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SEC Adopts Rule Amendments to Modernize Certain Disclosures Under Regulation S-K

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By a 3-2 vote, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has adopted amendments designed to modernize the disclosure requirements involving description of business (Item 101), legal proceedings (Item 103), and risk...more

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SEC Proposes Amendments to MD&A

The Securities and Exchange Commission yesterday voted to propose amendments to the Regulation S-K requirements for Management’s Discussion and Analysis, or MD&A, and also issued agency guidance relating to MD&A. ...more

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Financial Statement Requirements in US Securities Offerings: What Non-US Issuers Need to Know - 2020 Edition

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The most frequently asked question at all-hands meetings for a securities offering is “What financial statements will be needed?” The question seems simple enough. But the answer is rarely straightforward. This User’s...more

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Financial Statement Requirements in US Securities Offerings: What You Need to Know - 2020 Edition

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The most frequently asked question at all-hands meetings for a securities offering is “What financial statements will be needed?” The question seems simple enough. But the answer is rarely straightforward. This User’s...more

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SEC Proposes to Modernize Disclosures of Business, Legal Proceedings, and Risk Factors Under Regulation S-K

In an effort to improve the readability of disclosure documents, as well as discourage repetition and disclosure of information that is not material, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed amendments on August...more

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SEC Proposes to Modernize Disclosure Requirements Under Regulation S-K

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Following up on a 2013 report in the wake of the JOBS Act, the SEC has proposed more amendments to Regulation S-K. Our Securities Group highlights the major changes the SEC is proposing to improve disclosure requirements....more

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Regulation S-K Business and Risk Factor Changes?

The Securities and Exchange Commission announced an open meeting for August 8th to consider whether to propose rule amendments to modernize the description of business, legal proceedings, and risk factor disclosures required...more

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SEC Seeks Public Input on Subpart 400 of Regulation S-K in Connection with its Disclosure Effectiveness Initiative

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At the end of August, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued a release seeking public input on the disclosure requirements found in Subpart 400 of Regulation S-K (Comments Request). Subpart 400 requires...more

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Updates from the Division of Corporation Finance

During the ABA Business Law Section Annual Meeting, at the Dialogue with the Director of the Division of Corporation Finance, hosted by the Federal Regulation of Securities Committee, Keith Higgins offered a comprehensive...more

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SEC Seeks Public Comment on Disclosure Requirements in Subpart 400 of Regulation S-K

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On August 25, 2016, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced that it is seeking public comment on Subpart 400 of Regulation S-K, which requires certain disclosures about an issuer’s management,...more

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Comment Period Closing July 21 on Possible Expansion of Environmental Sustainability Disclosure Requirements

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Comments are due July 21, 2016 on a concept release published on April 22, 2016 by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC” or the “Commission”) on potential revisions to certain business and financial disclosure...more

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

Regulation S-K Overhaul Moves One Step Closer

As mandated by the JOBS Act, the SEC has been reassessing its disclosure rules in an attempt to modernize and overhaul Regulation S-K. In April, the SEC took the major step of publishing a concept release seeking the public’s...more

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Reinventing Public Company Disclosure: SEC Requests Public Comment on Regulation S-K

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On April 13, 2016, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued a concept release discussing and requesting public comment on the business and financial disclosure required by Regulation S-K. The concept release...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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Blog: With A 341-Page Concept Release, The SEC Seeks To Simplify And Modernize The Business And Financial Disclosure Requirements...

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The SEC has issued a new concept release, as part of its Disclosure Effectiveness Initiative, seeking comment on modernizing certain business and financial disclosure requirements in Reg S-K. The release, which weighs in at a...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

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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

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Corporate & Financial Weekly Digest - Volume X, Issue 23

In This Issue: - Meeting of the SEC Advisory Committee on Small and Emerging Companies - FINRA Requests Comment on a Proposed Rule to Require Delivery of an Educational Communication to Customers of a Transferring...more

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

Disclosure Effectiveness–Getting a Jump on the SEC’s New Initiative

As mandated by the JOBS Act, the SEC is in the midst of a major reassessment of its disclosure rules and practices. For example, in December 2013, the Division of Corporation Finance released its “Report on Review of...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP - JOBS Act

Disclosure Overload and “Cutting the Clutter”

In various speeches recently, SEC representatives have addressed the need for disclosure reform following the December 2013 release of the JOBS Act-mandated Regulation S-K study. The disclosure review will begin by...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP - JOBS Act

More on the SEC’s Regulation S-K Study

The SEC Staff’s recently released Report on Review of Disclosure Requirements in Regulation S-K, which was required by Section 108 of the JOBS Act, provides a starting point for revisiting broader issues regarding SEC...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP - JOBS Act

Meaningful Disclosures

Today, SEC Chair White commented on possible future changes to disclosure requirements for SEC reporting companies. Chair White noted the need to revisit disclosure requirements in order to ensure that investors receive...more

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