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Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

A New Lease on LIFE: CSA Expands Listed Issuer Financing Exemption

On May 14, 2025, the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) announced Coordinated Blanket Order 45-935 – Exemption from Certain Conditions of the Listed Issuer Financing Exemption (Blanket Order) aimed at enhancing...more

Seward & Kissel LLP

SEC Releases Annual Registered Investment Company Update

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Who may be interested: Registered Investment Companies; Registered Investment Advisers; Boards of Directors; Portfolio Managers. Quick Take: The staff of the SEC’s Division of Investment Management (Staff) published its...more

Ropes & Gray LLP

SEC Notices Simplified Co-Investment Relief: A Sigh of Some Relief for Regulated Funds and Their Affiliates

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On April 3, 2025, the SEC filed a notice of intent to grant FS Credit Opportunities Corp. et. al.’s (“FS”)1 amended application for an order permitting certain business development companies (“BDCs”) and closed-end management...more

Cooley LLP

Preparing for the Virtual-Only Annual Meeting: Issues to Consider

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For those planning for a virtual-only annual shareholders meeting, here are a non-exhaustive list of issues to consider (these also apply to hybrid meetings, which also have other issues to ponder given the in-person...more

Jones Day

SEC Revises Guidance Affecting Shareholder Activism Under SLB No. 14M and C&DIs

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On February 12, 2025, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's ("SEC") Division of Corporation Finance published Staff Legal Bulletin No. 14M ("SLB 14M") relating to the application of the shareholder proposal rules and...more

Foley Hoag LLP - Public Companies & the Law

SEC approves Nasdaq’s proposal to remove board diversity rules to align with 5th Circuit’s mandate

As we previously posted, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit vacated the SEC’s approval of Nasdaq’s board diversity disclosure rules last month, after which Nasdaq indicated that it did not intend to seek further...more

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Fifth Circuit Vacates SEC’s Approval of Nasdaq’s Diversity Rules

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On December 11, 2024, the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled that the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) lacked statutory authority to approve Nasdaq’s board diversity rules. Subject to certain exceptions,...more

Seward & Kissel LLP

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit Vacates SEC’s Approval of Nasdaq’s Board Diversity Rules

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On December 11, 2024, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (“Fifth Circuit”) vacated the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (“SEC”) approval of The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC’s (“Nasdaq”) Board Diversity Rules....more

Latham & Watkins LLP

Hong Kong Stock Exchange Publishes Conclusions on Corporate Governance Code Enhancements

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The Stock Exchange concluded to adopt the proposed amendments to the CG Code, with certain modifications based on market feedback....more

Barnea Jaffa Lande & Co.

Approving a remuneration policy and paying remuneration to senior officers while overruling the general meeting’s opposition

Last month, the State Attorney-General and the Israel Securities Authority published their positions with regard to the overruling mechanism. The context relates to the requirement for public companies and private companies...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

SEC Charges Former Public Company Director and CEO with Concealing Close Friendship with Company Executive

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As most public companies enter their fourth fiscal quarter and look ahead to filing their Form 10-Ks and proxy statements, a recent settlement agreement announced by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) serves as...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

SEC Announces Increase in Registration Fee Rates Effective October 1, 2024

On August 20, 2024, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced an increase in the fees that public companies and other issuers will be required to pay to register their securities, from $147.60 per million...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Preparing Now for the SEC’s New Climate Rules

On March 6, 2024, the SEC adopted new rules mandating climate-related disclosures in public companies’ annual reports and registration statements. As anticipated, the rules are facing multiple legal challenges, which have...more

Foley Hoag LLP - White Collar Law &...

SEC to Continue Aggressive Enforcement Efforts in 2024 After Record-Setting 2023

This is the fourth in our 2024 Year in Preview series examining important trends in white collar law and investigations in the coming year. We will be posting further installments in the series throughout the next several...more

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