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The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act is a United States federal statute signed into law on July 21, 2010. The Act was passed in response to the Great Recession of the late 2000s and... more +
The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act is a United States federal statute signed into law on July 21, 2010. The Act was passed in response to the Great Recession of the late 2000s and includes broad reforms related to many aspects of the financial and banking industry. Notable sections of the Act include stricter regulations of the derivatives market, as well as the Volcker Rule, which restricts the trading practices of FDIC-insured institutions.    less -
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Something We Can All Agree On? SEC Unanimously Approves Proposed Short-Seller Disclosure Rules

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Section 929X of the Dodd-Frank Act requires the SEC to implement a regulatory framework around the public disclosure of short sale information. On Feb. 25, 2022, the SEC unanimously approved proposed rules aimed at satisfying...more

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CFTC Finalizes Position Limits Rules

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On October 15, 2020, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) voted 3-2 to adopt new rules on speculative position limits (the Final Rule). The Final Rule will become effective 60 days after publication in the Federal...more

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Legal Update: 10 Tips for 10-Ks and Proxy Statements (UPDATED)

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With the 2020 proxy and annual reporting season upon us, this Legal Update provides 10 tips for companies to consider when drafting annual reports on Form 10-K and proxy statements for filing with the US Securities and...more

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What You Need To Know Before Starting an ETRM System Implementation Process

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Find out everything you need to know before starting an ETRM system implementation. Over the last two decades many energy companies that engaged in the purchase and sale of commodities as a matter of course in transacting...more

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Blog: How are companies approaching the new requirement for hedging policy disclosure?

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At the end of 2018, the SEC dredged up its 2015 rule proposal regarding hedging disclosure (required by Dodd-Frank) and voted to adopt final rule amendments. The amendments mandate disclosure about the ability of a company’s...more

Troutman Pepper

New Scrutiny for Hedging Policies

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New SEC disclosure rules regarding hedging are now in effect. As a technical matter, these rules do not require a publicly traded company to implement a hedging policy. They merely require a company to disclose information...more

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Volcker 2.0

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On August 20, 2019, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (“OCC”) and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) adopted final regulations (the “Amended Final Regulations”) revamping the regulations...more

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Hot Topics: Dodd-Frank Act Hedging Policy Disclosures Begin

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Although final rules were published in December of 2018, July 1st marked the date that issuers (other than smaller reporting companies and emerging growth companies) must begin complying with the Dodd-Frank Act’s hedging...more

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SEC Adopts Final Rules for Disclosure of Hedging Policies

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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) approved a final rule on December 18, 2018 implementing Section 955 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (the “Dodd-Frank Act”). ...more

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Trends in Executive Compensation, Employment Law and Compensation Committee Practices

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On February 5, 2019, Skadden hosted the webinar “Key Trends in Executive Compensation, Employment Law and Compensation Committee Practices.” The panelists were David Schwartz, Skadden’s global head of Labor and Employment...more

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SEC Adopts Dodd-Frank Act Hedging Disclosure Rule

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On December 18, 2018, the SEC adopted amendments to its rules to implement Section 955 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 (the “Dodd-Frank Act”), which added new Section 14(j) to the...more

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SEC adopts requirement for disclosure of hedging policies for employees, officers, and directors

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On December 18, 2018, the SEC adopted a requirement for U.S. public companies to provide proxy disclosure of any practices or policies they have adopted regarding the ability of the company's employees, officers or directors,...more

White and Williams LLP

SEC Adopts New Hedging Disclosure Rules

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On December 18, 2018, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced that it had approved and adopted final rules requiring public companies to disclose, in proxy or information statements for election of directors,...more

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New SEC Rules Will Require Disclosure of Hedging Policies

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The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has adopted new rules that will require public companies to disclose their hedging practices and policies for employees, officers and directors in proxy and information statements...more

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Alert: SEC Adopts Final Hedging Disclosure Rules

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On December 18, 2018, the SEC voted to adopt – finally – a proposal, initially released in 2015, to implement section 955 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010. Section 955 mandated...more

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SEC Adopts Hedging Disclosure Rule

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On December 18, the SEC adopted a final rule requiring companies to disclose in proxy or information statements for the election of directors any practices or policies regarding the ability of employees or directors to engage...more

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Hedging Disclosure Is Here: SEC Adopts Final Rules

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On December 18, 2018, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) adopted final hedging disclosure rules, which were initially proposed more than three years ago, as directed by Section 955 of the Dodd-Frank Wall...more

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SEC Adopts Final Rules for Disclosure of Hedging Policies

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The Securities and Exchange Commission recently approved final rules to require disclosure of hedging practices, implementing a Dodd-Frank Act mandate. New Item 407(i) of Regulation S-K requires a company to describe in its...more

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SEC Adopts Hedging Policy Disclosure Requirements

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On December 18, 2018, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted final rules that will require hedging policy disclosures. The new rules, mandated by Section 955 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer...more

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SEC Adopts New Hedging Disclosure Requirement

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In an effort to provide greater transparency to stockholders regarding employee and director incentives, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has adopted a final rule implementing a provision of the Dodd-Frank...more

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SEC Adopts Final Rules to Disclose Hedging Policies

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The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued final rules on December 20, 2018, requiring companies to disclose, in proxy or information statements for the election of directors, their policies and procedures on the...more

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SEC Applies New Hedging Requirement to BDCs following Industry Silence

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As detailed in our Legal Update, on December 18, 2018, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) adopted a final rule requiring companies to disclose their hedging policies for employees, officers and directors. However,...more

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SEC Adopts Dodd-Frank Hedging Disclosure Rule

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On December 18, 2018, the US Securities and Exchange Commission adopted a final rule requiring companies to disclose their hedging policies and practices for employees, officers and directors. This Legal Update discusses...more

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SEC Adopts Final Rules on Hedging Disclosures

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Our Securities Group provides an overview of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s new rules for disclosure of a company’s hedging practices....more

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New Year, New Rules: Arrival of the Final Hedging Disclosure Rules

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On December 18, 2018, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved long-awaited final rules implementing Section 955 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. Consistent with the proposed...more

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