SEC Warns Against Misleading Investors in Amendments to "Names Rule"
Client UpdatesDOJ's New Safe Harbor Policy for M&A: A Win-Win for Acquirors and Compliance?
Client UpdatesSEC Unleashes a Suite of Proposed Cybersecurity Requirements for Market Participants
Client UpdatesPrivacy and Cybersecurity Update
DOJ Implements New Corporate Enforcement Policy Across All U.S. Attorney's Offices Nationwide
Client UpdatesLitigation Update
SEC Updates Guidance on Non-GAAP Financial Measures
Client UpdatesCorporate Update
SEC Adopts Significant Changes to 10b5-1 Trading Plans
Client UpdatesCorporate Update
SEC Enforcement Director Gurbir Grewal Reflects on Commission's Priorities in Keynote Address During Securities Enforcement Forum in Washington, D.C.
Client UpdatesWhite Collar Update
SEC Reopens Comment Periods for Several Proposed Rules, Including Climate-Related Disclosures for Investors
Client UpdatesWhite Collar Update
Musk Email Ruling Highlights Risks When Directors and Officers Send Privileged Information Using Email Addresses Controlled by Another Entity
Client UpdatesPrivacy and Data Security Update
Strategies for Responding to Congressional Investigations & Subpoenas
Client UpdatesInvestigations Toolkit Update
New SEC Office of the Chief Accountant Statement Provides Clarity Around Materiality Assessments in Context of Errors in Financial Statements
Client UpdatesSEC Proposes Historic, Sweeping Disclosures of Climate-Related Risks, Financial Impacts, and Emissions
Client UpdatesInsider Trading Update: Out of the Shadows? - Recent decision approves of novel insider-trading theory.
Client UpdatesSecurities Litigation Update
SEC Proposes Changes to Insider Trading Rule
Client UpdatesSecurities Update
SEC Staff Limits Companies' Ability to Exclude Shareholder Proposals from Company Proxy Statements and Reverses Prior Guidance
Client UpdatesCorporate Update
DOJ Announces Tougher White-Collar Enforcement, Focuses on Individuals in Comprehensive New Policy
Client UpdatesWhite Collar Update
SEC's Third Earnings Per Share Action in Less Than a Year Highlights the Commission's Continued Focus on Earnings Management Practices and Litigation Contingencies Disclosures
Client UpdatesSecurities Update
SEC Charges Parties to SPAC Combination for Misleading Disclosures and Due Diligence Failures
Client UpdatesCorporate Update
Environmental Evolutions: Follow the ESG Road: The Next Step (and the Next) on the SEC ESG Path
PodcastSEC Removes PCAOB Chair and Announces Plans for Board Overhaul
Client UpdatesSecurities Update
Government Investigations and Securities Litigation – You Better Watch Out!
Speeches & PresentationsPanel, IEL’s 72nd Annual Oil and Gas Law Conference
Acting SEC Chair Issues Statement on Commission's Approach Toward Climate-Related Disclosure
Client UpdatesCorporate Update
IRS Releases Final Regulations for TCJAs Changes to Settlement Deductions
Client UpdatesClient Update
New Federal Law Significantly Expands the SEC’s Authority to Pursue Disgorgement
Client Updates
White Collar Update
New Federal Laws Expand Bank Secrecy Act and Anti-Money Laundering Enforcement Regime
Client UpdatesWhite Collar Update
Considerations for a Biden Administration – SEC Enforcement and Securities Litigation
VideoConsiderations for a Biden Administration - White Collar & Corporate Investigations
VideoFull Fifth Circuit to Decide Whether Constitutional Challenges to SEC Enforcement Actions Can Be Brought in Federal District Court
Client UpdatesSecurities Litigation Update
Baker Botts and FTI Proactive Steps for Compliance Webinar Series: Creative Approaches to Compliance in the Face of Economic and Travel Related Barriers Caused by COVID
WebinarNew OMB Guidance on Agency Enforcement Actions
Client UpdatesCompliance & Enforcement Update
CFTC Enforcement Division Issues Guidance on Compliance
Client UpdatesWhite Collar Update
Supreme Court Cautiously Upholds SEC’s Ability to Obtain Disgorgement in Federal District Court Proceedings
Client UpdatesSecurities Update
SBA's New EZ Loan Forgiveness Application Makes PPP Loan Forgiveness Easier for Some Borrowers; More Businesses Become Eligible for the PPP; and Owner-Borrowers get Clarification on a Path to Full Forgiveness
Client UpdatesCorporate Update
Paycheck Protection Program Reforms Give Borrowers More Time to Use Funds and Make it Easier to Have Loans Forgiven
Client UpdatesCorporate Update
SBA and Treasury Release Regulations Regarding PPP Loan Forgiveness, Review Procedures, and Borrower and Lender Responsibilities
Client UpdatesCorporate Update
SBA and Treasury Release PPP Loan Forgiveness Application; Answering Some Questions While Others Remain
Client UpdatesCorporate Update
IRS Looks to Third-Party Contractors in Crackdown on Virtual Currency Transactions
Client UpdatesTax Update
IRS Issues Long-Awaited Guidance on Deducting Government Settlement Payments after 2017 TCJA
Client UpdatesTax-White Collar Update
Staying Ahead of the Curve: Securities Law Considerations for Q1 2020 Earnings Season
Client UpdatesSecurities Update
Expanding Insider Trading? House of Representatives Passes the "Insider Trading Prohibition Act" With Bi-partisan Approval
Client UpdatesWhite Collar Update
Disgorgement on the Chopping Block Again: Supreme Court to Decide Whether the Federal Securities Laws Authorize the SEC to Seek Court Ordered Disgorgement
Client UpdatesBaker Botts Securities Update
IRS Warns Taxpayers Regarding Virtual Currency Compliance
Client UpdatesTax Update
U.S. Supreme Court Holds that “Disseminating” But Not “Making” False Statements Can Still Constitute Securities Fraud
Client UpdatesSecond Circuit Affirms Insider Trading Conviction
Client UpdatesBaker Botts Client Update
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2021 Oklahoma Public Company School
Let us help you train your in-house professionals! Baker Botts is hosting the 2021 Virtual Oklahoma Public Company School on Tuesday, October 12 at 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. CT. This school is for executives, environmental professionals and in-house legal counsel.
Fourth Annual 2021 Board of Directors Forum
Please join us for the fourth annual Baker Botts Board of Directors Forum on Tuesday, January 26th.
Securities Enforcement Forum 2020
Baker Botts is proud to sponsor the virtual Securities Enforcement 2020 on Wednesday, October 28th.
Baker Botts and FTI Proactive Steps for Compliance Webinar Series: Creative Approaches to Compliance in the Face of Economic and Travel Related Barriers Caused by COVID
Women's White Collar Defense Association Luncheon
Baker Botts will be hosting the Women’s White Collar Defense Association for a luncheon featuring Deborah Connor, Chief of the Money Laundering and Asset Recovery Section of the Department of Justice, on Wednesday, January 30th.