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The Wait Is Over: Corporate Transparency Act Takes Effect

The Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) and its requirements for privately held companies to report their beneficial ownership information went into effect on January 1, 2024. The CTA requires most corporations, limited...more

FinCEN Provides Small Entity Compliance Guide for Beneficial Ownership Reporting under the CTA

As the January 1, 2024, start date for private entities to begin reporting beneficial ownership under the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) rapidly approaches, increasing attention is being given to how these far-reaching...more

FinCEN Issues Final Rule Requiring Private Companies to Report Ownership

On September 29, 2022, the United States Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued a final rule requiring millions of private companies to report their ownership to the United States...more

SEC Adopts New Pay Versus Performance Disclosures

On August 25, 2022, the Securities and Exchange Commission adopted pay versus performance disclosure rules originally mandated by the Dodd-Frank Act 12 years ago. These rules require public companies to disclose the...more

Commission Amends Financial Disclosure Requirements for Business Acquisitions and Dispositions

On May 21, 2020, the Commission adopted amendments to the financial statement disclosure requirements for business acquisitions and dispositions by Commission registrants that also apply to companies undertaking an initial...more

SPAC IPO’s and M&A Opportunities

Over the past year, Bradley’s corporate and securities attorneys have fielded numerous questions about special purpose acquisition companies, or SPACs, and how they are impacting the M&A market in the United States. While...more

Congress Passes Corporate Transparency Act Requiring Certain Companies to Report Beneficial Ownership Information

On December 11, 2020, the U.S. Congress passed legislation requiring certain privately held companies in the U.S. to report ownership information to the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network...more

SEC Broadens the Accredited Investor Definition for Private Offerings

On August 26, 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted amendments to the definition of “accredited investor,” allowing individual investors with certain financial knowledge and professional expertise to...more

Reconsider the Ratio: SEC Acting Chair Calls Pay Ratio Rule into Question

Acting Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission Michael Piwowar recently told Bloomberg in an interview that, pending confirmation of President Trump’s successor for chair of the SEC, the commission was “not going...more

Something To Be Thankful For: The 2017 ISS Policy Updates

Institutional Shareholder Services Inc. (ISS) has published its voting policy updates for the 2017 proxy season, and those involved with public company compliance can add “generally insignificant changes to ISS voting...more

The SEC Speaks: How to Identify the Median Employee for Your Pay Ratio Disclosure

The SEC’s Division of Corporation Finance posted five new Compliance and Disclosure Interpretations (C&DIs) regarding the pay ratio disclosure requirements in Item 402(u) of Regulation S-K on October 18, 2016. The “pay ratio”...more

What Can Public Companies Learn from the ISS Policy Survey for the 2017 Proxy Season?

Institutional Shareholder Services Inc. (ISS) announced the results of its 2016-2017 policy survey on September 29, 2016, which included responses from 115 institutional investors, 270 corporate issuers and 17...more

SEC Fines Companies for Anti-Whistleblower Language in Severance Agreements

The Securities and Exchange Commission recently announced the settlement of two proceedings regarding the SEC’s whistleblower protection framework, resulting in over $500,000 in penalties. Both of the companies were charged...more

Nasdaq Rule Requiring Disclosure of Director “Golden Leash” Compensation Goes into Effect August 1, 2016

A new requirement that Nasdaq-listed companies disclose certain payments made to directors by third parties is scheduled to go into effect on August 1, 2016. The new rule targets so-called “golden leash” payments made to...more

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