The SEC adopted new rules requiring public companies to (i) disclose material cybersecurity incidents on Form 8-K within four business days of determining that an incident is material, and (ii) periodically disclose their...more
8/8/2023
/ Cyber Incident Reporting ,
Cybersecurity ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Form 10-K ,
Form 8-K ,
Investment Company Act of 1940 ,
Popular ,
Proposed Rules ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Regulation S-K ,
Risk Management ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
Issuers must disclose daily quantitative share repurchase information on a quarterly or semi-annual basis depending on the type of issuer, but not after every repurchase as had been initially proposed -
Issuers must...more
5/15/2023
/ 10b5-1 Plans ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Federal Register ,
Final Rules ,
Foreign Private Issuers ,
Policies and Procedures ,
Regulation S-K ,
Safe Harbors ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Exchange Act ,
Stock Repurchases
New conditions to the availability of the affirmative defense under the Rule 10b5-1(c)(1), including a cooling-off period before trading can begin for directors, officers, and other persons (other than issuers) -
New...more
The Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on October 26, 2022, adopted final rules1 directing national securities exchanges and associations,2 to establish listing standards that require public companies to develop and...more
11/23/2022
/ Clawbacks ,
Compensation ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Dodd-Frank ,
Final Rules ,
Incentive Compensation ,
Indemnification ,
Insurance Industry ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Exchange Act
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on August 25, 2022 finalized the “Pay-versus-Performance” disclosure requirements (the “Final Rules”)1 that originally were proposed on April 29, 2015 (the “Proposed...more
9/15/2022
/ CD&A ,
Compensation ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Dodd-Frank ,
Executive Compensation ,
Final Rules ,
GAAP ,
Performance Standards ,
Principle Officers ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Total Shareholder Return (TSR)
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on January 28, 2022, reopened the comment period with respect to its pending “pay versus performance” proposal (Proposed Rule), which would generally require public companies to...more
2/11/2022
/ CD&A ,
Comment Period ,
Compensation & Benefits ,
Corporate Governance ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Dodd-Frank ,
Executive Compensation ,
Pay-for-Performance ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Total Shareholder Return (TSR)
As expected, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission released two significant rule proposals for issuers on December 15, 2021—one regarding issuer share repurchases and the other regarding issuer and director and officer...more
On August 6, 2021, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission approved rule changes proposed by The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC related to board diversity and disclosure. The board diversity proposal, as approved by the SEC,...more
On May 21, 2020, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) announced adoption of updates to the financial disclosure requirements of Regulation S-X and related rules applicable to the acquisition and disposition...more
6/2/2020
/ Acquisitions ,
Amended Rules ,
Asset Test ,
Business Development Companies ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Dispositions ,
Final Rules ,
Financial Reporting ,
Income Test ,
Investment Test ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Registered Investment Companies (RICs) ,
Regulation S-X ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
Five years after the passage of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (“Dodd-Frank”), the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) has issued the last of its proposed rules to implement the...more
7/17/2015
/ Board of Directors ,
Clawbacks ,
Corporate Officers ,
Directors ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Dodd-Frank ,
Executive Compensation ,
Incentive Compensation ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Sarbanes-Oxley ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Shareholders
A divided Securities and Exchange Commission proposed rules on April 29, 2015 that would require U.S. public companies to disclose the relationship between executive compensation “actually paid” and the financial performance...more
On September 18, 2013, the Securities and Exchange Commission issued proposed rules that would require public companies to disclose the median annual total compensation of all their employees and the ratio of such median to...more