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SEC enforcement director speaks on AI ‘washing’ - In our April 2024 One-Minute Reads, we covered the concept of artificial intelligence (AI) “washing.” Gurbir Grewal, director of the Securities and Exchange Commission...more
All companies that have securities listed in the United States, including foreign and domestic companies, are required to adopt an executive compensation recoupment (a.k.a. “clawback”) policy by, in most cases, no later than...more
On June 29, 2022, Grayscale Investments, LLC petitioned the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia for review of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s June 29, 2022 final order disapproving of an October...more
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) published for comment on September 30 a proposed rule change by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) that would amend FINRA Rule 2231—the customer account...more
On August 19, 2021, the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) filed a proposal to amend its related party transaction rule for a second time in 2021. Below is a summary of the key developments regarding this rule change. What...more
In This Issue. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) granted preliminary conditional approval to a third cryptocurrency firm chartering a national trust bank; the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB)...more
Less than a week after the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") rejected a proposed rule change to permit primary capital raising in direct listings, the New York Stock Exchange ("NYSE") submitted an updated...more
On December 6, 2019, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission rejected a proposed New York Stock Exchange ("NYSE") rule change that would allow companies to raise capital in a direct listing...more
Yesterday, the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) filed a revised proposal with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to allow companies to sell shares on their own behalf in direct listings. Last week, as discussed in our...more
The Situation: Direct listings, through which a company lists its shares on a national stock exchange without conducting a traditional initial public offering ("IPO"), have received significant attention from the media and...more
The NYSE has filed with the SEC a proposed rule change that would allow companies going public to raise capital through a primary direct listing. Under current NYSE rules, only secondary sales are permitted in a direct...more
On March 20, the SEC approved the 2018 NYSE proposal to amend Sections 312.03 and 312.04 of the NYSE Listed Company Manual, modifying the price requirements for purposes of determining whether shareholder approval is required...more
This newsletter provides a snapshot of the principal US and selected international governance and securities law developments during the third quarter of 2018 that may be of interest to Latin American corporations and...more
On December 4, 2017, the SEC approved the NYSE’s proposed amendment to Section 202.06 of the NYSE Listed Company Manual. The proposed amendment limits the issuance of material news by a listed company during the period of...more
On August 29, 2017, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) published a New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) proposal that would bar companies from issuing material news at the end of the trading day until after designated...more
On August 18, 2017, the NYSE issued a proposed amendment to Section 202.06 of the NYSE Listed Company Manual to limit the issuance of material news by a listed company during the period of time from the official closing time...more
The NYSE has recently proposed two notable amendments to its rules. The first proposal would require listed companies to notify the NYSE at least 10 minutes before the company announces any dividend or stock distribution,...more
Today, the new Investor Advocate, Rick Fleming, issued a statement regarding his “First Official Recommendation” to the SEC. What was that recommendation? He recommended that the SEC disapprove the NYSE’s proposed rule...more
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority is requesting comment on a revised proposal to consolidate and clarify certain National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD) and New York Stock Exchange rules into new FINRA...more
The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) recently proposed amendments to the NYSE Listed Company Manual (Manual) to adopt a requirement that NYSE-listed foreign private issuers (FPIs) submit semi-annual unaudited financial...more
The NYSE has proposed amendments to NYSE Rules 451 and 465, and the related provisions of Section 402.10 of the NYSE Listed Company Manual. Those rules provide a schedule for the reimbursement of expenses by issuers to NYSE...more