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Steve Quinlivan

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Attorney handling M&A, SEC & compliance matters, 7 years at Cravath in NY, Hong Kong & London offices. White-shoe service with Midwestern common sense.

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SEC and CFTC Draw Clear Lines for Crypto: What Is (and Isn’t) a Security dodd-frank.com/2026/03/sec-a…
SEC and CFTC Draw Clear Lines for Crypto: What Is (and Isn’t) a Security

SEC and CFTC Draw Clear Lines for Crypto: What Is (and Isn’t) a Security

The Securities and Exchange Commission, with aligned guidance from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, issued a comprehensive interpretation

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Treasury Seeks Further Comment on the GENIUS Act dodd-frank.com/2025/09/treas…
Treasury Seeks Further Comment on the GENIUS Act

Treasury Seeks Further Comment on the GENIUS Act

The Department of Treasury has issued an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) to implement the Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for

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SEC Clarifies that Mandatory Arbitration Provisions Will Not Affect Effectiveness of Registration Statements dodd-frank.com/2025/09/sec-c…
SEC Clarifies that Mandatory Arbitration Provisions Will Not Affect Effectiveness of Registration...

SEC Clarifies that Mandatory Arbitration Provisions Will Not Affect Effectiveness of Registration...

Overview On September 17, 2025, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued a final rule and policy statement clarifying that the inclusion of

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Treasury Solicits Comments on Genius Act dodd-frank.com/2025/08/treas…
Treasury Solicits Comments on Genius Act

Treasury Solicits Comments on Genius Act

The U.S. Department of the Treasury issued a Request for Comment required by the  Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins Act,

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Court Invalidates Indemnification Claim for Failure to Comply with Dispute Resolution Provisions dodd-frank.com/2025/08/court…
Court Invalidates Indemnification Claim for Failure to Comply with Dispute Resolution Provisions

Court Invalidates Indemnification Claim for Failure to Comply with Dispute Resolution Provisions

Halinski v. ADS Grp. Acquisition, LLC (Del. Ch. (7/25) discusses the propriety of indemnification claims.  The relevant SPA deferred payment of a

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Chancery Dismisses Three—Pronged Breach of Fiduciary Claims dodd-frank.com/2025/07/chanc…
Chancery Dismisses Three-Pronged Breach of Fiduciary Claims

Chancery Dismisses Three-Pronged Breach of Fiduciary Claims

The Delaware Court of Chancery dismissed three claims in Ritchie v. Baker (6/25). Broadly speaking, the plaintiff failed to adequately plead demand

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SEC Withdraws Proposed Shareholder Proposal Rules dodd-frank.com/2025/06/sec-w…
SEC Withdraws Proposed Shareholder Proposal Rules

SEC Withdraws Proposed Shareholder Proposal Rules

The SEC has withdrawn proposed rules captioned “Substantial Implementation, Duplication, and Resubmission of Shareholder Proposals Under Exchange Act Rule

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Is there a Simplification of the SEC's Executive Compensation Rules in the Works? dodd-frank.com/2025/05/is-th…
Is there a Simplification of the SEC’s Executive Compensation Rules in the Works?

Is there a Simplification of the SEC’s Executive Compensation Rules in the Works?

The SEC announced today that it will host a roundtable on June 26, 2025, to discuss executive compensation disclosure requirements. The roundtable’s

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SEC Comment Letters Did Not Form Basis for Caremark Claim dodd-frank.com/2025/05/sec-c…
SEC Comment Letters Did Not Form Basis for Caremark Claim

SEC Comment Letters Did Not Form Basis for Caremark Claim

Amongst the issues discussed in a Delaware Chancery Court opinion in a case captioned In re Plug Power Inc. Stockholder Derivative Litigation, was whether

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2025 Changes to the Minnesota Business Corporation Act dodd-frank.com/2025/05/2025-…
2025 Changes to the Minnesota Business Corporation Act

2025 Changes to the Minnesota Business Corporation Act

Govern Walz has signed legislation that includes the following changes to the Minnesota Business Corporation Act: Provides that bylaws may address

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SEC Addresses Disclosures in Offerings and Registrations of Securities in the Crypto Asset Markets dodd-frank.com/2025/04/sec-a…
SEC Addresses Disclosures in Offerings and Registrations of Securities in the Crypto Asset Markets

SEC Addresses Disclosures in Offerings and Registrations of Securities in the Crypto Asset Markets

As part of an effort to provide greater clarity on the application of the federal securities laws to crypto assets, the SEC’s Division of Corporation

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SEC Staff Speaks to Stablecoins dodd-frank.com/2025/04/sec-s…
SEC Staff Speaks to Stablecoins

SEC Staff Speaks to Stablecoins

The SEC staff has promulgated new views on stablecoins.   Specifically, the staff statement addresses stablecoins that are designed to maintain a stable

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Stinson LLP@StinsonLLP2 Apr 2025
Welcome back Christina Hansen, who rejoins Stinson's Wichita office as of counsel in our Business Litigation practice. Learn more: bit.ly/4ccDTQA #StinsonLLP #BusinessLitigation #WichitaOffice
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SEC Walks Away From Climate Disclosure Litigation dodd-frank.com/2025/03/sec-w…
SEC Walks Away From Climate Disclosure Litigation

SEC Walks Away From Climate Disclosure Litigation

The SEC announced that the Commission had voted to end its defense of the rules requiring disclosure of climate-related risks and greenhouse gas

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SEC Addresses Crypto Proof—of—Work Mining Activities dodd-frank.com/2025/03/sec-a…
SEC Addresses Crypto Proof-of-Work Mining Activities

SEC Addresses Crypto Proof-of-Work Mining Activities

The SEC looked favorably on designated crypto mining activities by stating that such activities are not securities. Specifically, the SEC addressed

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Dan Primack
@danprimack17 Mar 2025
SEC makes solicitation easier for VC and private equity axios.com/2025/03/17/sec-gen…
SEC makes fundraising easier for VC and private equity

SEC makes fundraising easier for VC and private equity

The Obama administration tried to open the floodgates to general solicitation in 2012, but it never really caught on.

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Red Line News
@RedLineNewsUSA16 Mar 2025
This is a look at the most regulated federal agencies. That's a lot of regulations all around. Maybe some departments are justified for it, but some others, maybe not. Which department do you think has too many regulations?
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SEC Expands Confidential Filings to Facilitate Planning for IPOs dodd-frank.com/2025/03/sec-e…
SEC Expands Confidential Filings to Facilitate Planning for IPOs

SEC Expands Confidential Filings to Facilitate Planning for IPOs

The SEC announced that its Division of Corporation Finance is further facilitating capital formation by enhancing the accommodations available to

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SEC Staff Signs Off on Meme Coins dodd-frank.com/2025/02/sec-s…
SEC Staff Signs Off on Meme Coins

SEC Staff Signs Off on Meme Coins

The SEC Staff at the Division of Corporation Finance issued a statement which said "It is the Division’s view that transactions in the types of meme coins

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Corporation Finance Director Speaks to Information Sharing Following Cybersecurity Disclosure dodd-frank.com/2024/06/corpo…
Corporation Finance Director Speaks to Information Sharing Following Cybersecurity Disclosure

Corporation Finance Director Speaks to Information Sharing Following Cybersecurity Disclosure

Erik Gerding, Director, SEC Division of Corporation Finance, issued a statement to clear up misconceptions following filing of an 8-K disclosing a

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