Securities and Shareholder Litigation

Officer Fiduciary Liability, Supersized: Delaware Court Extends Duty of Care to Corporate Officers

Securities Litigation Update

SEC Updates Guidance on Non-GAAP Financial Measures

Corporate Update

Second Circuit Insider Trading Decision May Have Broad Impacts on White-Collar Prosecutions

Securities Litigation Update

SEC Adopts Significant Changes to 10b5-1 Trading Plans

Corporate Update

Energy Enforcement Insider: Recent ESG Enforcement Activity, Takeaways from SEC Enforcement Director’s Recent Speech, and Recent Crypto-Related Actions

SEC Enforcement Director Gurbir Grewal Reflects on Commission's Priorities in Keynote Address During Securities Enforcement Forum in Washington, D.C.

White Collar Update

Energy Enforcement Insider: CFTC Annual Enforcement Results, Cross-Border Cooperation, and Improper Trade Allocation, Plus SEC/DOJ Updates

Energy Enforcement Insider: SEC/CFTC Enforcement Fiscal Year-End Roundup and Takeaways

Energy Enforcement Insider: Inflation Reduction Act - Key Energy Market Highlights

Exculpation of Officers of Delaware Corporations from Liability for Breach of Fiduciary Duties Now Permitted

Corporate Update

Energy Enforcement Insider: Expected Fall Actions

Energy Enforcement Insider: SEC ESG Enforcement Developments and Trends, Plus CFTC and DOJ Updates

Current Trends in Accounting Litigation

American Law Institute Continuing Legal Education

SEC Issues Investment Adviser Risk Alert Regarding Common Ethics and MNPI Deficiencies

Corporate Update

Deputy Attorney General Highlights DOJ Enforcement Priorities During NYC Bar Association's 10th Annual White Collar Crime Institute

White Collar Update

SEC Proposes New Rules Targeting SPAC Disclosures

Corporate Update

Insider Trading Update: Out of the Shadows? - Recent decision approves of novel insider-trading theory.

Securities Litigation Update

SEC Proposes Changes to Insider Trading Rule

Securities Update

SEC Proposes Amendments Rolling Back 2020 Rules Governing Proxy Voting Advice

Corporate Update

SEC Staff Limits Companies' Ability to Exclude Shareholder Proposals from Company Proxy Statements and Reverses Prior Guidance

Corporate Update

Board Communications Cheat Sheet - What Every Director Should Know

Ninth Circuit Cuts Investors in Direct Listings Some ‘Slack’ in Pursuing Securities Act Claims

Securities 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

Securities Update

SEC Charges Parties to SPAC Combination for Misleading Disclosures and Due Diligence Failures

Corporate Update

The Supreme Court Requires Rigorous Examination of Class Action Certification for Stock-Drop Suits Alleging Falsity of Generic Company Statements

Securities Litigation Update

Environmental Evolutions: Follow the ESG Road: The Next Step (and the Next) on the SEC ESG Path

SEC Removes PCAOB Chair and Announces Plans for Board Overhaul

Securities Update

SPAC Litigation and Enforcement Update: Spring 2021

Client Update

Government Investigations and Securities Litigation – You Better Watch Out! 

Panel, IEL’s 72nd Annual Oil and Gas Law Conference

Acting SEC Chair Issues Statement on Commission's Approach Toward Climate-Related Disclosure

Corporate Update

Meme Stock Mania: SEC Provides Guidance to Companies Experiencing Volatile Trading

Securities Update

Time for Plan(et) B? Why Securities Litigation is a Misguided Attempt at Regulating Climate Change

33 Geo. Envtl. L. Rev. 1

Considerations for a Biden Administration – SEC Enforcement and Securities Litigation

Considerations for a Biden Administration - White Collar & Corporate Investigations

Considerations for a Biden Administration

Full Fifth Circuit to Decide Whether Constitutional Challenges to SEC Enforcement Actions Can Be Brought in Federal District Court

Securities Litigation Update

SPACs to the Future: What Types of Litigation May Arise for SPACs and SPAC Targets?

Litigation Update

Defending an SEC Investigation

Co-host, Lawline, CLE

Supreme Court Cautiously Upholds SEC’s Ability to Obtain Disgorgement in Federal District Court Proceedings

Securities 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

Corporate Update

The Southern District of New York Holds that Syndicated Loan Is Not a Security

Corporate Update

SBA Extends Paycheck Protection Program "Safe Harbor," While DOJ and Treasury Ramp Up Enforcement

Litigation Update

Staying Ahead of the Curve: Securities Law Considerations for Q1 2020 Earnings Season

Securities Update

Glass Lewis Clarifies Guidance on Poison Pills

Corporate Update

Four Securities Enforcement and White Collar Issues to Watch in a Post-Pandemic Environment

ISS Issues New Guidance on Poison Pills

Corporate Update

"Poison Pill" Defenses in Current Corporate Environment

Corporate Update

Delaware Supreme Court Decides Facial Validity of Federal Forum Provisions

Baker Botts Securities Litigation Update

Communicating with Investors - What Public Companies Impacted by Volatile Commodity Pricing or COVID-19 Related Demand Uncertainty Need to Know

Securities Litigation Update

Trump’s Proposed Budget Threatens Audit Watchdog’s Enforcement Functions

Baker Botts Regulatory Update

Changes to PCAOB Quality Control Standards Could Lead to More Exposure for Audit Firms

Regulatory Update

Issues for U.S. Directors on Foreign Boards

Baker Botts Litigation Update

Texas Supreme Court Clarifies Requirements for Arbitration Agreements: Arbitrability of Class Claims is an Issue for Courts to Decide Unless the Arbitration Agreement Clearly Provides Otherwise

Baker Botts Client Update

Enforcement Landscape

Panelist, Compliance Vision 2021 Symposium, Regulatory Compliance Association

Disgorgement on the Chopping Block Again: Supreme Court to Decide Whether the Federal Securities Laws Authorize the SEC to Seek Court Ordered Disgorgement

Baker Botts Securities Update

SEC's Mylan Settlement Shines a Light on Disclosure of Litigation Contingencies

Securities Litigation Update

Delaware Supreme Court Rejects “Rote” Reliance on Market Price in Reversing “Troubling” Post-Merger Appraisal Ruling

Baker Botts Client Update

U.S. Supreme Court Holds that “Disseminating” But Not “Making” False Statements Can Still Constitute Securities Fraud

Second Circuit Affirms Insider Trading Conviction

Baker Botts Client Update

Supreme Court to Review Standard for Challenging Tender Offers Under the Securities Exchange Act

Securities Litigation Update

Partial Federal Government Shutdown Affects SEC Operations: What You Need to Know

Baker Botts Client Update

Return of the MAC? Akorn v. Fresenius

ACC Houston, M&A Practice Group CLE

Supreme Court Finds SEC ALJs are Inferior Officers Subject to the Requirements of the Appointments Clause

Securities Litigation Client Update

Oracle Shareholders Demonstrate Demand Futility in Lawsuit Challenging Oracle's $9.3 Billion Acquisition of NetSuite

Securities Litigation Update

U.S. Supreme Court Unanimously Affirms Plaintiffs' Ability to Bring Certain Federal Securities Class Actions in State Court

Securities Litigation Update

Supreme Court Narrows Dodd-Frank Whistleblowers: Holds Only Those Who Go to SEC Are Protected

Securities Litigation Update

Supreme Court to Decide Whether Sec ALJs Are Inferior Officers Subject to the Requirements of the Appointments Clause

Securities Litigation Update

FINRA’s 2018 Priorities Letter: Increased Exam Transparency, More Tools for Firms, and a Focus of Retail Investment Fraud

Securities Litigation Update

Delaware Supreme Court Reaffirms High Standard for Pleading Demand Futility in a Director Oversight Case

Securities Litigation Update