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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

Seward & Kissel LLP

Annual Report and Shareholder Meeting Season

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This memorandum is for our Capital Markets clients in anticipation of the upcoming annual reporting and shareholder meeting season for 2024. Below you will find key filing deadlines, new disclosure requirements, and general...more

Allen Matkins

California Says Corporations And LLCs Can't Be Directors; The Securities Exchange Act Apparently Believes Otherwise

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Nine years ago, I posed the question of whether the California General Corporation Law permits corporations to serve as directors.  My answer at the time was "no" because Section 164 of the Corporations Code defines...more

Wiley Rein LLP

Pay-to-Play Compliance Down the Stretch in the 2023 Elections

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The 2023 elections are a little over a month away, and hopefully, if your corporation holds or seeks state and local government business, you have been regularly reminding your directors, officers, and other employees about...more

Jones Day

SEC Pursues Violations of Rule 12b-25: Has "Broken Windows" Returned?

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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") has charged a group of small companies with making deficient filings on Form 12b-25, harkening back to the SEC's "broken windows" strategy from the last decade....more

Husch Blackwell LLP

New Rule 10b5-1 Disclosure Requirements Prompt Issuers to Reconsider Existing Compliance

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On December 14, 2022, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted several amendments and new disclosure requirements to address what it viewed as potentially abusive practices associated with Rule 10b5-1 plans,...more

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Recent SEC Enforcement Actions Highlight Importance of D&O Questionnaires

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A number of recent SEC enforcement actions alleging failure to disclose perquisites, summarized below, highlight the importance of the questionnaires routinely used in connection with the preparation of SEC reports and proxy...more

Burns & Levinson LLP

Client Advisory: Executive Compensation and Clawbacks

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Clawback compensation has been a longstanding tool for both public and private companies to recoup excesses paid to employees after the occurrence of certain untoward events. For example, it is not uncommon to find clawback...more

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Jump Start on Disclosure Changes and Updates for Q2 2023 SEC Filings

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As we near June 30, 2023, companies are advised to get a jump start on disclosure changes and possible updates to upcoming Form 10-Qs (or Form 10-Ks in the case of non-calendar year companies). The SEC recently updated the...more

Paul Hastings LLP

SEC Adopts Amendments to Share Repurchase Disclosure Requirements

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On May 3, 2023, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) adopted new enhanced disclosure requirements for issuers’ repurchases of equity securities. The amendments require issuers to provide the following...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

SEC Extends Time for Review of NYSE and Nasdaq Clawback-Related Listing Standards

On April 24, 2023, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) extended the time period for its review and approval of the clawback-related listing standards from April 27, 2023 to June 11, 2023....more

Snell & Wilmer

Delaware Confirms Officers, Not Just Directors, Owe Corporate Oversight Duties

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The Delaware Court of Chancery recently issued a decision clarifying that officers, not just directors, owe oversights duties to the corporation. Vice Chancellor Laster found that Caremark-type obligations extended to a...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

Recent Developments for Directors - February 2023

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SEC Amends Trading Plan Rule, Requires More Disclosure for Insider Trading Amended - Rule 10b5-1 for trading plans takes effect on February 27, 2023. The amended rule adds new conditions to the affirmative defense against...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Corp Fin Publishes New CDIs on Clawback Rules – Addresses Cover Page Check Boxes

On January 27, 2023, the SEC’s Division of Corporation Finance (Corp Fin) published four new Compliance and Disclosure Interpretations (CDIs) relating to the SEC’s recently adopted clawback rules. Please refer to our previous...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

What the SEC’s New Insider Trading Rules Mean for Directors

In December 2022, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) modified the rules governing preset stock trading programs for corporate insiders, known as 10b5-1 plans, which begin taking effect this year. The new rules...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

2022 Silicon Valley 150 Corporate Governance Report

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati is pleased to present our 2022 Silicon Valley 150 Corporate Governance Report, which reviews the corporate governance practices and disclosures of the Valley’s largest public companies. ...more

White & Case LLP

SEC Adopts Amendments to Rule 10b5-1

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On December 14, 2022, the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") adopted amendments to Rule 10b5-1 under the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"). Plans adopted pursuant to Rule 10b5-1...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

SEC Amends Rules for Rule 10b5-1 Trading Plans and Adds New Disclosure Requirements

On December 14, 2022, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted several amendments and new disclosure requirements intended to address what it perceives may be abusive practices relating to Rule 10b5-1 trading...more

McDermott Will & Emery

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

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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

Foley Hoag LLP - Public Companies & the Law

SEC Amends Rule 10b5-1

In August 2000, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) adopted Rule 10b5-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), which, among other things, established an affirmative defense to a...more

Farrell Fritz, P.C.

FTX, Sam Bankman-Fried and the Risk of Unchecked Founder Control

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“Never in my career have I seen such a complete failure of corporate controls and such a complete absence of trustworthy financial information as occurred here”.  Such was the lament of John Ray, the legendary restructuring...more

Sullivan & Worcester

SEC Adopts Amendments to Modernize Rule 10b5-1 Insider Trading Plans and Related Disclosures - Update

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On December 13, 2022, the Securities and Exchange Commission unanimously adopted amendments to Rule 10b5-1, imposing new limitations on the ability of insiders to utilize so-called “10b5-1 plans.” 10b5-1 plans are plans to...more

Fenwick & West LLP

SEC Adopts Rule Amendments to Provide Enhanced Disclosure of Rule 10b5-1 Plans and Insider Trading

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On December 14, 2022, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission adopted amendments to Rule 10b5-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (Exchange Act) and new disclosure requirements designed to enhance investor...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

SEC Adopts Mandatory Rules for Clawing Back Incentive-Based Compensation: Questions and Answers for Public Companies and Best...

On October 26, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted long-delayed rules which will require companies to implement mandatory "clawback" policies with respect to incentive-based compensation if the company's...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

SEC Adopts Final Clawback Rules

On October 26, 2022, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved final rules that will ultimately require public companies to adopt, enforce, and disclose policies to recover (or “clawback”) excess...more

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