On November 8, 2024, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) announced a settled enforcement action (the “SEC Order”) against Invesco Advisers, Inc. (“Invesco”), an investment advisory firm, for making misleading...more
11/14/2024
/ Corporate Governance ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
False Statements ,
Greenwashing ,
Investment ,
Investment Adviser ,
Investment Advisers Act of 1940 ,
Policies and Procedures ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
Over the last few months, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) discretely disbanded the Climate and ESG Taskforce (“ESG Task Force”) of its Division of Enforcement. The move follows a wave of recent pushback...more
After much anticipation, on March 6, 2024, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC” or the “Commission”) released its Final Rule—The Enhancement and Standardization of Climate-Related Disclosures for Investors—mandating...more
3/29/2024
/ Business Development Companies ,
Carbon Emissions ,
Climate Change ,
Corporate Governance ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Final Rules ,
Foreign Issuers ,
Form S-8 ,
MD&A Statements ,
PSLRA ,
Regulation S-K ,
Safe Harbors ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Exchange Act
The SEC announced on November 22, 2023, an order staying its share repurchase disclosure rule pending further SEC action. Companies therefore do not need to comply with the rule’s previous compliance date subject to further...more
Evaluating a broad spectrum of challenges raised by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and others, a unanimous panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit recently held that the SEC failed to provide a sufficient...more
11/20/2023
/ Administrative Procedure Act ,
Arbitrary and Capricious ,
Certiorari ,
Chamber of Commerce ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Final Rules ,
First Amendment ,
Form 10-K ,
Investment Company Act of 1940 ,
SCOTUS ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Stock Repurchases
Recent enforcement actions brought by the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) signal that the SEC is paying close attention to public company financial reporting and will continue to punish misleading accounting and...more
The Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) will soon have the tools necessary to enforce its longstanding rules regarding share repurchases. On May 3, 2023, the SEC adopted new rules to “modernize” its repurchase...more
On January 9, 2023, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) issued a cease-and-desist order (the “Order”)1 charging McDonald’s Corporation (“McDonald’s”) and its ex-CEO, Stephen Easterbrook, with multiple disclosure...more
1/25/2023
/ Breach of Duty ,
Cease and Desist Orders ,
CEOs ,
Civil Monetary Penalty ,
Compensation ,
Disclosure ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Executive Compensation ,
Failure To Disclose ,
Fraternization Policies ,
Internal Investigations ,
McDonalds ,
Principal Executive Officer ,
Proxy Statements ,
Regulation S-K ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Exchange Act ,
Separation Agreement ,
Termination for Cause
The SEC has been busy under the Biden administration. From rulemaking to enforcement, the agency is pushing boundaries and expanding its reach into new and active areas of the market....more
11/7/2022
/ Clawbacks ,
Corporate Governance ,
Decentralized Finance (DeFi) ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
Insider Trading ,
Investment Adviser ,
Investment Company Act of 1940 ,
Recordkeeping Requirements ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Text Messages
In this program, we will focus on SEC developments affecting, and practical aspects of preparing for, public companies’ annual meetings and annual reports, including compensation, shareholder proposals and corporate...more
11/4/2022
/ Annual Meeting ,
Annual Reports ,
Climate Change ,
Compensation ,
Continuing Legal Education ,
Corporate Governance ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Enforcement ,
Ethics ,
MD&A Statements ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Shareholder Activism ,
Shareholder Proposals ,
Sustainability ,
Webinars
On May 25, 2022, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) introduced a proposal to amend certain rules and forms under the U.S. Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (the “Advisers Act”) to require investment advisers and...more
On May 23, 2022, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) charged BNY Mellon Investment Adviser, Inc. (“BNYMIA”) for material misstatements and omissions regarding its consideration of Environmental, Social, and...more
On March 21, the Securities and Exchange Commission released its much-anticipated proposed climate disclosure rule that would require public issuers to provide certain climate-related information in their public...more
Following hot on the heels of the eagerly anticipated release of a proposed rule regarding climate-related disclosures (The Enhancement and Standardization of Climate-Related Disclosures for Investors), the Securities and...more
On March 30, 2022, the commissioners of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), in a 3-to-1 decision approved the much anticipated proposed rules relating to special purpose acquisition companies (“SPACs”)....more