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ESG Essentials: What You Need To Know Now - Episode 16 - ESG Backlash
Regulatory Phishing Podcast - The Impact of Cybersecurity Compliance on Corporate Transactions
The Justice Insiders Podcast: Incidents in the Material World: SEC Adopts New Cybersecurity Rules
Episode 288 -- SEC Adopts Robust New Cybersecurity Disclosure Rules
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 113: Ryan Loehr, Managing Director, AMB Wealth
Code Section 409A - Six Month Delay
What Does The SEC Approved NASDAQ Diversity Proposal Mean For Boards?
Monthly Minute | Green Technology Resources
Understanding SPAC Transactions: What it Takes to Be “SPAC Ready"
Nota Bene Episode 106: The Corporate Investor Movement Toward Environmental, Social, and Governmental Policies with Allison Troianos and Ariel Yehezkel
The Securities and Exchange Commission adopted (in a 3-2 vote) final rules related to climate-related disclosures. These rules had first been proposed in March 2022. In his opening remarks, SEC Chair Gensler noted that the...more
The Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act (“HFCAA”)1, in December 2020 passed by the Congress and signed into law by then-president of the United States, Donald J. Trump, is one of the most influential measures in the...more
In Securities and Futures Commission v Sound Global Ltd [2022] HKCFI 3025, the Honourable Madam Justice Linda Chan was forthright in her view that regulators should step up when it comes to enforcing investor protection with...more
On September 6, 2022, the OCA released a statement regarding audit quality and investor protection under the Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act (“HFCAA”). The statement reiterates the importance of high quality audits...more
We believe our proposed changes support all market participants' common objectives of investor protection and fair and efficient capital markets. ...more
Foreign public companies listed in the United States may soon face delisting if their auditors cannot comply with US investor protection laws. On December 2, 2020, the US House of Representatives passed by voice vote the...more
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Division of Corporation Finance published CF Disclosure Topic No. 10 (the disclosure topic) on November 23, 2020. The disclosure topic provides guidance to China-based Issuers:...more
On October 16, 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") adopted amendments to certain auditor independence requirements in Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X. The amendments modernize the rules and "more effectively...more
On August 6, 2020, the President’s Working Group on Financial Markets (“Working Group”) released its Report on Protecting United States Investors from Significant Risks from Chinese Companies (“Report”)....more
As companies close their books on the second quarter and prepare their second quarter disclosures, it is important to assess the continuing impact of COVID-19 on businesses, employees and financial results and provide...more
On May 20, 2020, the U.S. Senate passed S.945, the Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act (“Bill”), which requires certain public companies to disclose whether they are owned or controlled by a foreign government,...more
On May 4, 2020, the Securities and Exchangen Commission approved a rule filing from Nasdaq granting temporary relief from the shareholder approval requirements in respect of certain transactions (the “rule filing”). Nasdaq...more
In March 2020, the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (the “FCA”) released a consultation paper entitled: “Proposals to enhance climate-related disclosures by listed issuers and clarification of existing disclosure obligations”...more
The SEC has issued new guidance it believes will assist public companies both in assessing materiality and in drafting disclosure related to risks to technology and intellectual property that may result from conducting...more
The Enforcement Division (Division) of the Securities and Exchange Commission released its Annual Report on November 6, 2019, summarizing the year’s enforcement activity. It was a record-setting year for the Division due to...more
The recent SEC enforcement action against ADT Inc. for its failure to comply with the SEC’s equal prominence requirements applicable to non-GAAP financial measures, as outlined in our recent blog post, is a clear reminder...more
This past week, the House Financial Services Committee considered and passed a few bills that would, if passed by the House, result in changes to the securities laws. ...more
On 20 July 2017, the EU Prospectus Regulation (the “Prospectus Regulation”) entered into force. The Prospectus Regulation was created as part of a group of proposals identified in the European Commission’s Capital Markets...more
After its entry into force on 20 July 2017, the new Prospectus Regulation ("PR3") will become fully applicable from 21 July 2019. It will replace the previous EU Directive 2003/71/EC (the "Prospectus Directive"). The change...more
On November 2, 2018, the SEC Enforcement Division (“Division”) released its Annual Report summarizing the past year’s enforcement activity. In the 2018 fiscal year, the first full fiscal year that Stephanie Avakian and Steven...more
The Hong Kong Stock Exchange recently published a Consultation Paper on a Listing Regime for Companies from Emerging and Innovative Sectors, and proposed to introduce a new chapter implementing the listing of...more
This year’s examination priorities of the Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (OCIE) of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) were announced on February 6, 2018, and cover five broad, albeit...more
After publishing the “New Board Concept Paper Conclusions” in December 2017, the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the Exchange) issued on 23 February 2018 a consultation paper entitled “A Listing Regime for Companies From...more
One of the most eye-catching items in the recently released 2017 Annual Report of the Enforcement Division of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC or the Commission) is the significant decline in enforcement activity...more
On June 27, 2016, Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) Chair Mary Jo White, speaking at the International Corporate Governance Network’s Annual Conference in San Francisco, reiterated the SEC’s growing concern regarding...more