JURIST

JUNE 4, 2022

Japan’s House of Representatives Friday passed the first-ever stablecoin investor protection bill , regulating who is able to issue them and how they are linked to an existing tender. However, concerns have been raised after popular stablecoin TerraUSD collapsed , resulting in massive losses for investors.

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

This includes restricting their supply of arms or related material and restricting their access to related services and assets. These measures have been imposed by the Australian government to restrict the Myanmar military’s operations, aimed at limiting the adverse impacts of their leadership.

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Attorney at Work

MAY 20, 2022

The Lincoln Legal Papers Project identified over 5,600 cases and nearly 100,000 documents related to Lincoln’s law practice. Financial services startups have carved out niche segments for millennials, homeowners, entrepreneurs and bitcoin investors. Guidance that relates to a client’s business or situation. Ways Clients Win.

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Intelligize Blog

AUGUST 6, 2024

These worries have prompted shareholder activists to step in as a first line of defense for investors against the potential adverse effects of AI. Several prominent companies sought — and failed to obtain — no-action relief to exclude AI-related shareholder proposals from their proxy material.

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FDA Law Blog

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Smaller companies, however, may have requests from board members and investors to provide confirmation from FDA that their approach to product regulation is correct and in alignment with FDA requirements. The question is how best to go about doing so. For pre-submissions, it is approximately two months before receiving a response from FDA.

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JURIST

APRIL 13, 2021

The legislation, The Financial Sector (Climate-related Disclosure and Other Matters) Amendment Bill has been introduced to New Zealand’s Parliament and is scheduled to have its first reading this week.

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JURIST

JANUARY 23, 2023

over claims that the company made misleading disclosures relating to its paid subscription service BVAL , which provides daily pricing for over 2.5 The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Monday settled with Bloomberg Finance L.P. million securities to more than 1,300 financial institution customers.

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Intelligize Blog

JANUARY 28, 2025

Attendees concurred that financial KPIs are an increasingly important tool used by companies and investors, and they advocated for greater consistency among the most frequently reported financial indicators that investors use earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (EBITDA) and free cash flow.

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Diane Drain

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

In order to know which may apply one needs to know who owns the loan (who is the investor). National Consumer Law Center “NCLC” has a summary chart of the options available for borrowers facing a COVID-19 related hardship. The options that they can access depend on the loan investor.

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Law 360

DECEMBER 7, 2022

A California federal judge sentenced former Theranos executive Ramesh "Sunny" Balwani to almost 13 years in prison for defrauding investors and patients with bogus blood-testing technology on Wednesday, a month after the company's former CEO Elizabeth Holmes was sentenced to over 11 years for related crimes.

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Strictly Business

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

The SEC proposed several changes to Rule 204-2 (governing the books and records to be maintained by a registered investment adviser ), which are mostly conforming changes related to the other provisions described below. Books and Records – Amended Rule 204-2.

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Law 360

DECEMBER 6, 2021

investors hit the Google parent's board with a pair of derivative suits alleging in California federal court that executive mismanagement has led to "multi-billion-dollar antitrust liability" and the outlay of tens of millions of dollars on investigations and civil actions related to Google's alleged anti-competitive practices.

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SCOTUSBlog

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

Share Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles, commentary, and other noteworthy links related to the Supreme Court. 26 appeared first on SCOTUSblog.

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Intelligize Blog

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

In a Form 8-K filed earlier this year, Florida-based BorrowMoney.com said it had been dropped as a client by Barton CPA, “citing concerns regarding the integrity of management related to an ongoing SEC investigation.” EY’s resignation is the latest in a string of bad news for Super Micro. By the end of trading on Nov.

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JURIST

OCTOBER 19, 2021

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Monday released a report stating that new stock-trading apps that operate like games may lead investors to trade more than they would have if the trading was in a traditional format. As such, the SEC stated that the apps require further examination.

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The Crime Report

JANUARY 4, 2022

Out of the 11 charges she initially faced, blood testing start-up Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes has been found guilty of three counts of wire fraud and one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud by lying to investors to raise money for her company, reports the New York Times.

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Intelligize Blog

DECEMBER 19, 2024

The related impact was not material, Macys said, but the company revised its historical consolidated financial statements affected by the misstatements accordingly. The company continues to face criticism about weak sales from activist investors who are seeking significant changes to its strategy and seats on the Macys board of directors.

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Intelligize Blog

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

Following a steady stream of accusations that big banks like JPMorgan Chase and Wells Fargo have deceived and cheated investors for years, recent lawsuits are shining a light on how banks secretly manage – or mismanage – so-called cash sweep accounts. That gives them instant access to investors in the capital markets.

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Intelligize Blog

APRIL 18, 2023

The subject has become the dominant theme in corporate governance today in response to the push by activists, investors, and Democratic politicians to replace a hodgepodge of voluntary sustainability audits with formal reporting requirements. That sounds impressive.

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SCOTUSBlog

JUNE 10, 2024

Share Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles, commentary, and other noteworthy links related to the Supreme Court.

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Intelligize Blog

JUNE 13, 2024

One of our observations was that companies were struggling to come to a consensus on what constitutes material information for investors when it comes to cybersecurity events. Unfortunately, the language was no less vague than other efforts to help issuers get a better grip on the concept in relation to cybersecurity.

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Intelligize Blog

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

The goal is to allow companies to include sustainability-related information with financial statements in the same reporting package. As for the United States, in March 2022 the SEC issued proposed rule changes that would require companies to include certain climate-related disclosures in their registration statements and periodic reports.

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Strictly Business

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

Put simply, a PPM is used to inform potential investors about an offering of securities. How does a business owner seeking to raise capital or a company officer involved in a securities offering know if the company, or “issuer,” should be distributing a PPM to potential investors? What is typically included in a PPM?

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LawSites

AUGUST 3, 2022

The LegalTech Fund , which was the first venture capital firm devoted exclusively to law and legal technology, announced today that it will convene its first TLTF Summit in December — a three-day event for investors, startups and legal innovation thought leaders that will feature networking, dealmaking and educational opportunities.

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The Fashion Law

JANUARY 21, 2022

Fink’s call on companies to utilize uniform ESG disclosures for the benefit of investors “reflects a growing consensus among both prominent businesses (e.g., State Street) and regulators (e.g.,

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Intelligize Blog

OCTOBER 31, 2024

The commission also announced in October that it had settled charges with a former executive of Pareteum Corporation related to an alleged plan to commit fraud by overstating the telecommunications company’s revenue. with charges he misled investors about the availability of battery cells for its products.

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JURIST

MARCH 2, 2023

In its ruling, the court asks the Securities and Exchange Board of India to investigate “whether there has been a failure to disclose transactions with related parties” and whether “there was any manipulation of stock prices in contravention of existing laws.”

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Intelligize Blog

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Apparently, the pain will be especially acute for private-equity firms , given their expansive webs of investors and affiliates. Notably, the FTC’s commissioners voted unanimously in favor of the changes after dialing back some of the proposed changes, including labor-related disclosures.

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The Fashion Law

AUGUST 5, 2021

Investor Confusion? Beyond that, Brooke and Bermeo-Andrade note that “courts have held that investors are generally sophisticated customers that conduct proper due diligence before buying into a company.” Investors bid up shares of [the unrelated] Snap Interactive before Snap Inc. Hard to Get Handles.

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Intelligize Blog

MAY 7, 2024

New regulations from the Securities and Exchange Commission , however, should raise the visibility of water for companies too, after working water-related financial risks into the first-ever disclosure rules for climate risk. According to CDP , an environmental disclosure watchdog, global companies have $15.5

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Law 360

MAY 17, 2022

Securities and Exchange Commission staff could soon publish more guidance related to the landmark Regulation Best Interest, agency Chair Gary Gensler said Tuesday as he called for stronger investor protections around online brokerages and cryptocurrencies.

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JUNE 27, 2023

That was the question on the minds of several of TR’s institutional investors during a call this morning at which the company briefed them on the deal, announced late last night. During the call, several investors explicitly asked the three executives why TR had decided to acquire Casetext rather than build its own generative AI.

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Intelligize Blog

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

In the latest example of board-related drama in a year riddled with it, embattled genetic testing company 23andMe was dealt yet another blow last week when all seven of its independent directors resigned en masse over disagreements about the company’s direction. For example, ChatGPT creator OpenAI has had more than its fair share.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 4, 2021

To foreign investors, one of the conditions of investment in any country is the existence of an independent Bar Association. So that in time of emergence of any tax relating disputes, disputes relating to disclosure of confidentiality of businesses, breach of contracts, they can hire independent defense lawyers with high trust.

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Law 360

DECEMBER 21, 2021

A California federal judge dismissed a putative stock fraud class action against Facebook related to the Cambridge Analytica scandal, ruling Monday that because the investors failed to fix the problems he laid out in his two previous dismissals, they aren't entitled to amend their complaint.

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The Crime Report

OCTOBER 17, 2022

State legislators are calling for task forces on corruption and audits into the cannabis licensing process, following allegations that officials across Southern California accepted and solicited bribes to benefit cannabis companies or investors, the LA Times reports as part of a series of investigations into the scandal.

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Intelligize Blog

JUNE 4, 2024

But the multinational oil company’s litigious counterattacks against activist shareholders are starting to turn off some major investors, illustrating the downside of such intimidation tactics. Going to court over shareholder proposals is a bad turn of events for investors in the long run, according to the consortium. “We

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