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By Renée Appel, Rebecca Davis, Giovanna Ferrari, and Ameena Majid

Seyfarth Synopsis: Staying true to the SEC’s 360 degree approach for advancing the Biden Administration’s ESG agenda, on April 29, 2022, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) sued a publicly traded Brazilian company.

The SEC filed a securities fraud lawsuit against Vale S.A. (“Vale”) for, among…
Continue Reading Misleading Statements, Including ESG Pronouncements, Land One of the World’s Largest Iron Ore Producers in Hot Water with the SEC

By Ada W. Dolph and Craig B. Simonsen

Blog picWhistleblowers continue to reap extraordinary awards under Dodd-Frank’s “bounty” program in exchange for bringing the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) “original” information that leads to a successful enforcement action. Most recently, the SEC announced its third-highest award since Dodd-Frank was enacted — an award of “more than $3,000,000” — to one such…
Continue Reading SEC Announces Third-Largest Dodd-Frank Bounty Award