The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) completed a historic rulemaking on March 6, 2024 by adopting new rules requiring public companies to disclose certain climate-related information in registration statements and...more
In a historical rulemaking, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on March 6 adopted rules that require public companies to disclose certain climate-related information in registration statements and annual reports....more
Entities in the energy industry are subject to a vast amount of reporting regulations. Earlier this year, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) finalized rules regarding the disclosure of cybersecurity attacks, adding...more
California Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law two watershed climate bills on October 7, 2023 that will require companies with significant revenue to make climate-related disclosures starting in 2026. The stated purpose of...more
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted on July 26, 2023 final rules and amendments for mandating disclosure regarding cybersecurity risk management, strategy, governance, and incident reporting, including...more
8/2/2023
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The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on December 14, 2022, finalized amendments to Rule 10b5-1 that will both amend the Rule 10b5-1(c)(1) affirmative defense to insider trading liability and create new disclosure...more
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced on August 25, 2022, that it has adopted new rules to require enhanced pay for performance disclosure that will apply to 2023 proxies for calendar year-end issuers....more
In a historical proposed rulemaking, the US Securities and Exchange Commission marked the first time it has indicated that climate-related disclosure is material information that all public companies must provide regardless...more
Public companies should consider the impact of new sanctions on Russia in assessing risk factor disclosure for upcoming annual reports on Form 10-K and quarterly reports on Form 10-Q. ...more
The environmental, social, and governance (ESG) landscape is being shaped by the establishment of various ESG standards and frameworks (summarized and compared herein), many of which have been adopted on a voluntary basis by...more
The Nasdaq Stock Market (Nasdaq) announced that it had submitted a proposal to the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) seeking approval of new listing rules to advance board diversity and increase transparency to...more
12/7/2020
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Securities Regulation
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced that it voted on November 19, 2020 to adopt rules to modernize, simplify, and enhance certain financial disclosures required of public companies under Regulation S-K. ...more
Updated for the first time in more than a decade, the new guidance for proxy rules and statements provides significant changes to certain disclosure requirements in the context of proxy solicitations....more
The Proposed Rules call for enhanced disclosures by companies in the oil, natural gas, and mining industries.
On December 11, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC or the Commission) reproposed rules (the Proposed...more