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Accolades November 7, 2024

Mark Schonfeld and David Woodcock Named Among Securities Docket’s 2024 Enforcement Elite

Securities Docket named Mark Schonfeld and David Woodcock among its 2024 Enforcement Elite, which honors “the best securities enforcement defense lawyers in the business.”

Webcasts October 24, 2024

Webcast: SEC Enforcement Update

Gibson Dunn attorneys, including two former SEC regional directors, will cover the latest hot topics in SEC Enforcement.

Client Alert August 22, 2024

Securities Enforcement 2024 Mid-Year Update

Our lawyers provide their mid-year securities enforcement update.

Client Alert July 25, 2024

Dismissal of Much of SEC’s SolarWinds Complaint Has Potentially Broad Implications for SEC Cybersecurity Enforcement

The SEC’s action against SolarWinds related to a highly publicized compromise of the company in 2020 that was attributed to Russia's Foreign Intelligence Service who had inserted malware into a routine SolarWinds software update.

Client Alert July 1, 2024

Fifth Circuit Finds SEC’s “About-Face” On Proxy-Firm Disclosure Rule Arbitrary And Capricious

A unanimous Fifth Circuit panel vacated the SEC’s 2022 rescission of its 2020 proxy firm disclosure rule because the SEC failed to explain why the factual findings that supported the 2020 Rule were incorrect.

Client Alert June 20, 2024

SEC as Cybersecurity Regulator: SEC Expands Scope of Internal Accounting Controls to Encompass Companies’ Cybersecurity Practices in Recent Enforcement Action

SEC Expands Scope of Internal Accounting Controls to Encompass Companies’ Cybersecurity Practices in Recent Enforcement Action.

Client Alert June 7, 2024

Recent SEC Enforcement Action Potential Harbinger of More Regulation Best Interest Enforcement Against Broker-Dealers

There has been a dearth of Commission enforcement actions relating to Reg BI since the rule became effective in June 2020. This action for ordinary conflict of interest concerns, and another from February, may signal a more active Reg BI enforcement regime moving forward.

Article May 24, 2024

SEC Successfully Prosecutes Novel “Shadow Trading” Theory at Trial

Reed Brodsky, Michael Nadler, Mark Schonfeld, Benjamin Wagner and David Woodcock are the authors of "SEC Successfully Prosecutes Novel “Shadow Trading” Theory at Trial" [PDF] published by Insights: The Corporate & Securities Law Advisor in its June 2024 issue.