Securities Regulation
Great SPAC Crash of 2022 Deepens as Investors Cash Out in Droves
The great SPAC crash is closing out the year in dramatic fashion as more shareholders prepare to cash out of the speculative-investing industry for good.
SEC Cyber, Climate Disclosure Rules May Drive Up D&O Claims
New rules proposed by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on cybersecurity and climate impact disclosures may generate more lawsuits that will generate claims against directors and officers ...
Insurers Brace for SEC Climate Risk Disclosure Rules
For U.S. property/casualty insurance carriers, the landmark proposal by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on the disclosure of climate-related risks and greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) ...
Midyear Update 2022: Transitions
The theme of transitions is a fitting one, which ties together many of the articles in Carrier Management's midyear digital magazine. We're publishing soon after the start of summer, and the weather ...
Nasdaq Urges SEC Not to Move Ahead With Climate Disclosure Plan
Nasdaq Inc. is pushing back against the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's plans to make publicly traded companies reveal detailed information about their greenhouse gas pollution. The ...
The SEC War on Greenwashing Has Begun
For all the greenwashers out there on Wall Street, the party may really be over. There's now little doubt that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission actually means business in its bid to ...
Financial Firms to SEC Over Proposal to Regulate SPACs: ‘Don’t Kill the Industry’
U.S. financial industry groups are pushing to water down a draft Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) rule aimed at reining-in special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs), arguing it could kill ...
D&O Insurance Specialist IDs a Fourth Variant of COVID Shareholder Suits
Even over a holiday weekend, alerts were hitting the newswires in advance of Jan. 3—the deadline for shareholders of ON24 to apply for lead plaintiff status in a lawsuit against the online event ...
Judge Asks Who’s to Blame If Employee ‘Goes Rogue’
As the five-week trial of a Credit Suisse Group AG life insurance unit began to wind down last Thursday afternoon, the presiding judge cut to the chase. Lawyers for Credit Suisse Life (Bermuda) Ltd. ...