On June 23, 2020, the Division of Corporation Finance (the Division) of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued CF Disclosure Guidance: Topic No. 9A (Guidance) on disclosures focusing on the impact of...more
The SEC issued documents on January 30, 2020, regarding management discussion and analysis (MD&A) and other disclosures.
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2/3/2020
/ Corporate Governance ,
Deregulation ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Financial Regulatory Reform ,
Financial Statements ,
Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act (FAST Act) ,
Interpretive Rule ,
Investment Adviser ,
Investment Companies ,
MD&A Statements ,
Proposed Amendments ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Regulation S-K ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Rulemaking Process ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Regulation
In December 2019, the Division of Corporation Finance (Staff) of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) published new "CF Disclosure Guidance: Topic No. 8" (Guidance) regarding disclosure obligations companies...more
1/17/2020
/ Corporate Finance ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Division of Corporate Finance ,
Foreign Ownership ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
International Relations ,
IP License ,
New Guidance ,
Proprietary Information ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Risk Assessment ,
Risk Mitigation ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Regulation ,
Technology ,
Trade Secrets ,
Trademarks
In December 2019, the Division of Corporation Finance (Staff) of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission issued new "CF Disclosure Guidance: Topic No. 7" (Guidance) regarding confidential treatment requests pursuant to...more
1/17/2020
/ Confidential Information ,
Corporate Finance ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Division of Corporate Finance ,
Exemptions ,
FOIA ,
New Guidance ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Rule 24b-2 ,
Rule 406 ,
Securities Act ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Exchange Act ,
Securities Regulation
On November 26, 2019, the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) filed a notice of proposed rule change with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) that would have modified NYSE’s direct listing rules to (1) permit companies to...more
12/10/2019
/ Capital Markets ,
Capital Raising ,
Direct Listing ,
Distribution Rules ,
NPRM ,
NYSE ,
Proposed Rules ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Rulemaking Process ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Regulation ,
Securities Transactions
On September 17, 2019, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced proposed rules regarding the statistical disclosures that bank and savings and loan companies are required to disclose by SEC rules. The proposed...more
9/23/2019
/ Bank Holding Company ,
Comment Period ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Financial Institutions ,
Form 10-K ,
GAAP ,
IFRS ,
Proposed Rules ,
Regulation S-K ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Rulemaking Process ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Regulation ,
Statistical Analysis