| Insider Trading |
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| (Bounties for Persons Reporting Insider Trading) More... |
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| The U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act |
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| Corrupt payments to foreign officials to obtain or keep business are prohibited by the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. There are five elements of a violation of the provisions of the Act prohibiting bribery of foreign government officials. More... |
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| Premerger Second Requests for Information |
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| Parties to mergers or acquisitions involving sales or assets of $100 million or meeting other threshold levels must report their planned merger or acquisition to the Department of Justice or the Federal Trade Commission and wait for 30 days (15 days in the case of a cash tender offer or a bankruptcy sale) following the report before completing the transaction. That waiting period allows the Department or the Commission time to review the transaction for its potential effect on competition before deciding what enforcement action, if any, will be taken. More... |
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| Securities Transfer Agents |
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| Transfer agents track the owners of securities. They also perform several other services for companies with registered and publicly traded securities in the course of tracking the owners of the securities. Transfer agents usually are banks or trust companies, although a company with publicly traded securities may perform transfer agent functions for its own securities. More... |
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| Securities Law> Additional Offerings, Disclosure & the Securities Exchange Act of 1934> Issuer Reports & Recordkeeping |
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| (Fair Disclosure Requirements for Public Companies) More... |
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