Recently, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued an order charging a publicly traded pharmaceutical company with violations of Regulation FD as a result of selectively disclosing material, nonpublic information....more
9/6/2019
/ Disclosure Requirements ,
Enforcement Actions ,
FDA Approval ,
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ,
Non-Public Information ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Public Disclosure ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Regulation FD ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Regulation ,
Securities Violations
On March 20, 2019, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced it had adopted a series of amendments to improve the readability and navigability of company disclosures, and to discourage the disclosure of...more
California is the first state to codify boardroom gender diversity requirements. On September 30, 2018, California Governor Jerry Brown signed into law Senate Bill 826, which requires publicly traded companies that were...more
On November 1, 2017, the Division of Corporation Finance of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) released Staff Legal Bulletin No. 14I (SLB 14I), which provides important guidance to public companies reviewing...more
On September 21, 2017, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) released several items that provide additional guidance on the CEO Pay Ratio Rule (the “Rule”):
(1) SEC interpretive guidance;
(2) Revised pay...more
9/26/2017
/ Disclosure Requirements ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Executive Compensation ,
Independent Contractors ,
Interpretive Opinions ,
Median Employee ,
New Guidance ,
Pay Ratio ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Regulation S-K ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Statistical Sampling
The staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Division of Corporation Finance (the staff) issued new compliance and disclosure interpretations (C&DIs) on October 18, 2016, providing guidance to companies preparing to...more
11/8/2016
/ C&DIs ,
CACM ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Dodd-Frank ,
Executive Compensation ,
Furloughs ,
Independent Contractors ,
Median Employee ,
Pay Ratio ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Regulation S-K ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)