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Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Making a List and Checking it Twice: Preparing for the Most Wonderful Time of the Year – Annual Report and Proxy Season

With proxy and reporting season preparations in full swing, demands on time are high and resources might be limited, so we focus our reminders on new and changed disclosure items that might otherwise be easy to overlook. ...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Investment Management Update - June 2019

In the inaugural issue of Investment Management Update, we summarize regulatory, litigation and industry developments from February 2019 to May 2019 impacting the investment management sector....more

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

SEC Simplifies Disclosure Requirements to Further FAST Act Mandate

The SEC has adopted rule amendments to simplify disclosure requirements consistent with its mandate under the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act. ...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

Everything Public Companies Need to Know About Recent SEC Amendments

Nearly a year and a half after proposing them, the SEC recently adopted amendments to disclosure requirements for reporting companies, as mandated by the 2015 Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act (the FAST Act). These...more

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

SEC Updates Guidance on Draft Registration Statements

On Aug. 17, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued guidance in connection with financial information that may be omitted on draft registration statements. These measures are the latest in the SEC’s efforts...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

SEC Expands Nonpublic Draft Registration Statement Processing Procedures

New Policy Provides Substantial Flexibility for Non-EGC and Foreign Issuers, Direct Listings, and Select Follow-On Transactions - On June 29, 2017, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Division of Corporation...more

Stinson - Corporate & Securities Law Blog

SEC Issues Report on Modernization and Simplification of Regulation S-K Required by FAST Act

Section 72003 of the FAST Act directs the SEC to carry out a study of Regulation S-K’s requirements and to consult with the Commission’s Investor AdvisoryCommittee (the “IAC”) and Advisory Committee on Small and Emerging...more

Stinson - Corporate & Securities Law Blog

SEC Proposes Increasing Threshold to Qualify as a Smaller Reporting Company

The SEC has proposed amendments that would increase the financial thresholds in the “smaller reporting company” definition. The proposal to update the definition would expand the number of companies that qualify as smaller...more

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Securities Law Advisory: SEC Issues Concept Release Seeking Comment on Regulation S-K

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At an open meeting of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on April 13, 2016, the SEC voted 3-0 to issue a concept release seeking public comment on modernizing certain disclosure requirements of Regulation S-K,...more

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Practical Guidance on FAST Act Changes to JOBS Act and SEC Disclosure Requirements

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Tucked into the 490 pages of the Highway Transportation Bill that President Obama signed into law in December 2015, known as the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act (FAST Act) and which largely deals with...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

SEC Adopts Rules Implementing FAST Act Provisions

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently approved interim final rules implementing two provisions of the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act that ease the financial statement disclosure...more

Goodwin

SEC Adopts Rules Implementing Forward Incorporation in Form S-1 and Streamlined Financial Statement Requirements for Emerging...

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As summarized in our recent client alert “FAST Act Brings Additional Benefits for Emerging Growth Companies and New Resale Exemption,” President Obama signed the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act ("FAST Act"),on...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

"SEC Rulemaking Update: A Year of Changes, With More to Come"

Last year, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) made major progress in completing its rulemaking mandates under the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act (JOBS Act) and the Dodd-Frank Act. Additionally, Congress enacted...more

Foley Hoag LLP

How the FAST Act Will Impact Securities Laws

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On December 4, 2015, the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act (the FAST Act) was signed into law. Although the majority of the Act concerns transportation and infrastructure, it also contains several provisions that...more

Proskauer Rose LLP

New Legislation Extends JOBS Act Relief and Creates Resale Exemption, Among Other Changes to the Federal Securities Laws

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On December 4, 2015, President Obama signed into law the Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act, known as the FAST Act. The FAST Act made several important changes to the federal securities laws, including (i) extending...more

Baker Donelson

FAST Act Brings Holiday Cheer to Issuers

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"Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act," also known as the FAST Act, was signed by President Obama on December 4, 2015. Although primarily aimed at authorizing spending on highway and transit projects, the FAST Act...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

FAST Act’s Hidden Securities Law Benefits

The so-called “Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act” or “FAST Act” was signed into law on December 4, 2015. Buried in the legislation are changes to the JOBS Act and the Securities Act of 1933 that add a statutory...more

Goodwin

FAST Act Brings Additional Benefits for Emerging Growth Companies and New Resale Exemption

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On December 4, 2015, President Obama signed into law the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act, or FAST Act. The FAST Act includes several provisions intended to improve capital formation by smaller issuers and...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

FAST Act Signed into Law, Continues Trend of Simplifying Public Company Disclosures and Access to Capital Markets

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On December 4, 2015, President Obama signed into law the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act (the FAST Act). While the FAST Act is primarily a transportation bill, the Act includes several reforms designed to simplify...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Corporate and Financial Weekly Digest - Volume X, Issue 47

SEC/CORPORATE - FAST Act Legislation and Impact on Securities Law - On December 4, President Obama signed into law the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act (FAST Act). This transportation bill includes...more

King & Spalding

FAST Act Eases Access to Capital Markets for Small Companies and Seeks Disclosure Modernization for All Reporting Companies

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On December 4, 2015, President Obama signed the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act into law. Although primarily related to infrastructure spending in the United States, the FAST Act includes a variety of...more

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President Signs FAST Act (Updated December 10, 2015)

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The President has signed the FAST Act into law. As previously discussed, this transportation bill contains several measures that modify the JOBS Act or otherwise relate to capital raising for emerging growth companies,...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

JOBS Act 2.0 – New FAST Act Legislation Signed into Law to Facilitate Capital Formation

On December 4, 2015, President Obama signed into law the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act (the “FAST Act”). While the legislation is aimed at providing long-term funding certainty for surface transportation, it...more

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