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Acting Chair Uyeda on SEC’s Priorities

Mayer Brown Free Writings + Perspectives on 2/27/2025

Members of the US Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) continue to share their views about the Commission’s current priorities, and Monday was Acting Chairman Mark Uyeda’s turn. Speaking at the Florida Bar’s...more

EDGAR Next: Questions and Answers

Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP on 1/31/2025

This year, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) is rolling out significant technical changes to its electronic filing system, EDGAR (which stands for Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval), aimed at...more

Capital Markets & Governance Insights - January 2025

Ropes & Gray LLP on 1/30/2025

Companies should not minimize the extent of a material cybersecurity incident by omitting material facts regarding the scope and potential impact of the incident. Cybersecurity risk factor disclosures should be tailored to a...more

Form 20-F for Fiscal Year 2024: What Foreign Private Issuers Should Keep in Mind

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 1/20/2025

There have been a number of notable recent developments in SEC regulation of foreign private issuers (FPIs), including disclosure trends and rule changes that impact the annual report on Form 20-F for fiscal year 2024. In...more

Regulatory monitoring - December 2024

A&O Shearman on 1/6/2025

1. Bank regulation - 1.1 PRUDENTIAL REGULATION - a) General - (i) International - FSB: Plenary December 2024 - Status: Final - The FSB has set out the outcomes of its Plenary that met on 3 and 4 December. Points of...more

SEC Enforcement Year-End Overview

White & Case LLP on 12/23/2024

2024 marks the final year of Gary Gensler's term as Chair of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"). The Gensler SEC has been aggressive on both the enforcement and rulemaking fronts. In response, the financial...more

Matters To Consider for the 2025 Annual Meeting and Reporting Season

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 12/11/2024

Our checklist and analysis present matters for companies to consider as they conduct their 2025 annual meetings and file reports to meet upcoming regulatory, shareholder and advisory deadlines. We outline key issues to...more

SEC Charges Four Companies with Misleading Cyber Disclosures

Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP on 12/3/2024

In October of 2024, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) charged four current and former public companies – Unisys Corp., Avaya Holdings Corp., Check Point Software Technologies Ltd, and Mimecast Limited – with...more

Regulatory monitoring Newsletter - February 2024

A&O Shearman on 3/4/2024

1. Bank regulation - 1.1 Prudential regulation - (a) General - (i) EU - ECB: Memorandum of Cooperation between ECB and CAs on third-country bank supervision - Status: Final - The ECB has published a Memorandum of...more

Regulatory monitoring: EU version Newsletter - February 2024

A&O Shearman on 3/4/2024

1. Bank regulation - 1.1 Prudential regulation - (a) General - (i) EU - ECB: Memorandum of Cooperation between ECB and CAs on third-country bank supervision - Status: Final - The ECB has published a Memorandum of...more

Cybersecurity Disclosure is Under the SEC Spotlight: Is Your Company Ready?

Fenwick & West LLP on 2/1/2024

Cyber incidents are among the fastest-growing existential threats to publicly traded companies. More than a technical headache, breaches can materially impact your bottom line—and the mere news of an incident can send stocks...more

New Disclosure Requirements for Your Form 10-K

K&L Gates LLP on 1/17/2024

After a prolific year of rulemaking for the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), public companies need to be aware of new disclosure requirements for their upcoming Form 10-K filings for the fiscal year ended 31...more

Securities Snapshot: 3rd Quarter 2023 - What You Need to Know About The SEC's Latest Rulemaking

Keating Muething & Klekamp PLL on 10/2/2023

The weather may be cooling down, but the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) did not cool down its pace of rulemaking during the third quarter of 2023. The SEC adopted its highly anticipated cybersecurity disclosure...more

SEC Adopts Final Cybersecurity Rules — Requires Companies to Focus on their Security and Disclosure Plans

Troutman Pepper Locke on 8/1/2023

On July 26, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted, by a 3-2 margin, a final rule to require more immediate disclosure of material cybersecurity incidents by public companies. In addition, the final rule...more

Long Anticipated SEC Cybersecurity Disclosure Rule Expected to be Finalized July 26

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 7/24/2023

The SEC has scheduled an open meeting on Wednesday to decide on the adoption of eagerly anticipated cybersecurity incident and governance reporting rules. If the agency adopts rules that align with what it proposed last year,...more

Shipping Capital Markets: 2022 Highlights

Seward & Kissel LLP on 4/18/2023

The outlook for the US and global shipping capital markets at the start of 2022 was optimism. The strong rate environment in the container and the dry bulk sectors that began the prior year was continuing and the fundamentals...more

Updating Annual Report Risk Factors: Key Developments and Drafting Considerations for Public Companies

White & Case LLP on 11/1/2022

The Annual Report season will soon be upon us, and it is important to assess a company's risk factors at the outset and whether recent developments, including those relating to macroeconomic, geopolitical, and public health...more

SEC Proposes New Rules to Enhance Reporting of Cybersecurity Issues

Fenwick & West LLP on 3/11/2022

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has proposed rules and amendments to enhance and standardize the reporting on cybersecurity risk management, strategy, governance and incidents disclosed by public companies....more

Coronavirus/COVID-19 Update

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 3/5/2020

As health organizations and governments around the world work to contain the coronavirus (COVID-19), businesses should be mindful of the various ways the virus may impact their operations and employees. The wide range of...more

SEC’s Increased Cybersecurity Enforcement and How to Reduce Your Risks

Perkins Coie on 9/29/2015

The SEC announced last week that an investment adviser had agreed to settle charges that it failed to take required steps to protect against and respond effectively to a cybersecurity breach. The action comes on the heels of...more

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