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SEC Commissioner Uyeda Suggests the SEC Will Not Rescind the Climate Disclosure Rule

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SEC Commissioner Uyeda, one of the Republican appointees to the Securities & Exchange Commission, recently stated (in remarks at the 2025 “SEC Speaks” Conference) that the SEC should not rescind the climate disclosure rule...more

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

SEC Abandons Climate-Related Disclosure Litigation — What Next?

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently informed the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit that it will no longer defend its March 6, 2024, rule requiring that companies disclose climate-related risks and...more

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Commissioner Crenshaw decries SEC action pulling the plug on defense of climate disclosure rules

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As reported in this PubCo post, the SEC announced yesterday that it was ending its “defense of the rules requiring disclosure of climate-related risks and greenhouse gas emissions”—the climate disclosure rules. In response to...more

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SEC Climate Disclosure Rules: Four Potential Paths Under President Trump

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The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted landmark final rules (Climate Disclosure Rules, or Rules) in March 2024 intended to enhance and standardize climate-related disclosures for publicly listed companies....more

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Courts May Call “Lane Violation” on Recent SEC Actions

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With increasing frequency, petitioners representing the securities industry are asking courts to decide that rules adopted by the SEC exceed the agency’s authority, even when the rules have barely left the starting blocks....more

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SEC Issues an Administrative Stay of its Climate Disclosure Rules

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On March 6, 2024, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC or the Commission) finalized its long-awaited climate disclosure rules on a party-line 3-2 vote. We previously provided a summary of the content of that final...more

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SEC Stays Climate-Related Disclosure Rules

The SEC paused implementation of the climate-related disclosure rules in the face of significant legal challenges.  The rules would impose substantial disclosure mandates on companies, including concerning the costs of...more

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SEC Adopts Final Rule for Enhancement and Standardization of Climate-Related Disclosures

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On March 6, 2024, almost two years after the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) proposed amendments “to enhance and standardize climate-related disclosures for investors,” the SEC adopted a final rule on...more

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Fifth Circuit Presses Pause on SEC’s Final Climate Regulation

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The court’s decision is the latest development in the litigation over the SEC’s final rules, which have faced numerous legal challenges since their adoption. On March 15, 2024, the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit...more

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SEC Postpones Effective Date of Share Repurchase Disclosure Modernization Rule

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On November 22, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued an order postponing the Share Repurchase Disclosure Modernization Rule (the Repurchase Rule). The SEC’s announcement follows the U.S. Court of Appeals for...more

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SEC Stays Share Repurchase Disclosure Rules

On November 22, 2023, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced that it issued an order postponing the effective date of the share repurchase disclosure rule (Repurchase Rule).[1] The Repurchase Rule was...more

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Fifth Circuit Requires SEC to Revisit Share Repurchase Disclosure Rules

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On October 31, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (Fifth Circuit) issued an opinion finding that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) violated the Administration Procedure Act when adopting recent...more

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SEC Reopens Comment Period for Rule Proposing New Disclosures for Security-Based Swaps

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The Situation: The Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") has reopened the comment period for its proposed rule requiring public disclosure of security-based swap ("SBS") positions that exceed certain thresholds....more

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SEC Sued Over Newly Adopted Share Repurchase Rules

On Friday, May 12, 2023, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce announced that it had filed a lawsuit against the SEC to prevent implementation of the SEC’s new Share Repurchase Disclosure Modernization rules, which KMK has recently...more

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