On Sunday, March 12, the Treasury Department, the Federal Reserve, and the FDIC issued a joint statement outlining their collective “decisive measures” to protect depositors at Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), bolster confidence in...more
On Oct. 30, 2015, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) adopted new rules that will enable some private companies to use the Internet for crowdfunding campaigns seeking up to $1 million per 12-month period.
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On August 5, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) adopted final rules requiring most public companies to make pay ratio disclosures pursuant to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. The...more
On July 1, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) proposed new rules that would direct securities exchanges to establish listing standards requiring listed issuers to adopt so-called “clawback” policies relating to...more
On April 29, 2015, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) proposed new rules that would require most publicly traded companies to describe in detail the relationship between their financial performance and their...more
On April 29, the SEC proposed rules that would require most publicly traded companies to describe in detail the relationship between their financial performance and executive compensation actually paid.
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Many companies should be able to take advantage of new SEC rules that will permit them to sell up to $50 million of securities to investors in a 12-month period without “going public.”
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On March 25, 2015, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) issued new rules that will enable private companies to raise as much as $50 million in a 12-month period through private offerings of securities exempt from...more
Late in 2013, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed new rules that would, if approved, authorize the use of the Internet for so-called crowdfunding campaigns seeking up to $1 million per 12-month period from...more
On September 18, 2013, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued a new rule proposal that would, if approved, require each affected public company to disclose the ratio of the median total annual compensation among...more
On July 10, 2013, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved new rules that, beginning September 23, 2013, will under specified circumstances eliminate the bans on “general solicitation and general advertising”...more
Over the last several months, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has provided the public with two new interpretive guides regarding the use of social media by public companies, investment companies and their...more