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Insider Trading Policy Key Terms and Trends

With the compliance deadline for the newly issued Item 408(b) of Regulation S-K approaching for calendar-year-end companies and the increased use by the Department of Justice and the SEC of data analytics in pursuing insider...more

Long Anticipated SEC Cybersecurity Disclosure Rule Expected to be Finalized July 26

The SEC has scheduled an open meeting on Wednesday to decide on the adoption of eagerly anticipated cybersecurity incident and governance reporting rules. If the agency adopts rules that align with what it proposed last year,...more

SEC's Insider Trading Rules – Model Disclosures

The SEC recently introduced “Insider Trading Arrangements and Related Disclosure” rules that mandate disclosure of Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement utilization by directors and officers, as well as insider trading policy and...more

SEC Finalizes Share Repurchase Disclosure Rules: What Public Companies Need to Know

The SEC has adopted final share repurchase disclosure rules requiring public companies to provide more detailed disclosures about their share repurchases and to tag those disclosures in Inline XBRL. Below are the key...more

SEC Signals When It May Act on Clawback Rule Listing Standards: What Public Companies Need to Know

This week the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) extended its deadline for when the SEC must take action on the proposed listing standards to implement the executive compensation recovery rules (the Clawback Rules) to...more

What You Need to Know About the SEC’s Amendments to Enhance Investor Protections Concerning Insider Trading

During an open meeting held December 14, 2022, the SEC voted unanimously in favor of adopting changes to the rules governing insider trading defenses, including amendments to Rule 10b5-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of...more

SEC Updates Disclosure Requirements for Risk Factors and Business and Legal Proceeding Descriptions

Exchange Act Reports; Securities Act Filings - On August 26, 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission announced changes to Regulation S-K intended to modernize certain disclosures related to an issuer’s business...more

Final Amendments to M&A Financial Statement Disclosures Adopted by SEC

Executive Summary. On May 21, 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted amendments to the current rules that require public companies to disclose financial information on significant acquisitions and...more

Nasdaq Delays Implementation of Accelerated Delisting Process for Issuers with Bid Price Compliance Issues

The SEC declared immediately effective a proposed Nasdaq rule change to delay the implementation (the “Delay Implementation”) of the previously approved Nasdaq rule change (the “April Rule Change”) to expedite delisting of...more

Certain Shareholder Approval Requirements Relaxed as NYSE Provides Temporary Exception Due to COVID-19

The SEC declared, effective immediately as of May 14, 2020, a new NYSE rule proposal which provides a temporary exception through June 30, 2020 from the shareholder approval requirements for specified issuances of 20% or more...more

Certain Shareholder Approval Requirements Relaxed as Nasdaq Provides Temporary Exception Due to COVID-19

The SEC declared, effective immediately, as of May 4, 2020, a new Nasdaq rule proposal (“Listing Rule 5636T”), which provides a temporary exception, through June 30, 2020...more

SEC Staff Provides FAQs Related to COVID-19 Order

On May 4, 2020, the staff of the Division of Corporation Finances issued four new COVID-19-related FAQs relating to the SEC’s COVID-19 Order and its interaction with Form S-3 (FAQs were issued and not included in the staff’s...more

Nasdaq to Toll Compliance Period for Price-Based Continued Listing Requirements

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

SEC Corporate Finance Staff Provides Temporary Relief for Form 144 Paper Filings

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

NYSE Temporarily Relaxes Shareholder Approval Requirements for Certain Equity Issuances

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

SEC Offers Extended Filing Relief to Companies Hit by Coronavirus

Exchange Act Reports - 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

SEC Offers Guidance – How COVID-19 Impacts Conducting the Annual Meeting

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

Companies Hit By Coronavirus Offered SEC Filing Relief

Exchange Act Reports - 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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