The US Securities and Exchange Commission’s recently adopted rules governing climate-related disclosures, although significantly pared back from the rules proposed two years ago, represent a major change to the existing...more
On December 1, 2020, the NASDAQ Stock Market LLC filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission a proposal to adopt rules that would require Nasdaq-listed companies, subject to certain exceptions, to (1) have at least two...more
On November 1, 2017, the Staff of the Division of Corporation Finance of the Securities and Exchange Commission published in Staff Legal Bulletin No. 14I guidance relating to the excludability of certain shareholder proposals...more
11/10/2017
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Saudi Aramco’s planned IPO has put the region’s companies in sharp focus for global investors. As GCC nations continue to experience shifts in economic activity, including less government spending, more companies (both state...more
9/15/2017
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