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Winston takes a strategic approach to privacy and data security, integrating cross-practice capabilities to provide our clients with cutting-edge counseling; trade secret protection and investigations; cybersecurity incident investigations, including breach and ransomware; data-security class action litigation; and international data protection. Our Global Privacy & Data Security Practice features a core team of more than 20 privacy professionals and is bolstered by over 60 attorneys from a variety of other disciplines firmwide. Our team combines compliance counselors, transactional lawyers, former government regulators and federal prosecutors, seasoned investigators, and experienced litigators. Few firms can rival our in-depth, sophisticated, and integrated experience in this area.
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Securities, M&A & Corporate Governance Litigation
In today’s market, litigators with experience in securities, corporate governance, and M&A-related (collectively, “securities litigation”) matters need to leverage their broad experience to serve as both advocate and as counsel and strategist, focused on helping clients to overcome not just a legal issue but a collective business problem. Given the frequent interplay between things such as corporate-control transactions, public offerings, activist shareholders, the use of complex derivatives and other financial instruments, bad news impacting stock performance, regulatory inquiries and investigations, and insurance coverage, strategic and tactical litigation decisions can have a wide-ranging impact on the success of a given transaction, as well as on companies, their boards, senior management, and advisors.
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Our capital markets and securities attorneys represent U.S. and international issuers, institutional investors, underwriters, and placement agents in a wide variety of public and private offerings of debt and equity securities.
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|November 8, 2024
GSR III Acquisition Corp. Announces the Closing of its $230.0 Million Initial Public Offering
Experience
|October 24, 2024
Charlton Aria Acquisition Corp. Announces Pricing of $75,000,000 Initial Public Offering
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In the Media
|December 4, 2024
|Less Than 1 Min Read
Winston Partner to Join Webinar On Consolidated Appropriations Act
On December 4, 2024, Winston Partner Amy Gordon will be participating in a webinar discussing the Consolidated Appropriations Act (CAA). Amy, along with a team of industry experts, will discuss:
PubCo Pulse
|November 25, 2024
|1 Min Read
SEC Chair Gary Gensler to Step Down: What This Means for ESG and Crypto Policy
Gary Gensler, Chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), has announced that he will step down on January 20th, coinciding with the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump. This move comes as no surprise, as Trump had previously vowed to remove Gensler during his campaign. With Gensler's departure, we can expect significant shifts in SEC policy, particularly in two key areas: Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) issues and cryptocurrency regulation.
Winston’s Environmental Law Update
|November 25, 2024
|4 Min Read
Expert Panel Discusses How Loper Bright Will Impact Courts, Congress, and Agencies
On October 29, 2024, a panel of administrative law experts convened to discuss the impact of the Supreme Court’s decision in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo.
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What Is the Securities Act of 1933?
The Securities Act of 1933 (as amended, the “Securities Act”) was passed to ensure that investors have financial and other important information about securities that are being sold publicly. It also bans the use of fraud, deceit, and misrepresentation in the sales of securities. The Securities Act, which is also referred to as the “truth in securities” law, is part of a legislative effort to govern and oversee the securities industry.
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What Is the Securities Exchange Act of 1934?
The Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (as amended, the “Exchange Act”) established the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) and gave it the power to oversee the securities industry. Through the Exchange Act, the SEC gained the authority to register, regulate, and oversee brokerage firms, transfer agents, and clearing agencies. The Commission also has authority over the U.S. securities self-regulatory organizations (SROs), including: The New York Stock Exchange, NASDAQ Stock Market, Chicago Board of Options, and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority. SROs must have guidelines in place to make sure investors are protected.
Law Glossary
Though the U.S. has not passed legislation dealing solely with data security law, organizations are expected to safeguard sensitive information and establish privacy policies. Legislation addressing specific types of sensitive data is found within various U.S. laws, such as the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act.