What Does The SEC Approved NASDAQ Diversity Proposal Mean For Boards?
Financing Challenges for Small Cap Companies
On March 12, 2025, the SEC approved a significant rule change to Nasdaq’s initial listing liquidity requirements (the New Liquidity Rules). These changes make it more challenging for companies seeking to list on the Nasdaq...more
Our last in a series of articles on direct listings noted that we were expecting significant regulatory developments to give companies more flexibility to pursue alternatives to a traditional initial public offering. Those...more
NASDAQ continues to propose and enact temporary rules to provide relief to the NASDAQ-listed companies affected by the COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting market uncertainty. To streamline such companies’ access to capital,...more
Direct listings have been a hot topic in the news lately, particularly in light of the recent submission of proposals to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) by the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) (and indications...more
Many of our Canadian clients have decided to list their stock in the United States on the NYSE American exchange, instead of Nasdaq. Why? Stock price flexibility is a big factor....more
On April 11, 2019, Judge Denise Cote of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York granted in part and denied in part an underwriter’s motion to dismiss a putative class action lawsuit filed...more
In one of the first decisions to interpret and apply the U.S. Supreme Court's recent decision in Lorenzo v. Securities and Exchange Commission, on April 11, 2019, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York...more
On September 26, 2018, the Securities and Exchange Commission approved The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC's proposal to modify the so-called "20% Rule" contained in Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(d). The modified rule expands the...more
A simplified Rule 5635(d) could facilitate capital formation by changing the definition of market value. Nasdaq is proposing to update and simplify Listing Rule 5635(d) by changing the definition of market value and...more
Recent capital markets conditions have made at-the-market (ATM) offerings an attractive alternative to traditional follow-on equity offerings. ATM offerings reduce execution risk by permitting equity to be sold into the...more
This Glossary is designed to provide law students taking Securities Regulation with a tool that will assist them in learning the basic language of securities law and achieve a working knowledge of the fundamental principles...more
The IPO market picked up pace in May, with the month producing 16 IPOs. The five-month tally of 58 IPOs is 43% below the 102 IPOs over the first five months of 2014, but nonetheless represents the fifth highest first...more
The pace of the IPO market moderated in the first two weeks of April before gaining momentum to end the month with 14 IPOs—the highest monthly tally since the 21 IPOs in November 2014, although short of the monthly average of...more
We are pleased to make available to you our quarterly update on dealmaking market trends and legal developments for Fourth Quarter 2012....more