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Top 5 SEC Enforcement Developments

Harvard Corporate Governance

In order to provide an overview for busy in-house counsel and compliance professionals, we summarize below some of the most important SEC enforcement developments from the past month, which was an active one as the SEC Division of Enforcement closed out its fiscal year. This post is based on their Morrison & Foerster memorandum.

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Post-Brexit companies face new UK tariff regime and trade compliance challenges

ThomsonReuters

For businesses and multinationals doing business in or with the UK, Brexit has created an avalanche of trade compliance complications. Post-Brexit trade compliance and supply chain concerns. Ever since Brexit was approved in 2016, it has been the source of an alarming amount of uncertainty, particularly in the business community.

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IRS Updates Tools for Reviewing Retirement Plan Document Compliance

ThomsonReuters

While they were created for IRS personnel, these materials can also be used by plan sponsors to review a plan’s compliance before submitting a determination letter application. The outlier is the package regarding affiliated service groups, which was last revised in April 2016.) Contributing Editors: EBIA Staff.

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ACG Northwest Middle Market Growth Conference 2016 Seattle, WA

Burch & Co.

Our goal is to get a better understanding of the regional third party compliance needs and to expand our network of contacts. The post ACG Northwest Middle Market Growth Conference 2016 Seattle, WA appeared first on Home.

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SEC Files Fraud Complaint over False Safety Claims

Harvard Corporate Governance

1] The SEC alleges that between 2016 and 2019 Vale manipulated safety audits, evaded local oversight and fraudulently misled investors in public filings regarding its adherence to international standards for dam safety.

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Ropes & Gray Discusses Labor Department’s Final Fiduciary Rule

Reynolds Holding

The Final Rule is considerably narrower in scope from the rule the DOL adopted in 2016 (which the Fifth Circuit vacated in its entirety two years later) 1 since it limits fiduciary status to recommendations made by persons who effectively hold themselves out as occupying a position of trust and confidence with respect to a retirement investor.

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ATIS, Liberty Elevator Experts, and KJA Consultants Announce Merger

Benzinga

Louis-based investment and management firm Cequel III is the privately held company's lead investor and has supported the growth of ATIS since 2016. With more than 300 team members supporting over 25,000 clients throughout the U.S. Top executives from ATIS, Liberty, and KJA will assume leadership roles for.