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Electronic Filing Regulation S-T

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EDGAR Next Goes Live on March 24, 2025; Filers Should Enroll by September 12, 2025

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On September 27, 2024, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved a new filer access and account management system called EDGAR Next, via significant amendments to Rules 10 and 11 of Regulation S-T, along with...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

EDGAR Next: How to Prepare

On September 27, 2024, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted amendments to Rules 10 and 11 of Regulation S-T, Form ID, and the EDGAR Filer Manual, concerning access to and management of accounts on EDGAR...more

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EDGAR Next: The Next Era in Filing

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Introduction - On 27 September 2024, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted “EDGAR Next,” a collection of rule and form amendments intended to improve access to, and management of, accounts on the SEC’s filing...more

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Preparing for EDGAR Next

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On March 24, 2025, enrollment for EDGAR Next will open. All EDGAR filers, including existing reporting entities, Section 16 reporting persons, and Section 13 filers, are required to transition to the new system by September...more

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SEC Requires Electronic Submission of “Glossy” Annual Reports

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On June 3, 2022, the Securities and Exchange Commission mandated the electronic filing or submission of certain documents that reporting companies currently may provide as paper filings, by adopting amendments to Regulation...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

SEC Adopts New E-Signature Rules

On November 17, 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted rules (which are now effective) permitting electronic signatures for SEC filings, provided that certain procedures are followed. There are potential...more

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SEC Permits Use of Electronic Signatures in EDGAR Filings

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On Nov. 17, 2020, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced the adoption of final rules amending Rule 302 of Regulation S-T to permit the use of electronic signatures, along with conforming changes to...more

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New Rule Amendments Allow Electronic Signatures in SEC Filings

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On Nov. 17, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC or the Commission) adopted new rules to permit the use of electronic signatures in signature authentication documents in connection with certain filings with the...more

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SEC Votes to Adopt Rule Amendments in Order to Facilitate Electronic Submission of Documents

On November 17, 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) voted to adopt amendments to Regulation S-T and the Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval system (EDGAR) Filer Manual (EDGAR Filer Manual) to...more

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SEC Adopts Rules Permitting Use of Electronic Signatures and Provides Further COVID-19 Relief

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On November 17, in response to a formal rulemaking petition that garnered support from nearly 100 public companies, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued a final rule amending Regulation S-T and the Electronic...more

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SEC Adopts Rules To Allow Use of Electronic Signatures

On November 17, 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted amendments to Rule 302(b) of Regulation S-T (Rule 302(b)), which permits registrants and others to use electronic signatures in documents...more

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SEC Modernizes Filing Signature Requirements by Permitting Electronic Signatures

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On March 29, 2020, we reported on the SEC’s COVID-19 relief from its manual signature requirements for SEC filings. In that blog entry, we observed that, entirely aside from the pandemic emergency, the requirement in Rule...more

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SEC Adopts Rules to Allow the Use of Electronic Signatures

On November 17, 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) adopted amendments to certain rules and forms under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the...more

Mayer Brown Free Writings + Perspectives

SEC Adopts Rules to Facilitate Electronic Submission of Documents

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has amended Regulation S-T and the EDGAR Filer Manual to permit the use of electronic signatures for filings on EDGAR that are required to be signed and has made corresponding...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

SEC Staff Offers Relief from Manual Signature Retention Requirements for Electronic Filings Due to COVID-19

The staff of the Division of Corporation Finance, the Division of Investment Management, and the Division of Trading and Markets has issued a new statement offering relief from the authentication document retention...more

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SEC Staff Provides Relief to “Manual Signature” Retention Requirement in Light of COVID-19 Concerns

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The Staff of the various Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) divisions, including the Division of Corporation Finance, issued an announcement on March 24, 2020, which provides some flexibility to registrants seeking to...more

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SEC Staff Issues Statement on Regulation S-T Manual Signature Requirements

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On March 24, 2020, the staff of the SEC’s Division of Corporation Finance, Division of Investment Management and Division of Trading and Markets issued a statement concerning the authentication document retention requirements...more

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Blog: SEC Staff Offers Relief Regarding Manual Signature Retention Requirements for Electronic Filings in Light of COVID-19

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The staff of various SEC divisions, including Corp Fin, has just issued a new Statement Regarding Rule 302(b) of Regulation S-T in Light of COVID-19 Concerns. The statement offers some relief in connection with “the...more

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Complying with the SEC's New Requirements for InLine XBRL Tagging of Cover Page Information: Clarification Regarding Exhibit 104

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In March 2019, the Securities and Exchange Commission adopted final rules amending Regulation S-K and related rules and forms to modernize and simplify disclosure requirements for registrants. These amendments follow from the...more

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Do You Know Where Your Manually Signed Signature Pages Are?

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On September 8, 2015, the Securities and Exchange Commission settled an enforcement action against a company for, among other violations, a failure to manually sign and retain signature pages, as required by Rule 302 of...more

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