Welcome to the latest edition of Fenwick’s Securities Law Update. This issue contains updates and important reminders on...more
Global events over the past quarter have had and continue to have a variety of disparate impacts on public companies. Below are some selected disclosure reminders to keep in mind for the upcoming quarterly reporting season,...more
With the end of the third quarter quickly approaching, companies may want to consider the following for their upcoming Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q...more
Ninth Circuit Decision Highlights Importance of Updating Risk Factors to Address Material Developments, including those relating to Cybersecurity Risks. As companies prepare their periodic reports with the SEC, a recent...more
The second edition of the Silicon Valley 150 Risk Factor Trends Report summarizes the risk factor disclosure practices of the Valley’s largest public companies. In August 2020, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission...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
On August 26, 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission adopted sweeping changes to the disclosures regarding the description of business, legal proceedings and risk factors that reporting companies are required to provide...more
In a first-quarter (for calendar year-end companies) SEC disclosure landscape dominated by COVID-19 considerations, almost all public companies included a new risk factor addressing COVID-19 in their first quarter Form 10-Q....more