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Order No. 1920: Building for the Future Through Electric Regional Transmission Planning and Cost Allocation - Landmark Order...

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On May 13, 2024, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC” or “Commission”) issued a landmark final rule implementing transmission planning and cost allocation reforms intended to promote the more efficient and...more

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FDA’s Final LDT Rule Is Here, and the Changes Show the Agency Is Serious and Actually Listening to Stakeholders

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published its final rule on laboratory developed tests (LDTs) in the Federal Register on May 6, marking a watershed moment in the agency’s arduous decade-plus-long journey toward winding...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

CMS Finalizes CY 2025 Medicare Advantage Rule, Confirming Continued Focus on Marketing Practices and Health Equity

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On April 4, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued the Contract Year (CY) 2025 Medicare Advantage (MA) Final Rule (Final Rule), which will have significant implications for MA plans and other industry...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Making Waves: The SEC Publishes Final Climate Disclosure Rules

Key Points - On Wednesday, March 6, 2024, the SEC in a 3-2 vote adopted “The Enhancement and Standardization of Climate-Related Disclosures for Investors” (Final Rule). The Final Rule will require public companies to...more

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SEC Expands "Dealer" Definition to Capture Liquidity Providers

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Introduction - On 6 February 2024, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) voted 3-2 to adopt two new rules that significantly expand the definitions of a “dealer” and “government securities dealer” in Sections...more

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SEC’s New Rules Give SPACs, Target Companies Much to Consider

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On January 24, 2024, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) adopted new final rules relating to special purpose acquisition companies (“SPACs”). The new rules affect both initial public offerings (“IPOs”) for...more

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SEC to Continue Aggressive Enforcement Efforts in 2024 After Record-Setting 2023

This is the fourth in our 2024 Year in Preview series examining important trends in white collar law and investigations in the coming year. We will be posting further installments in the series throughout the next several...more

Paul Hastings LLP

SEC Adopts Rules Enhancing Short Sale Disclosures

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On October 13, 2023, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) adopted final rules requiring the reporting and disclosure of short sale trade data information. New Rule 13f-2 implements new obligations on...more

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Issues and Considerations Involving the Recovery of Executive Officer Compensation

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At the recent meeting of the Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation Subcommittee at the ABA’s Business Law Fall meeting, moderators identified several hot topics stemming from the new compensation recovery (clawback)...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

SEC Adjusts Anticipated Action Date for Publication of Final Rules for Cybersecurity Reporting and Enhanced Standardized...

Earlier this month, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) 2023 Spring Unified Agenda of Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions was released. The agenda identifies the rules that the agency expects to consider in...more

Blank Rome LLP

Regulatory Update and Recent SEC Actions - January 2023

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REGULATORY UPDATES - Recent SEC Leadership Changes - The Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) announced that Megan Barbero, currently SEC Principal Deputy General Counsel, will be appointed General Counsel,...more

Miller Canfield

ERISA and ESG: Less Confusion?

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​​​​​​​Last year the Department of Labor (“DOL”) proposed changes to ERISA regulations that govern the consideration of environmental, social, and governance (“ESG”) factors in retirement plans, as well as fiduciary...more

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DOL’s Final ESG Rules Reflect Warmer Attitude Toward ESG, But Maintain Bedrock Principle that Risk and Return Cannot Be Sacrificed

On November 22, 2022, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration (the “DOL”) released final regulations (the “Final Rules”) that are intended to be more supportive of ERISA fiduciaries...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Five Takeaways from the DOL’s Final Rule on Selecting Retirement Plan Investments

The Department of Labor (DOL) issued a final rule that explicitly allows—but does not require—retirement plan fiduciaries to take climate change and other environmental, social, and governance (ESG) considerations into...more

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SEC Requires Tailored Shareholder Reports and Amends Fund Advertising Rules

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Recently, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted rule and form amendments for registered open-end funds (Final Rules) that will substantially change the form and content of fund shareholder reports. The SEC...more

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The SEC's New Rule Demonstrates That It Believes Shareholder Reports, Like Clothes, Should Be Tailored to You

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On 26 October 2022, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted final rules and form amendments (the Final Rules) representing significant reforms to the content and delivery of shareholder reports for open-end...more

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SEC adopts significant changes to shareholder reports for N-1A filers and amendments to investment company advertising rules

On October 26, 2022, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted final rule and form amendments (Final Rule) that significantly alter the form and content of annual and semi-annual shareholder reports provided by...more

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The Reports, They Are A-Changin’ – SEC Adopts Final Rules to Revamp Shareholder Reports

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On October 26, 2022, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) adopted final rule and form amendments (the “Rules”) updating the annual and semi-annual shareholder reports (collectively, “Reports”) that mutual funds,...more

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SEC Adopts Modernized Framework for Open-End Fund Shareholder Reports and Disclosures

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On October 26, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted amendments to the existing disclosure framework for open-end funds (e.g., mutual funds and exchange-traded funds) intended to represent a comprehensive...more

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SEC Adopts Final Pay Versus Performance Disclosure Rules

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On August 25, 2022, the SEC adopted final pay versus performance disclosure rules. The breadth and complexity of the new rules require that companies begin to prepare the new disclosures now to provide enough time for data...more

Fenwick & West LLP

SEC Announces Final Rules Regarding Proxy Voting Advice and Proposed Rules Regarding Shareholder Proposals

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On June 13, 2022, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (1) adopted amendments (the “Amendments”) to the proxy rules related to proxy advisory firms and (2) released proposed rules (“Proposed Rules”) regarding the...more

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FINRA Closes Out 2021 with Further Guidance on Pandemic-Related Issues for Member Firms

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After extensive retrospective review of FINRA Rule 4370, which covers member firm business continuity plan (“BCP”) requirements during times of business disruption (such as the COVID-19 Pandemic), FINRA issued its...more

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In Another Win for Shareholders, SEC Adopts New Rules for Universal Proxy Cards in Contested Director Elections

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In a win for activist shareholders, on November 17, 2021, the SEC voted to adopt final rules requiring the use in contested director elections of domestic issuers of "universal proxy cards," or proxy cards naming all director...more

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New Rules for Proxy Contests: SEC Adopts Mandatory Universal Proxy Rules

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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved mandatory “universal proxy” on November 17, 2021. The final rules will apply to contested director elections at shareholder meetings held after August 31, 2022. The...more

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SEC Requires Universal Proxy Cards for Contested Director Elections, Amends Other Proxy Disclosure Requirements for All Director...

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As expected, the SEC has adopted final rules requiring the use of universal proxy cards in shareholder meetings involving non-exempt contested director elections held after August 31, 2022. In addition, certain amendments...more

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