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Tag: Enforcement

Molten hot iron poured into kiln for sustainability

Charges Against Brazilian Mining Company Tests SEC’s ESG Authority

Molten hot iron poured into kiln for sustainability

The Securities and Exchange Commission’s foray into required corporate reporting on environmental, social and governance issues has been the top story in financial regulation since the start of the Biden administration. To this point, howev...

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What Does Gary Gensler Have Against SPACs?

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The growth of special-purpose acquisition companies – commonly known as SPACs – represents one of the investing world’s biggest stories in recent years. According to Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Gary Gensler, initial public offe...

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Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine & OSHA Guidelines

Five Things Companies Still Don’t Know About the Vaccine Mandate

Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine & OSHA Guidelines

When the White House announced its rule on COVID-19 vaccines in the workplace earlier this month, it all seemed so clear. Issued by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and applying to all businesses with 100 or more emp...

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Department of Justice Talks Tough on Corporate Crime

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As a joint project between the law schools of Duke University and the University of Virginia, the Corporate Prosecution Registry aims to maintain a comprehensive collection of information about federal organizational prosecutions in the Uni...

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Will the SEC Make an Example Out of Facebook?

Dice with "like" and "dislike" sides

Facebook infamously began in the early 2000s as a dorm-room lark by Harvard University student Mark Zuckerberg. Now nearly 20 years old, what was once a killer app stopped being cool years ago. It has become an online hub for a strange conf...

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