On March 27, 2025, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) voted to end its defense of its Enhancement and Standardization of Climate-Related Disclosures for Investors rules in the ongoing Eighth Circuit case Iowa v....more
4/18/2025
/ Climate Change ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Final Rules ,
Greenhouse Gas Emissions ,
Proposed Rules ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Litigation ,
State and Local Government
On March 21, 2022, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed expansive and controversial climate disclosure rules. Two years and 24,000 comment letters later, on March 6, 2024, the SEC voted 3-2 to adopt its...more
3/13/2024
/ Climate Change ,
Corporate Governance ,
Corporate Social Responsibility ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
Final Rules ,
Form 10-Q ,
Greenhouse Gas Emissions ,
Materiality ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Regulation S-K ,
Regulation S-X ,
Rule 10b-5 ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Exchange Act ,
Securities Regulation ,
Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD)
On July 13, 2023, the US Small Business Administration (SBA) finalized major revisions to the regulations governing the small business investment company (SBIC) program (Final Rule). The updated regulations represent the most...more
On July 26, 2023, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) released final rules requiring disclosure by public companies of material cybersecurity incidents and policies and procedures related to cybersecurity risk...more
8/2/2023
/ Business Development Companies ,
Compliance ,
Corporate Governance ,
Cyber Incident Reporting ,
Cybersecurity ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Final Rules ,
Foreign Private Issuers ,
Form 10-K ,
Form 20-F ,
Form 8-K ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Risk Management ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Exchange Act ,
Third-Party Service Provider
On May 3, 2023, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) released final rules requiring enhanced disclosure relating to issuers' repurchases of their securities and executives’ trading thereof (the Repurchase...more
6/23/2023
/ 10b5-1 Plans ,
Corporate Governance ,
Corporate Issuers ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Filing Requirements ,
Final Rules ,
Form 10-K ,
Form 10-Q ,
Policies and Procedures ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Required Forms ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Stock Repurchases
On October 28, 2020, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) voted 3-2 to adopt Rule 18f-4 (the Final Rule) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the 1940 Act), which establishes a comprehensive framework...more
11/17/2020
/ Amended Rules ,
Business Development Companies ,
Closed-End Funds ,
Corporate Governance ,
Derivatives ,
ETFs ,
Final Rules ,
Investment Company Act of 1940 ,
Investment Funds ,
Mutual Funds ,
Repurchase Agreements ,
Risk Management ,
Rule 18f-4 ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
On October 7, 2020, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) announced that it voted to adopt new rule 12d1-4 (Rule 12d1-4) under the 1940 Act and related amendments (the Final Rule) to streamline and enhance the...more
10/16/2020
/ Business Development Companies ,
Closed-End Funds ,
Exchange-Traded Products ,
Final Rules ,
Form N-CEN ,
Investment Company Act of 1940 ,
Investment Funds ,
Mutual Funds ,
Registered Investment Companies (RICs) ,
Section 12(d)(1) ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
On April 8, 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) voted, at its first virtual meeting, to adopt rule amendments to implement certain provisions of the Small Business Credit Availability Act (the BDC Act) and...more
On November 25, 2019, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) adopted several final regulations to codify existing exemptions from commodity pool operator (CPO) registration. Among them is an exemption that was issued...more
12/18/2019
/ Business Development Companies ,
CFTC ,
Commodity Trading Advisors (CTAs) ,
CPOs ,
Electronic Filing ,
Exemptions ,
Final Rules ,
Investment Company Act of 1940 ,
National Futures Association ,
No-Action Letters ,
Registered Investment Companies (RICs) ,
Registration Requirement