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FinCEN Issues Additional Guidance for Reporting Companies on Dissolved Entities

On July 8, 2024, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) issued additional FAQs relating to the Corporate Transparency Act (the “CTA”). More specifically, FinCEN provided helpful guidance pertaining to the...more

Division of Corporation Finance Director Statement: The State of Disclosure Review

The SEC released a statement from Division of Corporation Finance Director Erik Gerding on June 24, 2024 reflecting Gerding’s opening remarks and the matters discussed on a panel addressing the Division's Disclosure Review...more

Securities Snapshot: 2nd Quarter 2024

After a few years of proposing and adopting an unprecedented number of new rules, the Securities and Exchange Commission moderated its rule adoption activities in the second quarter of 2024. During the quarter, the SEC...more

FinCEN Issues Additional Guidance for HOAs and Trusts under the Corporate Transparency Act

On April 18, 2024, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) issued additional FAQs relating to the Corporate Transparency Act (the “CTA”). More specifically, FinCEN provided helpful guidance pertaining to the...more

SEC Wins ‘Shadow Insider Trading’ Trial

\On April 5, 2024, a jury in Federal Court in California found that the SEC established that Defendant Matthew Panuwat was liable under a civil misappropriation theory of insider trading violations of Section 10(b) of the...more

SEC Voluntarily Stays Climate Rules

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission announced on April 4, 2024 that it is voluntarily delaying the implementation of its climate disclosure regulations while it fights an Eighth Circuit Court challenge seeking to...more

Securities Snapshot: 1st Quarter 2024

NEW CLIMATE-DISCLOSURE RULES SUBJECT TO HEAT OF LEGAL CHALLENGES - While your winter blues are hopefully melting away, recent rule making from the Securities and Exchange Commission is feeling the heat of several lawsuits....more

New SEC Climate Disclosure Rules – Temporarily Stayed

On March 15, 2024, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued a stay of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s new climate-disclosure rules, which were adopted March 6. The three-judge panel granted the requests...more

SEC Adopts New Rules for Climate-Related Disclosures; Lawsuits Challenge New Rules

On March 6, 2024, the Securities and Exchange Commission adopted its highly anticipated climate-related disclosure rules. The rules faced public scrutiny since their proposal two years ago, with the SEC receiving more than...more

FinCEN Issues Small Entity Compliance Guide for Beneficial Ownership Information Access and Safeguards Requirements

On February 20, 2024, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) published a small entity compliance guide (the “Guide”) that provides an overview of the requirements regarding access to beneficial ownership...more

Corporate Transparency Act Ruled Unconstitutional

On March 1, 2024, a Federal District Court in Alabama held that the Corporate Transparency Act (the “CTA”) is unconstitutional. The Court reasoned that the plaintiffs were entitled to summary judgment because the CTA “exceeds...more

SEC Climate Rule Vote Scheduled for March 6, 2024

On February 28, 2024, the SEC announced it will consider final rules for climate-related disclosures on March 6, 2024...more

Securities Snapshot: 4th Quarter 2023 - The SEC’s Gift to You: New Disclosure Requirements Effective This Quarter

As 2023 comes to an end, we reflect on how active the Securities and Exchange Commission’s rulemaking agenda was throughout the year. As companies prepare for their annual reports and proxy statements, we summarize new...more

FinCEN Extends the Corporate Transparency Act Reporting Deadline for Newly Created Entities

The Corporate Transparency Act ("CTA") reporting requirements take effect on January 1, 2024. The CTA requires many entities to disclose ownership information to the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”)...more

SEC Postpones Share Repurchase Modernization Disclosure Rules

On November 22, 2023, the SEC issued an order postponing the effective date of rules that would require issuers to include detailed disclosures in periodic reports related to their share repurchases (the “Repurchase Rule”)....more

Changes to Schedule 13D and 13G: SEC Adopts Amendments Modernizing Beneficial Ownership Reporting

On October 10, 2023, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) adopted certain of its proposed changes to modernize the rules governing beneficial ownership reporting. However, not all proposed rules were adopted;...more

Securities Snapshot: 3rd Quarter 2023 - What You Need to Know About The SEC's Latest Rulemaking

The weather may be cooling down, but the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) did not cool down its pace of rulemaking during the third quarter of 2023. The SEC adopted its highly anticipated cybersecurity disclosure...more

SEC Cybersecurity Disclosure Final Rule

On July 26, 2023, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) adopted final rules, rule amendments and form amendments to expand and standardize disclosures regarding cybersecurity risk management, strategy, governance,...more

Securities Snapshot: 2nd Quarter 2023 - SEC Begins Summer with Blistering Rulemaking Pace

Although the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) has not yet adopted the highly-anticipated final rules on climate change disclosure, in the second quarter of 2023 the SEC continued its heated pace of rulemaking....more

Effective Date of SEC Clawback Rule Finally In Sight

On June 5, 2023, the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) filed Amendment No. 1 to its proposed listing standard related to the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) Rule 10D-1 (the “Clawback Rule”), extending the effective...more

SEC Sued Over Newly Adopted Share Repurchase Rules

On Friday, May 12, 2023, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce announced that it had filed a lawsuit against the SEC to prevent implementation of the SEC’s new Share Repurchase Disclosure Modernization rules, which KMK has recently...more

SEC Adopts Amendments Requiring Disclosure of Issuer Share Repurchases

On May 3, 2023, the Securities and Exchange Commission adopted amendments to Item 703 of Regulation S-K which were proposed in December 2021 as part of the SEC’s goal of “improving the quality, relevance and timeliness” of...more

SEC Extends Period to Act on Exchange Clawback Rules

On April 24, 2023, the Securities and Exchange Commission extended the time period to take action on proposed listing standards to implement the Dodd-Frank “Clawback Rules.” As discussed in a previous blog post, the SEC...more

Securities Snapshot: 1st Quarter 2023 - 2022 Final Rules Now in Effect: What You Need to Know

Securities and Exchange Commission rulemaking continued at a brisk pace in the first quarter of 2023 as the Commission implemented several significant reporting and compliance regulations adopted in 2022. Final rules and...more

SEC Charges Public Company for Misleading Non-GAAP Disclosures

On March 14, 2023, DXC Technology Company (“DXC”) settled with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) for $8 million regarding alleged misleading disclosures in DXC’s public filings. The SEC claimed DXC made...more

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