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On January 30, 2020, the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) proposed amendments (the Proposed Amendments) to Item 303 of Regulation S-K, Management’s Discussion & Analysis of Financial Condition and...more
On March 17, 2020, the United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit (“Court”) addressed a question arising under the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act (“FAST”). See Union Pacific Railroad Co. v....more
The news reports related to the spread of the coronavirus (temporary name of 2019-nCoV (“CV”)) and current and potential economic impacts from it may raise securities law disclosure issues for some companies. ...more
On January 24, 2020, the SEC’s Division of Corporation Finance released three new compliance and disclosure interpretations (“C&DIs”) related to revised Instruction 1 to Item 303(a) of Regulation S-K (“Instruction 1”),...more
With many year-end companies working on initial drafts of their 2020 proxy statements, we thought it might be worth sending a quick reminder of two recent rule changes – briefly summarized below – that will (modestly) impact...more
The SEC issued documents on January 30, 2020, regarding management discussion and analysis (MD&A) and other disclosures. ...more
As discussed in earlier blog posts, as a result of various FAST Act mandated changes to Regulation S-K, which were adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission and became effective in May 2019, a registrant may omit a...more
This memorandum outlines key considerations from White & Case’s Public Company Advisory Practice for foreign private issuers (“FPIs”) in preparation for the 2020 annual reporting season. It describes our key considerations...more
Preparations for annual reporting on Form 10-K and the 2020 proxy season have begun in earnest for many companies. We have summarized certain governance and disclosure developments that should be considered in the course of...more
As reporting companies advance in preparations of their 2019 annual report and 2020 proxy statement, this update includes a recap of some of the more significant disclosure rules adopted and other announcements published by...more
With proxy and reporting season preparations in full swing, demands on time are high and resources might be limited, so we focus our reminders on new and changed disclosure items that might otherwise be easy to overlook. ...more
There have been significant recent developments in U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) regulation of foreign private issuers, (FPIs) including changes that impact the annual report on Form 20-F for fiscal year 2019....more
Our preliminary list of important planning considerations for the 2020 proxy season is set forth below. Directors’ and Officers’ Questionnaires; Committee Charters - We have identified only a few possible changes to...more
On August 8, 2019, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed amendments to the requirements related to the description of business, legal proceedings, and risk factors in SEC filings. These amendments are...more
On August 8, 2019, the Securities and Exchange Commission proposed sweeping changes to the disclosures regarding the description of business, legal proceedings and risk factors that reporting companies are required to provide...more
The Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act, or FAST Act, required the SEC to consider ways to streamline SEC regulations. Accordingly, the SEC adopted final amendments to its rules that are intended to modernize and...more
The Securities and Exchange Commission announced an open meeting for August 8th to consider whether to propose rule amendments to modernize the description of business, legal proceedings, and risk factor disclosures required...more
In the inaugural issue of Investment Management Update, we summarize regulatory, litigation and industry developments from February 2019 to May 2019 impacting the investment management sector....more
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently adopted rule amendments to modernize and simplify certain disclosure requirements in Regulation S-K and related SEC rules and forms under the Securities Act of 1933, as...more
The SEC has adopted rule amendments to simplify disclosure requirements consistent with its mandate under the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act. ...more
On March 20, 2019, the SEC adopted, with a dissent by Commissioner Robert Jackson, changes to its rules and forms designed to modernize and simplify disclosure requirements. The final amendments, FAST Act Modernization and...more
The SEC recently published final rules that allow publicly traded bank holding companies and banks to simplify their public disclosures and provide more meaningful information to investors. Most of the rules become effective...more
The US Securities and Exchange Commission recently adopted useful housekeeping rule amendments that reduce outdated, redundant, and unnecessary disclosures. The amendments are intended to reduce costs to public companies and...more
Although the SEC was closed during the first few weeks of the year, they came back strong to close out the quarter with a flurry of final and proposed rulemakings. Over the first quarter of 2019, the SEC adopted additional...more
On March 20, 2019, the SEC adopted amendments to existing rules that, among other provisions, permit the omission of certain confidential information from material contracts without separately requesting confidential...more