BOSTON - Littler Mendelson P.C. , the nation's largest employment and labor law firm representing management, reports a 25 percent increase in the number of whistleblower and retaliation claims the firm has handled between 2009 and 2011 as a result... Read More

NEW YORK - International law firm Weil, Gotshal & Manges has announced that Derrick D. Cephas has joined the New York office to lead the Financial Institutions Regulatory practice group. Cephas joins Weil from Amalgamated Bank, where he served as... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP has formed a multidisciplinary Whistleblower Team to offer experienced, comprehensive counsel on the full range of issues that arise under the Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) final whistleblower... Read More

One of the many changes introduced by the Dodd-Frank Act was the requirement for a shareholder vote to approve executive compensation. Under the Act's provisions, the vote is not binding on the company or its board, but is purely advisory. Nevertheless... Read More

The Commission issued it controversial new Dodd-Frank whistleblower rules by a 3 to 2 vote this week. Many critics claim the rules will undermine corporate compliance programs. Insider trading is the key theme this week. Insider trading on Capitol... Read More

The SEC continued implementing Dodd-Frank this week. New rules were issued regarding hedge fund registration and exemptions. SEC enforcement resolved two significant market crisis cases this week. In one the agency filed a settled action against J... Read More

Only small a small number of companies experienced a negative "say on pay" vote this past proxy season, but many of the companies that did found themselves hit with a shareholder lawsuit in the wake of the negative vote. Cincinnati Bell is one... Read More

Insider trading, implementing Dodd-Frank, asset valuations and old scandals dominated the securities enforcement litigation this week. The U.S. Attorney's Office in Manhattan and the SEC brought more high profile insider trading cases focused on the... Read More

As the jury considers the fate of Raja Rajaratnam in the largest insider trading case brought in years, the Commission continued to implement Dodd-Frank, issuing more proposed rules. The Supreme Court heard oral argument this week in a case which may... Read More

A number of different organizations generate annual publicity for themselves by designating a word (or words) of the year . We are not yet half way through 2011 but I am already prepared to propose my own candidate for this year's word of the year... Read More

In Congress this week, a bipartisan bill was introduced to roll back part of the Dodd-Frank legislation related to swaps. It would expanded the swaps trading permitted by federally insured banks. Two high profile enforcement insider trading actions were... Read More

At the PLUS D&O Symposium in New York this past March, I participated on a panel entitled, "Financial Institutions Underwriting: Is it Safe to Come Out Yet?" The implication of the panel topic was that perhaps with the passage of the credit... Read More

Mary Jo White, selected by the President as the next Chairman of the SEC, testified in her confirmation hearings before a Senate Committee {last] week. Ms. White promised the Committee that under her the agency would complete rule making for Dodd-Frank... Read More

By Perrie Michael Weiner and Patrick Hunnius A recent Wall Street Journal article – “Activist Investors Often Leak Their Plans to a Favored Few” – focused attention on “activist” investors and stock analysts who... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. - (Mealey's) The Federal Reserve Board on June 29 approved a final rule establishing standards for debit card interchange fees and prohibiting network exclusivity arrangements and routing restrictions as required by the Dodd-Frank... Read More