcement a well-publicized priority of his tenure. A new point of emphasis, deterrence, has apparently spun off from those efforts to show the business world the financial co...

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Man on Borderline: CFIUS Vigilance

U.S. Sets New Guidelines for Foreign Investment

Man on Borderline: CFIUS Vigilance

If we asked what the acronym CFIUS stands for, how long would it take you to come up with “Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S.?” As the name implies, CFIUS reviews cross-border investment in the United States for red flags related t...

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SEC Raises the Stakes for Corporate Whistleblowers

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Get ready for more corporate whistleblowers to come out of the woodwork. At least that’s the takeaway from the Securities and Exchange Commission’s latest changes to its whistleblower program. In an effort to fortify investor protections, t...

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SEC Announces First ESG-Related Settlement

Multiple shovels leaning against each other, ready for groundbreaking ceremony

The Securities and Exchange Commission continues to break new ground in the realm of environmental, social and governance regulation. After filing its first ESG-related lawsuit last month, the agency now has announced its first ESG-related...

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Absence of Crypto Disclosures Ensnare Computer Chip Manufacturer

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California-based Nvidia Corp. boasts that its computing technology enables users to accomplish feats that would be impossible with “ordinary” computers. “We make computers for the da Vincis and Einsteins of our time so they can see and crea...

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