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The members of Maynard Nexsen’s Public Company Advisory Practice counsel public companies and companies aiming to become public on the full range of matters shaping their governance and operation in the public markets. As a...more
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has long required skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) enrolled in the Medicare and Medicaid programs to disclose information regarding organizational structure, governing...more
On March 31, 2025, members of the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Financial Services sent a letter to Mark Uyeda, Acting Chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Seeking to “undo the damage from...more
In recent years, a variety of alternative paths to public ownership and trading liquidity have emerged. The reverse merger is among one of the oldest alternatives to a conventional IPO for a private company seeking to become...more
On Friday, March 21, 2025, the United States Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) issued for publication in the Federal Register an “interim final rule” (the “Revised Rule”) that effectively exempts all domestic...more
The acting chairman of the SEC, Mark T. Uyeda, requested Feb. 11 that the Eighth Circuit pause ongoing litigation concerning the Enhancement and Standardization of Climate-Related Disclosures for Investors rule — (known as...more
On February 11, 2025, Mark T. Uyeda, the acting chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, took action with respect to The Enhancement and Standardization of Climate Disclosures for Inventors rule, which was adopted...more
On February 12, 2025, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the Commission) Division of Corporation Finance staff (the staff) issued Staff Legal Bulletin No. 14M (SLB 14M) to provide informal guidance on shareholder...more
On March 6, 2024, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) released final rules regarding the Enhancement and Standardization of Climate-Related Disclosures for Investors (the Final Rules). We provided an overview of the...more
On March 6, 2024, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) adopted new final rules requiring issuers to include extensive disclosure in registration statements and periodic reports regarding material...more
Currently on hold due to pending court challenges, the SEC’s rules to standardize climate-related disclosures created a fire storm of controversy and comments when first proposed. The final rules (assuming the courts sides...more
On March 6, 2024, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) finalized and adopted rules on climate-related disclosures for public companies, including foreign private issuers, that are less onerous than the...more
On March 6, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission adopted long-awaited final rules detailing climate-related disclosures required of public companies in their annual reports and registration statements. Originally...more
Sustainability is not a new concept. Environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) was created as a term back in 2004 in a report called “Who Cares Wins,” which was an initiative created by the United Nations. The ESG...more
The Eighth Circuit is poised to determine the fate of the SEC’s final climate regulation, potentially by the end of the year. On March 21, 2024, the US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit was selected as the court that...more
On April 4, 2024, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) voluntarily issued an order staying its recently adopted climate disclosure rules (the “Final Rules”), pending the completion of judicial review of...more
On April 4, 2024, the SEC issued a stay of its final climate-related disclosure rules. The SEC adopted the long-awaited final rules in March after receiving more than 24,000 comment letters....more
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
After months and months of deliberations and negotiations, the SEC finally issued its final rules for climate disclosures. The Enhancement and Standardization of Climate-Related Disclosures for Investor (“the final rule”)....more
Welcome to Saul Ewing’s Public Companies Quarterly Update series. Our intent is to, on a quarterly basis, highlight important legal developments of which we think public companies should be aware. This edition is related to...more
On March 6, 2024, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) issued an adopting release (Release Nos. 33-11275 and 34-99678), entitled The Enhancement and Standardization of ClimateRelated Disclosures for Investors (the...more
Nearly two years after the SEC released proposed rules regarding the standardization of climate-related disclosures, and after more than 24,000 public comments, the SEC adopted the Final Rules by a 3-2 vote on March 6. The...more
Overview On March 6, 2024, in a 3-2 vote along party lines, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued a controversial 886-page final climate-related disclosure rule (Final Rules) that will require companies to...more
After much anticipation, on March 6, 2024, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC” or the “Commission”) released its Final Rule—The Enhancement and Standardization of Climate-Related Disclosures for Investors—mandating...more
On March 6, 2024, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission adopted its highly anticipated rules requiring climate-related disclosures. The final rules represent a significantly less burdensome set of rules than those...more