On April 21, 2020, Judge Susan Illston of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California denied defendants’ motion to dismiss a securities class action complaint brought by a shareholder of Slack...more
The SEC declared immediately effective, as of April 17, 2020, a Nasdaq rule proposal providing relief to listed companies that, in light of market conditions resulting from the impact of COVID-19, have fallen out of...more
Both ISS and Glass Lewis have provided guidance on the application of their respective policies due to the impact of COVID-19. Below is a summary of certain of the guidance and related considerations for public companies...more
The Division of Corporation Finance staff of the Securities Exchange Commission continues to address logistical difficulties arising from COVID-19, in this case with regard to paper Form 144 submissions....more
The SEC has approved and declared immediately effective an NYSE proposed rule change to waive, through June 30, 2020, and subject to compliance with conditions, application of certain of the shareholder approval requirements...more
The staff of the Division of Corporation Finance, the Division of Investment Management, and the Division of Trading and Markets has issued a new statement offering relief from the authentication document retention...more
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On March 25, 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission issued an exemptive order modifying its March 4, 2020 order granting regulatory relief for certain publicly-traded company filing obligations...more
On March 13, 2020, the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission issued guidance for conducting annual meetings in light of concerns caused by COVID-19....more
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On March 12, 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission adopted amendments to the definitions of “accelerated filer” and “large accelerated filer.”...more
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On March 4, 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission announced conditional regulatory relief to public companies impacted by coronavirus (COVID-19) granting them extra time to file or furnish...more
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On September 26, 2019, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted Rule 163B permitting all companies to use test-the-waters (TTW) communications. This change will enable all companies to take advantage of practices...more