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SEC’s New Cyber Rules for Publicly Traded Companies — The Consumer Finance Podcast
PLI's inSecurities Podcast - Commissioner Uyeda on “the Perils of Regulation by Theory and Hypothesis”
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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
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
The draft represents the next step in transposing the CSRD into national law. On 24 July 2024, the German Federal Government adopted the governmental draft of the Act implementing the EU Directive on Sustainability...more
On December 29, 2023, China enacted the amended Company Law of the People’s Republic of China (Amended PRC Company Law), which will come into effect on July 1, 2024. These are some of the most significant changes to the laws...more
On October 7, 2023, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law two sweeping climate disclosure bills, Senate Bill 253 (“SB 253”), the Climate Corporate Data Accountability Act, and Senate Bill 261 (“SB 261”), the...more
In September 2023, the California Legislature passed Senate Bill 253, Climate Corporate Data Accountability Act (SB 253) and Senate Bill 261, Greenhouse Gases: Climate-Related Financial Risk (SB 261). California Gov. Gavin...more
As we have noted in our previous report, environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues have garnered significant attention from a variety of stakeholders, resulting in increased reporting by many companies. While much of...more
The United States is in the process of transitioning ESG disclosure from voluntary, market-led reporting to a regulatory-driven scheme, principally led by the US Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) anticipated (but...more
The Senate Banking Committee has not taken up the previously discussed Senator Warren (D-MA) and Senator Hawley (R-MO) claw back legislation, but has instead, by a bipartisan vote, cleared to the full Senate new bipartisan...more
Two bills in Hawaii and Wyoming may soon prohibit many companies from exercising their First Amendment rights and add duplicative and burdensome reporting requirements when using their federal PACs. In Hawaii, Senate...more
On December 14, 2022, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) unanimously adopted amendments to Rule 10b5-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the Exchange Act) and created new disclosure requirements to...more
Canada’s proposed “modern slavery” legislation – the Fighting Against Forced Labour and Child Labour in Supply Chains Act (“New Act”) – is currently awaiting consideration by the House of Commons Standing Committee on Foreign...more
The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 includes an excise tax that, if enacted, will make share repurchases by publicly traded companies more costly starting in 2023. The proposed tax is meant to be a significant revenue-raiser,...more
The SPAC market has withstood many challenges throughout 2021, including softening of the private investment in public equity (PIPE) market for a majority of the year after a very robust first quarter for initial business...more
Two pieces of legislation aimed at imposing additional regulations on special purpose acquisition companies (“SPACs”) were recently introduced in the US House of Representatives. ...more
M&A lawyers can let out two cheers for the Companies (Amendment) Bill 2021 (“Bill”) which was recently gazetted in the Cayman Islands. If enacted in its current form Bill will, amongst other things , abolish the...more
The rise of special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) as a popular alternative structure for taking a company public in the past year has caused increased regulatory scrutiny surrounding the SPAC structure. On May 24,...more
Senior Democrats from the U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce introduced on March 2, 2021, their comprehensive climate bill, the Climate Leadership and Environmental Action for our Nation's (CLEAN) Future Act. The...more
Delaware Supreme Court Holds Appraisal Action is Not “Securities Claim” Covered by D&O Insurance Policy; Delaware Supreme Court Affirms Dismissal of Derivative Claims Against Life Sciences Company For Failure to Plead Demand...more
Effective October 1, 2020, all private companies incorporated under the Business Corporations Act (British Columbia) (BCBCA) will be required to maintain a transparency register disclosing certain prescribed information about...more
California’s Assembly Bill (“AB”) 979 is set to make waves both within the state and across the country as a groundbreaking new law that would require companies to diversify their boards and reserve seats for directors from...more
In 2018, California enacted legislation, SB 826 (Jackson), mandating that publicly held corporations with their principal executive offices in California have a minimum number of female directors.... The legislature is now...more
ISS Asks Companies for Similar Diversity Disclosures - California lawmakers have proposed legislation mandating that public companies headquartered in the state appoint board members from underrepresented communities. AB...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
Earlier this month, the U.S. House Financial Services Committee passed, with overwhelming bi-partisan support, three bills to promote gender, racial and ethnic diversity on corporate boards. Although there has been progress...more
Recently, a bipartisan bill was introduced in Congress that would require that U.S. listed foreign companies provide U.S. regulators access to accounting records tied to audit reports....more