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NWSL Creates New Private Equity Fund Policy but Stops Short of Allowing Sovereign Wealth Funds

With the 2024 season set to begin for the National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL), the league and its fans have much to be excited about. From new television partnerships and revamped jerseys for each of its teams to three new...more

SEC Adopts Final Rules Concerning SPAC Initial Public Offerings and de-SPAC Transactions

On January 24, 2024, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted final rules (Final Rules) related to initial public offerings (IPOs) by special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) and business combination...more

International News: Spotlight on Foreign Investment

In this dynamic global landscape, investors have always been required to make savvy, smart choices. This requires navigating through the intricate web of bilateral treaty protection, exploring the vital role these agreements...more

Requirement for Enhanced Share Repurchase Disclosures in Periodic Reports Delayed

On November 22, 2023, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued an order postponing the effective date for the new share Repurchase Rule (88 Fed. Reg. 36002 (June 1, 2023)) pending further SEC action. The SEC’s...more

SEC Adopts Amendments to Beneficial Ownership Reporting Rules

On October 10, 2023, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted amendments to Sections 13(d) and 13(g) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, which among other things, accelerate the filing deadlines for...more

SEC Imposes New Cybersecurity Disclosure Requirements

At an Open Meeting on July 26, 2023, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted final rules and amendments that impose new cybersecurity-related disclosure requirements for public companies subject to the...more

Deadlines for the Adoption of Clawback Policies Extended

On June 9, 2023, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved amendments to clawback policy listing standards proposed by the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and the Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (Nasdaq) that extend the...more

DOJ and SEC Charge Healthcare Executive for Insider Trading Scheme

On March 1, 2023, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) and the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) charged a healthcare executive with insider trading based on material, non-public negative information known to the...more

Nasdaq Changes Compliance Deadlines for Board Diversity Rules

On August 6, 2021, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved the listing rules proposed by The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (Nasdaq) to advance board diversity and enhance the transparency of diversity statistics...more

SEC Imposes New Restrictions on Availability of Rule 10b5-1 Defense to Insider Trading

At an Open Meeting on December 14, 2022, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted amendments to Rule 10b5-1 promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (Exchange Act), which impose new limitations on...more

SEC Adopts Final Pay Versus Performance Rules

On August 25, 2022, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted final rules to implement the pay versus performance disclosure requirement mandated by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act...more

SEC Committee Supports Chairman's Call to Reform Rule 10b5-1 Trading Plans

Last week, the US Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) Investor Advisory Committee (IAC) issued recommendations that the SEC impose new restrictions and disclosure requirements for trading plans that afford executives...more

SEC Approves New Nasdaq Board Diversity Disclosure Rules

On August 6, 2021, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved a Nasdaq rule change that requires its listed companies to have diverse boards or explain why they do not. Subject to certain issuer exemptions and...more

SEC Looking to Update Rules on Schedule 13D Disclosures

On June 23, 2021, US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman Gary Gensler announced that, to foster market “transparency,” he has requested the SEC staff propose changes to the 50-year-old Section 13(d) beneficial...more

SEC Chairman Requests Recommendations on Restricting Rule 10b5-1 Plans

At a June 7, 2021, conference, Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman Gary Gensler shared plans to “freshen up” Exchange Act Rule 10b5-1. He directed SEC staff to consider and recommend certain restrictions on the...more

Key Takeaways: SPACs and How to Plug into the Opportunities They Present in Renewable Energy and Green Infrastructure

On April 14, McDermott Will & Emery partners Tom Conaghan and Carl Fleming and Nicole Neeman Brady, CEO and director of the renewable energy SPAC, Sustainable Development Acquisition I Corp, discussed the rise of special...more

[Webinar] The Energy Market in 2021: From Crisis to Opportunity | SPACs and How to Plug Into the Opportunities They Present in...

The energy market has undergone significant change in the past 12 months, with even more on the horizon. Join us for a webinar series as we explore how these changes have shaped—and will continue to impact—the energy...more

SEC Amends Exempt Offering Framework

On November 2, 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) voted to amend the framework for exempt offerings under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (Securities Act). The amendments generally establish a new...more

SEC Modernizes "Accredited Investor" Definition

On August 26, 2020, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC or “Commission”) adopted amendments to the definition of “accredited investor” to add new categories of qualifying natural persons and entities and make...more

SEC Amends Financial Statement Requirements for Business Acquisitions and Dispositions

In May 2020, the US Securities and Exchange Commission announced amendments to the rule and forms regarding the financial statement requirements for business acquisitions and dispositions. Among other benefits, the amendments...more

SEC Provides Further Guidance on Covid-19 Disclosure

On June 23, 2020, the Division of Corporation Finance (CF) and the Office of the Chief Accountant of the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) released guidance that provides additional views on disclosure related to...more

ISS and Glass Lewis Update Proxy Voting Guidance for COVID-19

Institutional Shareholder Services and Glass, Lewis & Co. released revised proxy voting guidelines in light of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. This On the Subject details key implications for the 2020 proxy season...more

COVID-19 Considerations for US and European Public Companies

The Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and the responses of governments and societies to the crisis are having a profound impact on public companies and capital markets worldwide. Such companies, including those in the United...more

Life Sciences Company Settles Regulation FD Charges with SEC

On August 20, 2019, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) charged TherapeuticsMD Inc., a Boca Raton, Florida, headquartered life sciences company, with violations of Regulation FD for sharing material, non-public...more

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