For the 2025 proxy and annual reporting season, there are a number of key issues to consider and keep an eye on for further developments as preparations commence. This alert provides an overview of these issues and updates in...more
The first year of a new significant regulatory obligation is often more notable for the absence of regulatory enforcement actions as regulators often observe compliance efforts and challenges, offer guidance, and look for...more
1/7/2025
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Compliance ,
Corporate Governance ,
Cyber Incident Reporting ,
Cybersecurity ,
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Enforcement ,
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Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Risk Management ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
Nearly two years after the SEC released proposed rules regarding the standardization of climate-related disclosures, and after more than 24,000 public comments, the SEC adopted the Final Rules by a 3-2 vote on March 6. The...more
4/1/2024
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Corporate Governance ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
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Financial Reporting ,
Greenhouse Gas Emissions ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Regulation S-K ,
Regulation S-X ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Regulation
For the upcoming 2024 proxy and annual reporting season, there are a number of key issues to consider and keep an eye on for further developments as preparations commence. This alert provides an overview of these issues and...more
12/6/2023
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Climate Change ,
Corporate Governance ,
Cybersecurity ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
Proxy Season ,
Proxy Statements ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Exchange Act ,
Securities Regulation
A federal appeals court has directed the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to rework certain regulatory amendments, adopted in May 2023, requiring public companies to provide enhanced disclosures on repurchases of...more
11/10/2023
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Compliance ,
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Form 10-Q ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Repurchase Agreements ,
Repurchases ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Stock Repurchases
In July 2023, the SEC adopted new cybersecurity rules for the stated purpose of enhancing and standardizing disclosures regarding cybersecurity risk management, strategy, governance and incidents by public companies. The...more
10/27/2023
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Cyber Incident Reporting ,
Cybersecurity ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Form 8-K ,
Materiality ,
Popular ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Regulation S-K ,
Risk Management ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Regulation
Rulemaking Background -
On Dec. 15, 2021, the SEC proposed amendments to the disclosure requirements regarding purchases of equity securities made by or on behalf of an issuer or any affiliated purchaser....more
5/16/2023
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Comment Period ,
Corporate Issuers ,
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Foreign Issuers ,
Foreign Private Issuers ,
Form 10-K ,
Form 10-Q ,
Proposed Amendments ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Regulation S-K ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Regulation ,
Share Buybacks ,
Stock Repurchases ,
XBRL Filing Requirements
On Dec. 14, 2022, the SEC voted to adopt amendments to Rule 10b5-1 and to enhance disclosure requirements, in an attempt to establish meaningful guardrails around the use of Rule 10b5-1 trading plans and strengthen...more
12/20/2022
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Affirmative Defenses ,
Cooling-Off Rule ,
Corporate Governance ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Equity Securities ,
Insider Trading ,
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Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Exchange Act ,
Securities Regulation
Companies are beginning to look ahead to the upcoming 2023 proxy and annual reporting season, and there are a number of key issues to consider as preparations commence. This alert provides an overview of these issues and...more
12/15/2022
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Beneficial Owner ,
Board of Directors ,
Clawbacks ,
Climate Change ,
Corporate Governance ,
Cybersecurity ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
Executive Compensation ,
Filing Requirements ,
Human Capital ,
MD&A Statements ,
Proposed Rules ,
Proxy Season ,
Proxy Statements ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued a release on Oct. 7, 2022 (Release No. 33-11117, the “Release”) indicating that it was reopening comment periods for 11 proposed rules and a request for comment....more
On March 9, 2022, the SEC released proposed rules intended to enhance and standardize disclosures regarding cybersecurity risk management, strategy, governance and cyber incident reporting by companies that are subject to the...more
3/14/2022
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Cybersecurity ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Foreign Private Issuers ,
Form 8-K ,
Policies and Procedures ,
Proposed Rules ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Regulation S-K ,
Risk Management ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
Key Takeaways - The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued proposed rules regarding Rule 10b5-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the Exchange Act) and insider trading, which would add conditions to the...more
On June 14, 2021, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC or Commission) settled charges against an issuer for disclosure controls and procedures violations relating to a cybersecurity vulnerability that exposed...more
On Dec. 1, 2020, The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (Nasdaq) submitted a proposal to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to require a company listed on its exchanges, with some exceptions, to (a) have at least two...more
On Nov. 19, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted final amendments, available here, to Regulation S-K, and related rules and forms, to further “modernize, simplify and enhance” certain financial disclosure...more
On August 26, 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC or Commission) decided in a 3-2 vote to adopt amendments to modernize the disclosure required under Item 101, Description of Business; Item 103, Legal...more
On June 23, 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) Division of Corporate Finance (CorpFin) issued CF Disclosure Guidance Topic No. 9A, which supplements its earlier COVID-19-related guidance to provide...more
On May 21, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) voted to adopt amendments to its rules and forms to assist companies in determining whether an acquired or disposed business is significant and to improve the...more
The COVID-19 crisis is truly global in scope. Public issuers over a course of mere weeks have been confronted with the myriad challenges presented to their workforce and business operations. Forced to navigate uncharted...more
On March 25, the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) Division of Corporate Finance (CorpFin) issued Disclosure Guidance Topic No. 9, which provides its views on disclosure and other securities law obligations companies...more
On March 25, 2020, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC or Commission) issued an order that updated its March 4 order to extend the conditional exemptions from reporting and proxy delivery requirements for...more
3/30/2020
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Disclosure Requirements ,
Filing Deadlines ,
Filing Requirements ,
Form 8-K ,
Proxy Statements ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Relief Measures ,
Required Forms ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Regulation
Extended Filing Deadlines – The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued an order on March 4 providing conditional filing relief for companies affected by the new coronavirus....more
On Aug. 8, 2019, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed amendments to modernize the description of business (Item 101), legal proceedings (Item 103) and risk factor disclosures (Item 105) that companies...more
On May 3, 2019, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed amendments, available here, to its rules and forms to simplify the disclosure requirements for financial statements relating to acquisitions and...more
On March 20, 2019, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted amendments to the disclosure requirements for public companies under Regulation S-K, and to similar provisions regarding investment company disclosures. ...more