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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
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
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
On August 20, 2019, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) approved amendments to the regulations implementing Section 13 of the Bank Holding Company Act,...more
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
In a presentation at McDermott’s Employment and Employee Benefits Forum, Andrew Liazos discussed areas of focus for Section 162(m) and third-party loan funding for employee stock purchase plans (ESPPs). He also provided...more
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
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
SEC Adopts Hedging Rules, Extends Regulation A to all Public Companies and Solicits Comments on Earnings Releases and Quarterly Reports. SEC Adopts Rules for Public Companies to Use Regulation A - Keeping up with the...more
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently adopted a final rule requiring companies to disclose practices or policies related to the ability of employees (including officers) and directors to engage in hedging...more
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
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
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
SEC/CORPORATE - SEC Adopts Final Rules for Disclosure of Hedging Policies - The Securities and Exchange Commission recently announced that it had at last adopted final rules to implement Section 14(j) (Disclosure of...more
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
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
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
Yesterday, December 18, 2018 (without a meeting), the SEC approved final rules to require companies to disclose in proxy or information statements for the election of directors any practices or policies regarding the ability...more
On December 18, 2018, the SEC approved final rules on hedging that require companies to disclose practices or policies related to the ability of employees or directors to engage in hedging transactions with respect to a...more
The Securities and Exchange Commission adopted final rules requiring public companies (other than foreign private issuers and certain fund issuers) to disclose in proxy statements their policies regarding hedging transactions...more
Public companies should start preparing for the new executive compensation disclosures mandated by the Dodd-Frank Act as the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) moves to complete these rulemakings in the next year. The...more
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently adopted final rules implementing one of the last four remaining executive compensation requirements under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. ...more
The Federal Reserve Board, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, and the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) issued a final rule, and the Commodity Futures...more