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At the Practising Law Institute’s 56th Annual Institute on Securities Regulation, panelists discussed how public companies are addressing cybersecurity and artificial intelligence (AI) related issues....more
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Cybersecurity Risk Management, Strategy, Governance, and Incident Disclosure rules officially went into effect in December 2023. Aimed at improving cybersecurity risk...more
On June 24, the staff of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) Division of Corporation Finance (Division of Corporation Finance) released five new Compliance & Disclosure Interpretations (C&DIs) relating to the...more
SEC Wins “Shadow Trading” Case - The SEC notched a major win in its recent Panuwat case, described as the first-ever “shadow trading” enforcement action. After a biotech executive learned about his company’s imminent...more
Last week, Paul Hastings attended the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Speaks 2024 event presented by the Practising Law Institute (PLI) in cooperation with the SEC on April 1 and 2. The SEC Speaks program provides...more
On December 14, 2023, Erik Gerding, Director, Division of Corporation Finance at the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) gave a speech on the SEC’s final rules (the “Final Rule(s)”) regarding cybersecurity risk...more
As the calendar year flips over to 2024, we want to remind registrants about several new rules that will impact disclosure for the 2023 Form 10-K and 2024 proxy season, update the status of some pending Securities and...more
The growing concern around cyberthreats for companies across the nation is reflected in the increasingly crowded legislative landscape that provides guidance to organizations, employers, employees, consumers, and investors....more
On July 26, 2023, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) implemented new cybersecurity rules to require disclosure of material cybersecurity incidents within four business days, with limited exceptions. Additionally,...more
Last month I wrote a post for this blog about the Securities and Exchange Commission’s proposals for more disclosure of cybersecurity issues. We reviewed some of the governance disclosures that boards might need to make, as...more
In This Issue. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed a new rule to increase market transparency regarding short selling and extended the comment period for its proposed rule requiring reporting on...more
On February 9, 2022, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) proposed a package of new rules and amendments to enhance cybersecurity preparedness and improve cyber resilience of investment advisers and investment...more
The Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (“OCIE”) recently released a report summarizing best practices for securities market participants, including public companies,...more
The US’s ongoing trade war with China—which just isn’t going away any time soon—has prompted the White House to propose a new “$16 billion bailout for farmers hurt by Beijing’s tariffs.” At the same time, leaders from both...more
1. Corporate Culture - The corporate culture of a company starts at the top, with the board of directors, and directors should be attuned not only to the company’s business, but also to its people and values across the...more
On October 16, 2018, the SEC released an Investigative Report detailing recent email spoofing schemes that caused nine public companies to lose a total of nearly $100 million. Building on its February 2018 guidance about the...more
As cybersecurity attacks have continued to gain prominence as a threat posing critical risk management and compliance challenges for financial institutions, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has emerged as an...more
On February 21, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) published interpretive guidance to assist public companies in preparing disclosures about cybersecurity risks and incidents....more
In remarks on Thursday of last week to the Tulane Corporate Law Institute, SEC Commissioner Robert Jackson discussed what he termed to be “the most pressing issue in corporate governance today: the rising cyber threat.” ...more
Much has been written about the SEC’s interpretive guidance on cybersecurity disclosures, issued in late February, including Commissioner Stein’s statement that it under-delivers for investors, public companies, and the...more
Prompted by concern over the increase in the risks and frequency of data breach incidents and other cyber-attacks affecting public companies, the Securities and Exchange Commission recently published interpretive guidance to...more
It’s been seven years since the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (Commission) issued its initial guidance to public companies on cybersecurity disclosure. And last week – in the midst of Form 10-K filing season –...more
The SEC's new guidance on public company cybersecurity disclosures and Chairman Clayton's accompanying statement emphasize the SEC's expectations that public companies: (i) implement comprehensive cybersecurity policies that...more
This week, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued its first formal interpretative release on public company disclosure obligations relating to cybersecurity since the SEC Division of Corporation Finance’s...more
On February 21, 2018, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission approved the release of Interpretive Guidance relating to public company disclosures of cybersecurity risks and incidents. ...more