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Released on: Feb. 7, 2013

Taken from the briefing 10b5-1 Trading Plans and Insider Trading Under the Spotlight: Key Issues Companies and Executives Must Consider recorded January, 2013. A recent front page article in the Wall Street Journal entitled “Executives’ Good Luck in Trading Own Stock” reported that, based on the review of thousands of trades by corporate insiders, many executives appear to have done suspiciously well buying and selling their companies’ ...

Released on: Feb. 15, 2013

Taken from the briefing Regulation FD and Social Media in the Wake of the Netflix Investigation: Facebook, Blogging and Beyond recorded February, 2013. The continued surge in the number of people using social media and the many different types of information outlets available for use have put significant pressure on companies' ability to comply with SEC Regulation Fair Disclosure's requirements and restrictions.  Recent news that Netflix, ...

Released on: Dec. 3, 2012

Taken from the briefing Special Litigation Committees: Back in Vogue? recorded November, 2012. Between the fallout from the credit crisis and other financial or ethical misdeeds, corporations are seeing an upswing in shareholder derivative demands - the initial step in the legal process by which shareholders bring lawsuits on behalf of corporations against directors and senior executives.  Shareholder derivative suits are unique ...

Released on: Apr. 8, 2013

Taken from the briefing Supreme Court's Amgen Inc. v. Connecticut Retirement Plans & Trust Funds: Class Certification of Securities Fraud Actions recorded March, 2013. The Supreme Court handed down its decision in Amgen Inc. v. Connecticut Retirement Plans & Trust Funds, No. 11-1085, on February 27, 2013, and held that plaintiffs asserting claims for violations of Section 10(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 need not, at the class ...