The Securities and Exchange Commission recently adopted amendments to modernize and simplify disclosure requirements for public companies. The changes made will have a broad impact on many rules and forms, primarily by...more
4/4/2019
/ Corporate Governance ,
Deregulation ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Financial Regulatory Reform ,
Financial Statements ,
Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act (FAST Act) ,
Form 10-K ,
Investment Adviser ,
Investment Companies ,
MD&A Statements ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Regulation S-K ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
XBRL Filing Requirements
The SEC recently adopted amendments pursuant to the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act (commonly referred to as the FAST Act) to modernize and simplify disclosure requirements in Regulation S-K, and related rules and...more
There are many ways for a public company to raise money, but one of the more increasingly popular choices is through an “at-the-market” or ATM offering, whereby a company can sell its securities into an existing trading...more
11/1/2017
/ Best Efforts Clauses ,
Form 10-K ,
Form 10-Q ,
Form 8-K ,
Lock-Up Agreement ,
MD&A Statements ,
Prospectus ,
Public Offerings ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Sales & Distribution Agreements ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Shelf Registration
The SEC has proposed a series of amendments to modernize and simplify disclosure requirements for public companies, investment advisers and investment companies, particularly those disclosure requirements under Regulation...more
When disclosing information in a filing with the SEC, it is important to know whether such disclosure and any related exhibits should be "filed" or "furnished". To non-lawyers, this may seem like semantics or another...more
Most in-house counsel of public companies are very familiar with the reporting obligations required by the trifecta – Form 8-Ks, Form 10-Qs and Form 10-Ks – but they oftentimes rely on outside counsel to help determine...more
Earlier this month, the SEC released a small entity compliance guide for issuers regarding its recently passed crowdfunding regulation to help provide issuers with some additional clarity. ...more
Annual reporting season is once again upon us, so as you dust off your to do list, here are a few of the many important items for in-house counsel to consider during the inevitable flurry of activity in the coming weeks....more