Podcast: DeFi and Digital Assets: What do the UCC Amendments Mean for Business Transactions? [More with McGlinchey, Ep. 46]
Comment Deadline Approaching: Proposed Amendments Restricting Use of Prop 65 Short-Form Warnings
Hospices and The False Claims Act: Proposed Amendment Would Increase Liability Risk
New Developments in the World of Section 230
Videocast: Asset management regulation in 2020 videocast series – The SEC’s proposed accredited investor definition
Videocast: Asset management regulation in 2020 videocast series – Private fund regulatory developments
Proposed FRCP Changes: Effect on eDiscovery, RIM & IG (CLE)
Petition for Rulemaking with Respect to Cybersecurity Incident Disclosure - A group of financial services industry trade associations submitted a joint petition for rulemaking requesting that the SEC amend the...more
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) recently published a concept release (the “Concept Release”) in which it solicits comments on potential revisions to the “foreign private issuer” (“FPI”) definition. The SEC...more
On June 4, 2025, the SEC issued a concept release soliciting public comment on the definition of “foreign private issuer” (FPI) under U.S. securities laws. The SEC has identified potential changes to the definition that could...more
On June 4, 2025, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) published a concept release soliciting public comment in connection with its re-examination of the nearly 50 year old definition of foreign private issuer...more
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) published a concept release on June 4, 2025, seeking feedback on whether the SEC should amend the definition of “foreign private issuer” (FPI). In the release, the SEC asks whether...more
On June 4, 2025, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued a Concept Release, seeking public feedback on whether the nearly half-a-century-old definition of foreign private issuer (FPI) and the reporting...more
On June 4, 2025, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued a Concept Release soliciting public comments on whether and how to revise the definition of a foreign private issuer (FPI) under the federal securities...more
On March 14, 2025, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued the following press release (Release) to extend compliance with the amendments (Amendments) to Rule 35d-1 (Names Rule) under the Investment Company Act of...more
On December 11, 2024, the 5th Circuit issued another important opinion (for the third time this year) requiring that an administrative agency's rules fit squarely within the statutory scheme that empowers the agency to act....more
The SEC has issued a controversial 886-page final rule imposing climate-related disclosure requirements on publicly traded companies, including banking organizations, which will require them to include certain climate-related...more
The Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) announced as part of its agenda for its January 24, 2024 open meeting that it will consider whether to adopt new rules and amendments to disclosures in initial public...more
On October 10, 2023, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission adopted new rules (the Amendments) that amend Regulation 13D-G under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the Exchange Act), which provide companies, and the...more
On October 10, 2023, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) adopted certain of its proposed changes to modernize the rules governing beneficial ownership reporting. However, not all proposed rules were adopted;...more
On September 27, 2023, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) announced charges against six officers, directors, and major shareholders of public companies (“insiders”) for failing to timely report and file...more
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is holding an open meeting this Wednesday, August 23, to consider whether to adopt proposed rules under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 that, if adopted as proposed, would...more
Although the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) has not yet adopted the highly-anticipated final rules on climate change disclosure, in the second quarter of 2023 the SEC continued its heated pace of rulemaking....more
On May 3, 2023, the SEC adopted new disclosure requirements for stock buybacks, including disclosure of daily share repurchase activity on a quarterly basis. These quarterly reports of daily share repurchase activity will be...more
Rulemaking Background - On Dec. 15, 2021, the SEC proposed amendments to the disclosure requirements regarding purchases of equity securities made by or on behalf of an issuer or any affiliated purchaser....more
On May 3, 2023, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) adopted final amendments to Rules and Regulations under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”) to add disclosure requirements relating...more
On May 3, 2023, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) adopted amendments that increase the amount of disclosure an issuer must provide regarding its repurchases of its equity securities that are registered under...more
On May 3, 2023, in a 3-2 vote, the SEC adopted amendments to significantly increase the disclosure required about issuer repurchases of their equity securities that are registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934....more
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) has adopted amendments and updated disclosure requirements that are to be included in a reporting company’s annual report on Form 10-K or 20-F. The SEC has also proposed...more
[This post revises and updates my earlier post primarily to provide a more detailed discussion of the contents of the adopting release.] - At an open meeting in December last year—happy new year!—the SEC voted to adopt...more
On December 14, 2022, the SEC adopted final rules amending Rule 10b5-1, the safe harbor that allows directors, executive officers and others, including issuers, to engage in securities transactions while in possession of...more
On December 14, 2022, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC” or “Commission”) released four sweeping rulemaking proposals that would change market structure as we currently know it and introduce a new federal standard...more