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Vanessa Schoenthaler

Vanessa Schoenthaler

Vanessa Schoenthaler is a partner in Sugar Felsenthal Grais & Hammer LLP’s New York office. She advises individuals and foreign and domestic public and private entities with regard to securities law, corporate finance, regulatory compliance, complex business transactions and general corporate matters. She can be found at Sugar Felsenthal Grais & Hammer LLP, 100FStreet (her blog) or on Twitter @100fstreet. The matters discussed in Vanessa's posts are for informational and educational purposes only. You should not use this material as a substitute for competent legal advice from an attorney.

What social media pros should know about shareholder meetings and proxy solicitations

What social media pros should know about shareholder meetings and proxy solicitations

By Vanessa Schoenthaler on July 6, 2011

ASSUME you’re the social media manager for a publicly traded company and you’re responsible for monitoring and updating the content on all of your company’s various social networking channels.  It’s the morning of June 2, 2011, and yesterday afternoon the company announced that its annual shareholder meeting will take place on August 15, 2011. The [...]

Posted in IR News, Law, Social Media | Tagged proxy solicitations, Shareholder Forums, shareholder meetings, social networks

Regulation FD: learn from prior SEC cases

Regulation FD: learn from prior SEC cases

By Vanessa Schoenthaler on April 11, 2011

WHEN business communicators think about disclosure rules, they typically worry most about Regulation Fair Disclosure (Reg FD) – but for all the angst this particular regulation causes, the Securities and Exchange Commission’s list of enforcement actions is surprisingly short.

Posted in IR News, Law | Tagged regulation, regulation fd, securities and exchange commission

When is information public and what constitutes a public disclosure for Reg. FD?

When is information public and what constitutes a public disclosure for Reg. FD?

By Vanessa Schoenthaler on February 22, 2011

REGULATION FD was designed to put an end to the practice of companies selectively disclosing material nonpublic information to certain market participants who could reasonably be expected to trade on the basis of that information or to provide others with advice about trading.

Posted in Law | Tagged Disclosure, regulation, regulation fd

Disclosure leaks: Can companies take legal action?

Disclosure leaks: Can companies take legal action?

By Vanessa Schoenthaler on January 31, 2011

IN RECENT weeks, several high-profile companies have had disclosure information leaked from their websites by market news providers using sophisticated search technologies to discover unpublished information on unsecured staging URLs.

Posted in IR News, Law | Tagged copyright, cyberlaw, Disclosure leaks, legal counsel, tort law

How do you know if information is material?

How do you know if information is material?

By Vanessa Schoenthaler on January 21, 2011

Deciding whether a particular piece of information is material is probably one of the most difficult aspects of complying with Regulation FD.

Posted in Law | Tagged materiality, regulation fd

Regulation Fair Disclosure: an overview

Regulation Fair Disclosure: an overview

By Vanessa Schoenthaler on December 27, 2010

THE 90’s brought us faster computers, high-speed Internet access and online retail trading, all of which contributed to an increased awareness of the disparity between market information available to professional and retail investors.

Posted in Law | Tagged reg fd, regulation fd, SEC, Securities Regulation

Tulip Bulbs, the SEC and Twitter

Tulip Bulbs, the SEC and Twitter

By Vanessa Schoenthaler on December 14, 2010

HELLO IR Web Report readers, I’m here to hopefully provide you with a bit of perspective on how the U.S. federal securities laws can come into play in the context of a web-based investor relations practice.  But, being that I am a lawyer, the first thing I have to do is refer you to a [...]

Posted in Law, Social Media | Tagged SEC, Securities Regulation, social media, Twitter

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