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SEC Adopts Disclosure Guidance on European Sovereign Debt Exposures
By Bob Tannous
On Friday, January 6, 2012, the SEC Division of Corporation Finance issued Disclosure Guidance: Topic No. 4 (European Sovereign Debt Exposures) regarding disclosure relating to registrants' exposures to risk of…
Securities Law Prof Blog
Plastics Industry Exec Ordered to Pay $49.5 Million for Lying in 13D Filings
The SEC recently announced the successful resolution of its trial against a plastics industry executive charged with lying in SEC filings regarding his ownership of Musicland Stores Corporation stock. Alfred S.…
Ad Law Access
FTC Closes an Investigation Into a Blogging Promotion
As we've noted in previous posts, if a company provides incentives to a consumer in order to encourage the consumer to promote the company's products, the consumer is required to…
Energy & Environmental Law Blog
HF Disclosure Rules
By Greg Russell
The WSJ is reporting that both Texas and Colorado have now adopted rules requiring disclosure of frac fluid constituents: "The rules are part of a broader effort by states to…
Energy & Environmental Law Blog
Colorado Disclosure Rules
By Greg Russell
The Colorado Independent is reporting on new frac fluid disclosure rules being considered by the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission (COGCC): The commission "will take at least another week…
ContractsProf Blog
Duty to Disclose? [Dead Body in Car Edition]
This story from the Detroit News (h/t @ABAJournal):A New Baltimore woman is suing a car dealership, alleging employees there failed to tell her the sport utility vehicle she purchased once…
InsureReinsure
Keep Those Power Lunch Receipts; the New York Department of Financial Services May Consider Such Entertainment Expenses as Producer Compensation to be Disclosed
An inquirer recently asked the New York Department of Financial Services Office of General Counsel (the “OGC”) whether (1) lunch bought for an insurance producer by an insurer qualifies as…
inversecondemnation.com
More On The JSC List Case
Here are three more items from the Honolulu media about the case in which the Star-Advertiser is seeking the Judicial Selection Commission lists from the Governor (Star-Advertiser v. Abercrombie, No.…
Securities Law Prof Blog
FINRA Plans Second Concept Proposal on Broker-Dealer’s Disclosure Duties
FINRA CEO Richard G. Ketchum recently stated that FINRA may issue a concept proposal to articulate its position on the disclosure obligations of broker-dealers, in anticipation of the SEC’s release…
inversecondemnation.com
Opposition To Governor’s Motion For Summary Judgment In JSC List Case
Yesterday we filed the Star-Advertiser's brief responding to Governor Abercrombie's cross-motion for summary judgment in the case in which the Star-Advertiser seeks disclosure of the JSC list from the Governor.…