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The Most Wonderful Time of the Year: Form ADV Season

For most investment advisers, March signals the beginning of Form ADV season, where compliance officers gather all kinds of firm data to update a document fraught with potential regulatory liability. For the uninitiated, Form...more

Quarles & Brady LLP

Annual Update of Form ADV and Recent Regulatory Changes Affecting Advisers (UPDATED)

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As a reminder, each registered investment adviser must file an annual updating amendment to its Form ADV within 90 days of its fiscal year end. This means an adviser with a December 31 fiscal year end will be required to file...more

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Updating Form 10-K for Fiscal Year 2024 and Other Reporting Reminders

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With calendar year 2024 completed, US public companies with a December 31 fiscal year-end will be working to prepare their annual reports on Form 10-K for filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Companies...more

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2025 SEC Filing Deadlines and Financial Statement Staleness Dates

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We are pleased to announce the availability of our calendar showing SEC filing deadlines and financial statement staleness dates for 2025. Public companies are encouraged to keep in mind these important deadlines and...more

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Initial Form N-PX Filing Deadline for Institutional Investment Managers Approaching

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Investment managers required to file Form N-PX pursuant to Rule 14Ad-1 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, will face their initial Form N-PX filing deadline on August 31, 2024. Although the filing obligation...more

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Important Dates and Reminders for Investment Advisers, Exempt Reporting Advisers, Commodity Trading Advisors and Commodity Pool...

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INVESTMENT ADVISERS - Annual Compliance Reviews - All investment advisers registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) or at the state level are required to review their compliance policies and...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Guide to Maintaining the Confidentiality of Commercially Sensitive Information in Agreements Filed With the SEC – 2024 Update

Editor’s note: This is an updated version of our January 12, 2023, client alert. This update covers new staff SEC guidance addressing the options companies have when existing confidential treatment orders approach expiration....more

Foley Hoag LLP - Public Companies & the Law

SEC Launches Enforcement Sweep for Violations of Section 13(d) and Section 16

On September 27, 2023, the SEC announced a series of enforcement actions against six officers, directors and major stockholders of public companies, as well as five companies, for repeated failures to report information...more

Stinson - Corporate & Securities Law Blog

SEC Updates Electronic Filing Requirements

The Securities and Exchange Commission adopted rules and form amendments to: Mandate the electronic filing or submission of certain documents that currently are permitted to be filed or submitted in paper... ...more

Mayer Brown Free Writings + Perspectives

FINRA Proposes to Amend Rules 5122 and 5123

FINRA filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed amendments to the private placement filer form that members complete in connection with private placement filings made pursuant to either Rule 5122 or...more

Stinson - Corporate & Securities Law Blog

SEC Provides Limited Relief for Paper Filings of Form 144

The SEC staff provided limited relief for those who wish to file Form 144 in paper as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.  A Form 144 must be filed with the SEC upon the sale of restricted securities when specified in Rule...more

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Earnings Releases and Investor Calls in Light of COVID-19 – SEC Chairman and Director of Corporation Finance Issue Joint Public...

On Wednesday, April 8, 2020, the SEC Chairman, Jay Clayton, and Director of the SEC’s Division of Corporation Finance, William Hinman, released a joint public statement emphasizing the importance of disclosures from public...more

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Examples of CARES Act Disclosures in SEC Filings

The Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act, or CARES Act, is a little bit over a week old and public companies have begun to make disclosures regarding its impact in SEC filings....more

Vedder Price

Investment Services Regulatory Update - April 2020

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COVID-19 RELATED DEVELOPMENTS - SPECIAL REGULATORY UPDATE - SEC Updates Investment Company Act Exemptive Order in Response to COVID-19 - On March 25, 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) issued an...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

COVID-19 Impact on Public Disclosure on SEC Reporting Companies

The 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and responses to this crisis, including actions taken by federal, state and local governments, have had an impact on the operations of virtually every business and business...more

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COVID-19 SEC Filing Relief and Disclosure Guidance

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Public companies stressing over how to meet filing deadlines during the COVID-19 crisis and what to say about the pandemic’s impact just received a filing reprieve and disclosure guidance from the SEC. The Securities and...more

Mayer Brown Free Writings + Perspectives

SEC Extends Conditional Reporting Relief and Issues COVID-19 Guidance for Public Companies

On March 25, 2020, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) extended the filing periods covered by its previous conditional reporting relief order for certain public company filing obligations impacted by COVID-19. At...more

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SEC Offers Expanded Filing Extensions to Public Companies Grappling With the Effects of COVID-19

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On March 25, 2020, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC or Commission) issued an order that updated its March 4 order to extend the conditional exemptions from reporting and proxy delivery requirements for...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

SEC Offers Extended Filing Relief to Companies Hit by Coronavirus

Exchange Act Reports - On March 25, 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission issued an exemptive order modifying its March 4, 2020 order granting regulatory relief for certain publicly-traded company filing obligations...more

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SEC Extends Temporary Relief for Public Companies and Registered Investment Advisers Affected by the Coronavirus (COVID-19)

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On March 25, 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced the release of new orders superseding and extending the relief periods provided in its respective previous orders relevant to publiclytraded companies...more

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COVID-19 Relief—A Public Company Quick Reference Guide

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Order Under Section 36 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 Granting Exemptions From Specified Provisions of the Exchange Act and Certain Rules Thereunder - Q: Who is eligible for additional time to make required SEC...more

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SEC Provides Relief for Funds and Advisers Impacted by Coronavirus (COVID-19)

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The US Securities and Exchange Commission on March 13 announced temporary regulatory relief for registered investment advisers and exempt reporting advisers as well as for registered funds, registered unit investment trusts,...more

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SEC Provides Guidance On Annual Meetings For Companies Affected By COVID-19

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The Staff of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced guidance on March 13 for public companies that have been impacted by the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and that wish to modify the date, time or...more

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SEC Grants Relief to Funds and Advisers Related to COVID-19 Outbreak

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As a result of the current and potential effects of COVID-19, the SEC has relaxed certain requirements of the Investment Company Act of 1940 and the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 and rules under the Acts....more

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