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U.S. SEC Issues Updated Guidance on Cybersecurity Disclosure Under Item 1.05 of Form 8-K
On June 24, 2024, the Staff of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)’s Division of Corporation Finance (“Corporation Finance”) issued five new Compliance and Disclosure Interpretations (“C&DIs”) to address certain interpretative issues regarding cybersecurity incident reporting under Item 1.05 of Form 8-K where a company has made a ransomware payment.
Takeaways for In-House Counsel from the SEC’s “Shadow Insider Trading” Trial
On April 5, 2024, a jury in California federal court found a former corporate executive liable for insider trading in SEC v. Panuwat, a novel enforcement action involving a theory known as “shadow trading.”
Above Board: Developments in DEI Litigation and Enforcement
In this episode of the Above Board podcast, hosts Scott Lesmes and Haima Marlier speak with Morrison Foerster partners Carrie H. Cohen, former Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Southern District of New York and Assistant Attorney General in the Civil Rights Bureau of the New York State Attorney General’s Office, and Andrew Turnbull, co-head of the firm’s Employment + Labor Group and DEI Strategy + Defense Task Force, about developments in diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) litigation and enforcement.
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