The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted rules expanding climate-related disclosure requirements in annual reports and registration statements for U.S. public companies and foreign private issuers. The final...more
3/29/2024
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Disclosure Requirements ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
Final Rules ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Greenhouse Gas Emissions ,
Regulation S-K ,
Regulation S-X ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Risk Management ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Regulation
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On October 10, 2023, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted amendments to the rules governing beneficial ownership reporting under Sections 13(d) and 13(g) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934...more
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On May 3, 2022, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted final rules to modernize disclosure requirements relating to the repurchase by issuers of equity securities that are registered under the...more
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The Securities and Exchange Commission on December 14, 2022, adopted final rules to amend Rule 10b5-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (Exchange Act). The amendments apply a cooling-off...more
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The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has adopted amendments to rules requiring most reporting companies to publish pay-versus-performance information in certain proxy statements and information...more
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The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has proposed new rules to address the way special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) are regulated. The new rules would enhance the disclosure requirements of a...more
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For the past 20 years, publicly-traded companies have employed 10b5-1 trading plans that allow company insiders to trade the company’s stock even while in possession of material nonpublic information. The...more
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The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently issued a proposal that would require more detailed and frequent disclosure of issuer share repurchases, often referred to as stock buybacks....more
John Coates, the Acting Director of the Division of Corporation Finance of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), issued a public statement entitled “ESG Disclosure – Keeping Pace with Developments Affecting Investors,...more
By a 3-2 vote, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has adopted amendments designed to modernize the disclosure requirements involving description of business (Item 101), legal proceedings (Item 103), and risk...more
9/4/2020
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Business Strategies ,
Capital Markets ,
Climate Change ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
Final Rules ,
Financial Statements ,
JOBS Act ,
Materiality ,
Modernization ,
Registration Statement ,
Regulation S-K ,
Risk Factors ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Smaller Reporting Companies
On May 21, 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) announced the adoption of amendments to certain rules and forms relating to financial disclosures about acquisitions and dispositions of businesses “to improve...more
On May 4, 2020, the staff of the Division of Corporation Finance (the Staff) of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (Commission) released guidance in the form of four frequently asked questions (FAQs) related...more
On April 8, 2020, Jay Clayton, Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission (Commission), and William Hinman, Director of the Commission’s Division of Corporation Finance, released an unusual public statement addressing...more
Given the far-reaching consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic, including unprecedented financial and operational impacts, volatile municipal market conditions and the potential for a significant economic contraction...more
On April 6, 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission (Commission) updated its Exchange Act Forms Compliance and Disclosure Interpretations (C&DIs) by answering two questions related to the Commission’s March 25, 2020,...more
As a result of the operational and economic turmoil that has been caused by the global spread of COVID-19, many public reporting companies are considering disclosure obligations regarding the various ways the virus has...more
The fallout from the 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak has significantly impacted a number of global industries and financial markets, causing uncertainty and disruptions that continue to evolve....more
3/13/2020
/ Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Corporate Governance ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Filing Deadlines ,
Filing Requirements ,
Form 8-K ,
MD&A Statements ,
Proxy Statements ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Relief Measures ,
Required Forms ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Regulation
The Securities and Exchange Commission is providing temporary regulatory relief due to the novel coronavirus outbreak....more
3/12/2020
/ Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Corporate Governance ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Filing Deadlines ,
Filing Requirements ,
Form 10-K ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Relief Measures ,
Required Forms ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Regulation
On August 8, 2019, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) voted to propose rule amendments to modernize the description of business, legal proceedings, and risk factor disclosures that public companies are required...more
8/16/2019
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Disclosure Requirements ,
Financial Regulatory Reform ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Registration Statement ,
Regulation S-K ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Rulemaking Process ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
As part of its ongoing review of the disclosure requirements under federal securities laws, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has proposed amendments relating to business acquisitions and dispositions by...more
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on June 28, 2018, adopted amendments to the definition of "smaller reporting company" (SRC) in Rule 405 under the Securities Act of 1933 (Securities Act), Rule 12b-2 under the...more
Nearly two years after issuing the proposed rule, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on August 5, 2015, adopted by a 3-2 vote, the final rule on CEO-to-median employee pay ratio disclosure in what has become...more
8/7/2015
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Data Security ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Dodd-Frank ,
Employees ,
Executive Compensation ,
Foreign Workers ,
Full-Time Employees ,
Part-Time Employees ,
Pay Ratio ,
Payroll Records ,
Privacy Policy ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Regulation S-K ,
Seasonal Workers ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Tax Records ,
Temporary Employees
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently proposed rules requiring national securities exchanges such as the New York Stock Exchange and NASDAQ to establish listing standards requiring publicly traded companies to...more
On Sept. 18, 2013, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued its proposed rule on the CEO-to-median employee pay ratio disclosure. This proposed rule adds disclosure requirements to Item 402 of Regulation S-K, as...more