SEC Throws Another Wrench into Wall Street’s SPAC Machine April 13, 2021 By Ben Bain, Heather Perlberg, Gillian Tan and Crystal Tse U.S. regulators are throwing another wrench into Wall Street’s SPAC machine by cracking down on how accounting rules apply to...
SEC Warns SPACs Aren’t a Way to Avoid Securities Laws April 9, 2021 By Ben Bain The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has a fresh warning for the booming SPAC market: Blank-check companies aren’t an end-around...
Supreme Court Upholds SEC on Scope of Securities Fraud Liability March 27, 2019 By Greg Stohr The U.S. Supreme Court reinforced the Securities and Exchange Commission’s powers, upholding sanctions against an investment banker found to have...
XL Group Expands Executive Liability Protection in U.S. December 18, 2014 XL Group’s Professional Liability arm has released a new Executive and Corporate Securities Liability policy form to protect companies and...