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GAR The Guide to Advocacy - Edition 5 - Cultural Considerations: United States
COP26 – Trends in Latin America
COP26 – Trends in the US
SEC Continues Focus on Cybersecurity in Three New Actions Targeting Investment Advisers and Broker Dealers
Background Demonstrating its continued focus on cybersecurity enforcement, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced three new actions on …
Second Circuit Court of Appeals Articulates Important Limitations on Pleading Fraud in 'Event-Driven' Securities Class Actions
Securities fraud litigation based on regulatory mishaps, environmental disasters, data breaches, sexual harassment revelations, the COVID-19 pandemic and …
UN sharpens draft treaty on business and human rights
The EU is defining green business – now it has social factors in its sights
Key UN climate panel issues 2021 report - Signalling the way
Tech and digital regulation
Second Circuit Rules That a Foreign Defendant Who Lives Abroad and Is Charged With Having Committed Crimes From Her Home Country Is Not Subject to Fugitive Disentitlement
In a significant decision, a panel of the Second Circuit recently held that a French citizen who was charged with violating the Commodity Exchange Act …
New NAIC Guidance to Focus on Funds’ Derivatives Activity
Insurers and fund advisers should consider newly proposed guidance from insurance regulators on funds’ use of derivatives in the context of …
SEC Approves Nasdaq Rule Changes Aimed at Expanding Boardroom Diversity
As we have discussed in prior alerts (here and here), expanding boardroom diversity has been a recent focus for many regulators, issuers, shareholders …
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