On May 3, 2023, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted amendments requiring disclosure related to issuers’ share repurchases. Item 703 of Regulation S-K currently requires issuers to disclose information about...more
5/10/2023
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Stock Repurchases
Gary Gensler, Chair of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), has asked the Commission staff to consider updates to Rule 10b5-1 in an effort to “address cracks” in the current insider trading regime and otherwise...more
On June 23, 2020, the Division of Corporation Finance (“Division”) of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) provided additional guidance (“Topic No. 9A”) regarding disclosures about operations, liquidity and capital...more
In the wake of COVID-19, global stock prices have plummeted. Yet, the current depressed state of the markets may distort the long-term outlook of many businesses. Hostile bidders and unwelcome activists may capitalize on this...more
In an effort to reduce compliance costs for public companies, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed amendments on May 9, 2019, that, in part, relax the requirement for certain “smaller reporting companies”...more
8/16/2019
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Sarbanes-Oxley ,
Section 404 ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Smaller Reporting Companies
Last week, the Staff of the Division of Corporation Finance (the SEC Staff) of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) released new compliance and disclosure interpretations (116.11 and 133.13) (the New C&DIs), which...more
Beginning in 2018, U.S. public companies will generally need to comply with the pay ratio disclosure rule under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, which requires that each such company disclose the...more
10/2/2017
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Executive Compensation ,
Guidance Update ,
Independent Contractors ,
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Median Employee ,
Pay Ratio ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Wall Street
On November 2, 2016, the Staff of the Division of Corporation Finance of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued new guidance in the form of Compliance and Disclosure Interpretation Question 116.25 (C&DI...more