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Recent Developments for UK PLCs - September 2024

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On 13 August 2024, the Financial Reporting Council (FRC), as part of a cross-regulatory group comprising the FCA, Companies House, HMRC and Charity Commission for England and Wales, published a discussion paper on the future...more

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UK Corporate Briefing - August 2024

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Welcome to the Corporate Briefing, where we review the latest developments in UK corporate law that you need to know about. In this month’s issue we discuss...more

BakerHostetler

SEC Adopts Final Rules for Climate-Related Disclosures

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Nearly two years after the SEC released proposed rules regarding the standardization of climate-related disclosures, and after more than 24,000 public comments, the SEC adopted the Final Rules by a 3-2 vote on March 6. The...more

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SEC Adopts Final Rules on Climate-Related Disclosures

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On March 6, 2024, in a 3-2 vote along party lines, the SEC adopted the long-awaited final rules on climate-related disclosures. The proposed rules faced intense public scrutiny over the last two years, with the SEC receiving...more

Holland & Knight LLP

SEC Adopts Landmark Climate Disclosure Rules

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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on March 6, 2024, adopted a new slate of standardized climate-related disclosure rules for public companies and foreign private issuers. Adopted by a 3-2 vote, the final rules...more

International Lawyers Network

Establishing a Business Entity in New Zealand (Updated)

TYPES OF BUSINESS ENTITIES - There are various entities available in New Zealand from which a business can be operated. The most commonly adopted entities are: 1. Company (including Incorporated Joint Venture (JVC))...more

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A “Plaintiff-Friendly” Standard For SOX Whistleblowers – A Helping Hand For FCA Relators?

On February 8, 2024, the US Supreme Court issued a unanimous opinion in Murray v. UBS Securities, LLC, No. 22-660 (U.S. 2024) restoring a $900K jury verdict in favor of a whistleblower under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX)...more

KPMG Board Leadership Center (BLC)

Directors Quarterly: January 2024

Taking stock, looking ahead - The start of a new year is an important opportunity for boards to take a step back and reassess their agendas to help ensure that they are appropriately focused on the most critical issues for...more

Mayer Brown

HKEX Annual Review Reiterates Concerns Over Issuers' Deficiencies In Internal Controls

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The annual Hong Kong Stock Exchange (HKEX) review of Issuers’ Annual Reports (Review) for 2022 found that deficiencies in internal controls remained a common underlying reason for modification of audit opinion by auditors and...more

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

The SEC’s New Clawback Rules: Things to Know as the Deadline to Adopt Compliant Policies Approaches

Companies listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and Nasdaq have until Dec. 1, 2023, to adopt clawback policies that comply with the listing standards mandated by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in Rule...more

Venable LLP

December 1 Deadline Nears for Adoption of Clawback Policies

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Companies that are listed on the Nasdaq Stock Market or the New York Stock Exchange are required to adopt a clawback policy that provides for the recovery from any current or former executive officers of incentive-based...more

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SEC Provides Additional Compliance & Disclosure Interpretations for Further Clarification on Pay-Versus Performance Disclosure

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Although registrants have already had to comply with the Final Rules in annual reports, proxy statements and information statements beginning with the fiscal year ended on or after Dec. 16, 2022, registrants continue to have...more

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Review of Recent SEC Staff Comments on Pay Versus Performance Table

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As companies prepare for next proxy season, they should review SEC staff guidance on the pay vs. performance table. In addition to recent staff interpretations, as discussed in our October 2, 2023 post and February 22, 2023...more

Fenwick & West LLP

California State to Require Venture Capital Companies to Collect Diversity Data

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California recently passed a bill, SB-54, in an effort to increase transparency regarding diversity in the venture capital industry and to encourage investments in diverse founders. SB 54 will require “covered entities” to...more

Troutman Pepper

December 1st Deadline to Adopt Executive Compensation Clawback Policies — The Consumer Finance Podcast

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Join Troutman Pepper Partners Chris Willis and Sheri Adler as they dive into the new requirement for publicly traded companies (including financial services companies) to adopt a clawback policy requiring the recoupment of...more

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SEC Chief Accountant Warns About Need for Comprehensive Risk Assessments

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For years, regulators have emphasized that the starting point for maintaining an effective compliance program is understanding the particular risks the company faces. According to Munter, this same concept applies to...more

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New ISSB Sustainability Standards: A Long-awaited Milestone for Harmonising ESG-Related Disclosure

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On 26 June 2023, the International Sustainability Standards Board (“ISSB”) issued its first two sustainability standards, IFRS S1 and IFRS S2. These standards, which incorporate the recommendations of the Task Force on...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

International Sustainability Standards Board Publishes Sustainability and Climate Disclosure Standards

On June 26, 2023, the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) published its first two sustainability disclosure standards, International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS S1) – General Requirement for Disclosure...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Accounting Firms Challenged on Reporting of Climate Risks in Company Financial Statements

Environmental law NGO ClientEarth has written to the Global Public Policy Committee (GPPC), which brings together representatives of the six large international accounting organizations, to request greater transparency and...more

Bennett Jones LLP

International Sustainability Standards Board Releases Sustainability Disclosure Standards

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On June 26, 2023, the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) released the final versions of its first two global sustainability disclosure standards for financial reporting (the ISSB Standards). The ISSB aims to...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

International Accounting Standards Board to Explore Improvements to Climate-Related Disclosure in Financial Statements

On March 23, 2023, the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) commenced a new “maintenance” project to “explore whether and how financial statements can better communicate information about climate-related risks.”...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

SEC Receives Complaint of Alleged Greenwashing by International Energy Company

On February 1, 2023, Global Witness – an international non-governmental organization – filed what it called a “groundbreaking greenwashing complaint” with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)’s Climate and ESG Task...more

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

SEC Issues New C&DIs Regarding Form 10-K “Clawback” Checkboxes

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) Division of Corporation Finance recently released updates to several Compliance & Disclosure Interpretations (C&DIs) related to the SEC’s recently adopted rules directing...more

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

SEC Division of Corporation Finance Releases Updated Financial Reporting Manual

The SEC’s Division of Corporation Finance, or CorpFin, has released an updated financial reporting manual (FRM). In keeping with prior convention, updates as of Dec. 31, 2022, are marked with a “Last updated: 12/31/2022”...more

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SEC Publishes New Non-GAAP Financial Measures Guidance as 2022 Year-End Reporting Season Approaches

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On December 13, 2022, the staff of the Division of Corporation Finance (the “staff”) of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) published seven new or revised Compliance and Disclosure Interpretations (“C&DIs”)...more

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