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New Securities Law Articles in Print
The following law review articles relating to securities regulation are now available in paper format:Joseph A. Grundfest, & Mohsen Manesh, Still Abandoned, 79 Bus. Law. 1085 (2024).Rayaan Hossain, Note, Regulating Best Interest: SEC…
Free Writings + Perspectives
SEC Crypto Task Force & Other Crypto Developments
On March 21, 2025, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) held the inaugural roundtable of its Crypto Task Force to explore the legal issues involved in classifying crypto assets under…
Sidley Austin Blog
Securities Litigation Against Life Sciences Companies: 2024
By Sara B. Brody, Sarah A. Hemmendinger, Francesca E. Brody, Robin E. Wechkin, Zarine E. Alam
Securities class actions against life sciences companies are mostly second-order problems. The first-order problem is a business or regulatory setback that, when disclosed by the company or a third party,…
California Corporate & Securities Law Blog
SEC Abandons Defense Of Brobdingnagian Climate Change Disclosure Rule
Three years ago, the Securities and Exchange Commission issued a nearly 500 page rule proposal that would require registrants to provide certain climate-related information in their registration statements and annual…
The D&O Diary
More Securities Suit Settlements in 2024, Settlement Amounts Decline
The number of securities class action lawsuit settlements increased in 2024 compared to the year prior, but the median, total, and average settlement amounts decreased during the year, according to…
Banking, Finance and Securities
US Regulatory Intelligence update – SEC Commissioners Spar Over Crypto Regulation
At the Crypto Task Force inaugural roundtable, SEC Commissioner Caroline A. Crenshaw cautioned Commissioner Hester M. Peirce and Acting Chair Mark T. Uyeda against conceding that many crypto assets and…
The Securities Law Blog
SEC Crypto Task Force to Host Four More Roundtables
The Securities and Exchange Commission’s Crypto Task Force announced today it will hold four more roundtables in its ongoing series discussing crypto asset regulation. The dates and topics for each roundtable are…
SEC Actions
This Week In Securities Litigation (Week of March 24, 2025)
Last week the Commission held the first meeting of its Crypto Task Force Roundtable, a forum for discussing issues related to crypto assets. The agency also filed three new enforcement…
Blaneys Appeals
COURT OF APPEAL SUMMARIES (March 17 – 21)
Jump To: Table of Contents | Civil Decisions | Short Civil Decisions Good afternoon. Following are our summaries of the civil decisions of the Court of Appeal for Ontario for…
Securities Law Prof Blog
New Securities Law Articles in Print
The following law review articles relating to securities regulation are now available in paper format:Karlie M. Bischoff, Comment, Breaking the Corporate Code of Silence: Why Sarbanes–Oxley Whistleblowers Need Not Prove an…