Meghan Flinn

Jul 10, 2024 | natlawreview.com | Meghan Flinn

On 27 June 2024, in a ruling much-anticipated by the securities industry and other similarly regulated industries, the Supreme Court (the Court) held in SEC v. Jarkesy that when the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) seeks civil penalties against a defendant based on claims of securities fraud, the Seventh Amendment entitles the defendant to a jury trial.

Nov 1, 2023 | natlawreview.com | Meghan Flinn

On 16 October 2023, the Division of Examinations (Division) of the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) released its examination priorities for the 2024 fiscal year (the Report).1 The Division released this Report earlier than in years past—and just eight months after releasing its 2023 examination priorities—to better inform the market of upcoming examination topics at the 1 October start of the SEC’s fiscal year.

Nov 1, 2023 | natlawreview.com | Sheila A. Millar |Anushka Rahman |Meghan Flinn |Hayley Trahan-Liptak

Skip to main contentNovember 01, 2023Volume XIII, Number 305Legal Analysis. Expertly Written. Quickly Found. Trending News29 Countries Reach Agreement On AI Risks and Opportunities PrintMailDownloadiOn November 1, 2023, 29 nations, including the U.S., the UK, the EU and China (full list available here), reached a ground-breaking agreement, known as the Bletchley Declaration.

Oct 31, 2023 | natlawreview.com | Joshua Fox |Jonathan Garvin |Meghan Flinn |Thomas Ryan

October 12, 2023, the French Data Protection Authority (the “CNIL”) announced a €600,000 fine for mass media company Groupe Canal+ for failing to comply with its commercial prospecting obligations applicable under the French Post and Electronic Communications Code and several obligations of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”).

Oct 31, 2023 | natlawreview.com | Meghan Flinn

The United States Supreme Court recently heard oral argument in a case arising under the whistleblower provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (SOX), presenting the question of who must prove intent in a whistleblower retaliation case; is the whistleblower required to prove retaliatory intent in his case in chief or is the employer required to prove the lack thereof as an affirmative defense?1 Consistent with the briefing, the oral argument presented a highly technical case focused on...