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Antitrust partner Steve Medlock will serve as Session Chair and Moderator of the panel “NIL After Alston: Wild West?” at this year’s American Bar Association 73rd Antitrust Spring Meeting in Washington DC.

On November 27, 2023, the New York State Department of Financial Services (“DFS”) and First American Title Insurance Company (“First American”) entered into a consent order¹ that resolved litigation over First American’s cybersecurity practices.

On November 14, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) published its 2023 annual enforcement report which revealed a continuation of 2022’s record-setting enforcement activity.

Evaluating a broad spectrum of challenges raised by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and others, a unanimous panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit recently held that the SEC failed to provide a sufficient rationale to justify its Share Repurchase Disclosure Modernization Rule (the “Final Rules”), rendering the Final Rules arbitrary and capricious.

In this program, we focused on SEC developments affecting, and practical aspects of preparing for, public companies’ annual meetings and annual reports.

Shareholder Litigation & Enforcement Partner Rebecca Fike joined Practising Law Institute's inSecurities Podcast to talk about insider trading, the SEC’s use of artificial intelligence and more.

On Thursday, November 9th, Palmina Fava and Briana Falcon will be featured presenters for a Women Corporate Directors Webcast entitled “Cybersecurity & AI Risk Management for Board.”

With its growing size and importance, the renewable energy industry needs to be aware of antitrust rules. Members of V&E’s nationally recognized antitrust practice have produced a comprehensive survey article that addresses a variety of competition issues faced by renewable energy companies.

On October 30, 2023, President Biden issued an Executive Order (“Order”) that drastically increased the U.S. government’s engagement with artificial intelligence (“AI”).

Recent enforcement actions brought by the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) signal that the SEC is paying close attention to public company financial reporting and will continue to punish misleading accounting and non-GAAP disclosure practices.

Welcome to Vinson & Elkins’ Securities and ESG Updates. Our aim is to provide insights into notable developments in securities reporting and the environmental, social and governance space over the quarter.

It is one of the hardest questions a company can face: after discovering criminal conduct inside your company, do you self-report to the government or not?