On March 21, 2022, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) unveiled its long-anticipated proposed rules on climate disclosures, entitled “The Enhancement and Standardization of Climate-Related Disclosures for...more
3/31/2022
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Climate Change ,
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Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Exchange Act ,
Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD)
Following closely on its proposal for substantial new cybersecurity requirements for investment advisers and registered investment companies, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) unveiled a new slate of proposed...more
As public companies embark on the year-end reporting process, they will need to consider, and in some cases take steps to address, a number of significant developments and issues. As in past years, Mintz has prepared a...more
1/19/2022
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Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
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Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
Executive Compensation ,
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As our clients and friends know, each year Mintz provides an analysis of the regulatory developments that impact public companies as they prepare for their fiscal year-end filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission...more
1/26/2021
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Corporate Governance ,
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Form 10-K ,
MD&A Statements ,
Proxy Statements ,
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Virtual Meetings
The SEC has voted to amend the definition of the term “smaller reporting company” as used in its rules and regulations. Under the amended definition, which takes effect on September 10, 2018, SRCs are companies that...more
8/17/2018
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Disclosure Requirements ,
Financial Statements ,
Regulation S-K ,
Regulation S-X ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Sarbanes-Oxley ,
Section 404 ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Smaller Reporting Companies ,
Threshold Requirements
As our clients and friends know, each year Mintz Levin provides an analysis of the regulatory developments that impact public companies as they prepare for their fiscal year-end filings with the Securities and Exchange...more
2/1/2018
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Cybersecurity ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Dodd-Frank ,
Executive Compensation ,
Foreign Workers ,
Form 10-K ,
Form 8-K ,
Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) ,
Non-GAAP Financial Measures ,
Pay Ratio ,
Popular ,
Proxy Statements ,
Say-on-Pay ,
Section 162(m) ,
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Securities Exchange Act ,
Shareholder Meetings ,
Shareholders ,
Tax Cuts and Jobs Act ,
Tax Deductions
When a significant stockholder in a publicly-held company is considering plans to take the company private, how soon must the stockholder disclose those plans in a Schedule 13D filing?...more
ISS (Institutional Shareholder Services) has released its annual 2015 Proxy Voting Guidelines Updates. These guidelines apply to annual meetings to be held on or after February 1, 2015. Many of our clients have investors who...more
12/2/2014
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Greenhouse Gas Emissions ,
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Proxy Voting Guidelines