As we bid farewell to 2024, we welcome not only another year but also several new disclosure requirements. In this Snapshot, we summarize several developments and best practices for public companies to consider as the 2024...more
Paul Hastings released its SEC Cyber Incident Disclosure Report today, providing a unique look at how public companies have responded to new incident disclosure requirements. The Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) approved...more
Last week, the SEC announced settled charges against United Parcel Service Inc. for failing to take an appropriate goodwill impairment charge for a poorly performing business unit, thus materially misrepresenting its...more
The Hamas terrorist attacks in Israel on October 7th and the Israel-Hamas War have had devastating impacts and threaten to destabilize the region, creating a number of challenges for a wide range of companies. Public...more
On July 26, 2023, the Securities and Exchange Commission adopted new rules imposing disclosure requirements regarding cybersecurity risk management, strategy, governance and incidents. The new rules, which became effective...more
As we near June 30, 2023, companies are advised to get a jump start on disclosure changes and possible updates to upcoming Form 10-Qs (or Form 10-Ks in the case of non-calendar year companies). The SEC recently updated the...more
Recent failures of certain domestic and international banks and resulting government intervention, acquisitions and subsequent developments have resulted in significant disruption in the bank sector. Compliance with U.S....more
On December 13, 2022, the staff of the Division of Corporation Finance (the “staff”) of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) published seven new or revised Compliance and Disclosure Interpretations (“C&DIs”)...more
On March 9, 2022, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) proposed amendments to certain rules regarding cybersecurity disclosure in order to standardize and to enhance disclosures made by public companies that are...more
Our Securities, Securities Litigation, and Privacy, Cyber & Data Strategy teams highlight the key aspects of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s latest sweeping changes to its cybersecurity reporting rules for public...more
As part of the SEC's broader rulemaking initiative, on March 9, 2022, the SEC proposed amendments to enhance and standardize disclosures regarding cybersecurity risk management, strategy, governance, and incident reporting by...more
On December 27, 2021, the California Court of Appeal issued two decisions addressing whether claims arising from statements made in filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) fall within California’s statute...more
On June 16, 2021, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 1187 (the “Corporate Governance Improvement and Investor Protection Act”), which would require the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) to establish rules...more
On November 17 the SEC adopted rules that permit the use of electronic signatures for most SEC filings and the electronic storage of executed signature pages. As a result, filers will no longer be required to create or...more
The Securities and Exchange Commission has adopted the third group of amendments to its disclosure requirements, originally proposed in August 2019 and discussed in an earlier Goodwin client alert. The amendments, which are...more
A public company may have an additional 45 days to file its upcoming Form 10-Q if its inability to file its Form 10-Q relates to circumstances relating to COVID-19, it files a Form 8-K summarizing why such report was not able...more
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
On March 25, 2020, the SEC issued an order replacing its March 4, 2020 order granting exemptions for certain provisions of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (“Exchange Act”) in response to challenges posed by the...more
The US Securities and Exchange Commission announced on the morning of March 25 the extension of filing periods covered by previously enacted conditional reporting relief for certain public company filing obligations, and...more
The novel coronavirus (“COVID-19”) continues to afflict companies in numerous ways. In the case of public companies, disclosure duties are implicated. No two companies are identical, so there is no “one-size-fits-all”...more
On March 4, 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced that the deadlines for filing certain Exchange Act reports with the SEC, including annual reports on Form 10-K and quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, have...more
Exchange Act Reports - On March 4, 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission announced conditional regulatory relief to public companies impacted by coronavirus (COVID-19) granting them extra time to file or furnish...more
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced on March 4 that it is providing conditional regulatory and time-limited relief from certain filing and periodic reporting obligations under the Securities Exchange...more
For companies that have yet to file their Form 10-K or companies that have filed their Form 10-K but are already thinking about their next filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), preparing disclosures...more
For Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) registrants with a fiscal year ending December 31, March 2020 brings the deadlines for filing annual reports on Form 10-K for all categories of filers. These registrants and other...more