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Carlton Fields

Outlook Dark for the SEC’s ESG Rule After Loper Bright

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For 40 years, the standard of review for agency rulemaking was set forth in the U.S. Supreme Court’s 1984 decision in Chevron U.S.A. Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council Inc. Chevron held that when a statute is silent or...more

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Does Withholding of Taxes for an RSU Vesting Require Item 703 Disclosure?

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Item 703 of Regulation S-K requires, among other things, tabular disclosure of any purchase made by an issuer of shares that are registered under Section 12 of the Exchange Act. In our regular review of 10-K and 10-Q Item 703...more

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SEC Enforcement sweep picks up multiple companies and insiders with late filings under Section 16 and 13(d), (g) and (f) [RESEND]

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[We are resending this post from Friday because, for reasons well beyond my technical capacity, it was apparently not distributed to all subscribers. Hopefully, everyone that is supposed to receive it will receive it this...more

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SEC Enforcement sweep picks up multiple companies and insiders with late filings under Section 16 and 13(d), (g) and (f)

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Can we call it a year-end tradition yet? It’s almost the end of the SEC’s fiscal year, and, as it did last year around this time, the SEC has just announced a big Enforcement sweep of multiple companies and some...more

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Updating Your Description of Securities Exhibit

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As summer turns into fall and in-house lawyers start thinking ahead to the upcoming 10-K filing season, we’re often asked to review and update the description of securities exhibit(s) required to be filed with Form 10-K by...more

Venable LLP

Forward-Looking Statements: Safe Harbors Compliance Guidelines

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The securities law disclosure framework has evolved to encourage; companies acting in good faith to disseminate relevant projections pertaining to their businesses to the general public "without fear of open-ended liability."...more

Baker Botts L.L.P.

Form SD Deadline Approaching for Resource Extraction Issuers: Reminder and FAQs

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As previously discussed in our Client Alert issued on December 18, 2020 (available here), the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) adopted its final rule (the “Final Rule,” available here) requiring...more

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Liability for pure omissions following the US Supreme Court’s decision in Macquarie Infrastructure

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On April 12, 2024, the United States Supreme Court issued a unanimous decision in Macquarie Infrastructure Corp. v. Moab Partners, L.P. The Court held that “pure omissions,” including violations of Item 303 of...more

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Summer 2024 Corporate Communicator

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On March 6, 2024, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) adopted final climate disclosure rules (the “Final Rules”)1 to take effect as early as the beginning of the 2025 fiscal year. On April 4, 2024, the SEC...more

BCLP

2024: Updates and Reminders for Upcoming Quarterly Filings

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Potential regulatory uncertainty in light of Supreme Court decisions. The recent Supreme Court term produced several landmark decisions affecting administrative agencies, including...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Insider Trading Policy Key Terms and Trends

With the compliance deadline for the newly issued Item 408(b) of Regulation S-K approaching for calendar-year-end companies and the increased use by the Department of Justice and the SEC of data analytics in pursuing insider...more

Bowditch & Dewey

Lies and Half-Truths and Omissions, Oh My! Considering Rule 10b-5(b) after Macquarie Infrastructure Corp. v. Moab Partners L.P....

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SEC Rule 10b-5(b) makes it unlawful, in connection with the offer and sale of securities, for any person to make any untrue statement of material fact or omit to state a material fact when the omission renders any statements...more

Paul Hastings LLP

Public Company Watch: June 2024

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In the June edition of our Public Company Watch, we cover key issues impacting public companies, including the recent SEC staff statement on cybersecurity disclosures in Form 8-K, structural defenses against shareholder...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Supreme Court: Pure Omissions Cannot Support Rule 10b-5(b) Liability

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On April 12, 2024, the Supreme Court of the United States unanimously held in Macquarie Infrastructure Corp. v. Moab Partners, L.P. that pure omissions are not actionable under Rule 10b-5(b), promulgated by the US Securities...more

Locke Lord LLP

Public Company Option Grants in 2024

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Public companies planning to grant stock options, SARs or similar option-like instruments to executive officers in 2024 should consider whether to avoid the windows in which a new disclosure requirement under SEC rules...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Top 5 SEC Enforcement Developments for April 2024

Each month, we publish a roundup of the most important SEC enforcement developments for busy in-house lawyers and compliance professionals. This month, we examine: •The SEC’s first “Shadow Trading” trial; •SCOTUS’s...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

Macquarie Infrastructure v. Moab: Pure Omissions Not Securities Fraud Under Rule 10b-5(b)

On April 12, 2024, the Supreme Court in Macquarie Infrastructure Corp. v. Moab Partners, L.P., unanimously held that pure omissions cannot form the basis of a securities fraud claim under Rule 10b-5(b) of the Securities...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

REMINDER: New Insider Trading and Option Grant Disclosures for March 31 FYE Companies

In December 2022, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted final rules relating to insider trading arrangements and related disclosures. Among other things, the final rules require new issuer disclosures...more

Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P.

Supreme Court Ruling Resolves Split Regarding Failure to Disclose and Securities Fraud Claims

Earlier this month, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously resolved a circuit split on the issue of whether a failure to disclose information under Item 303 of Regulation S-K (the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s...more

Husch Blackwell LLP

Supreme Court Holds Pure "Omissions" in MD&A Disclosure Cannot Support Liability Under Rule 10b-5

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On April 12, 2024, the U.S. Supreme Court held in Macquarie Infrastructure Corp. v. Moab Partners, L.P., in a unanimous opinion authored by Justice Sonia Sotomayor, that “pure omissions” made in required disclosures do not...more

Morgan Lewis - ML Benefits

SEC Enforcement of Proxy Perquisite Disclosures

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is continuing its focus on disclosure of executive perquisites—and aircraft usage in particular—in registration statements, periodic reports, and proxy statements....more

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U.S. Supreme Court Bars Liability for "Pure Omissions" Under Section 10(b) of Securities Exchange Act

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The United States Supreme Court in Macquarie Infrastructure Corp. v. Moab Partners, L.P., No. 22-1165, ruled that a corporation is not liable under Section 10(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and Rule 10b-5 for...more

Carlton Fields

Supreme Court Clarifies That No Private Cause of Action Exists Under Rule 10b-5 for Pure Omissions, Only Uncorrected Half-Truths

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On April 12, 2024, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its opinion in Macquarie Infrastructure Corp. v. Moab Partners, L.P., resolving a circuit split among the Second, Third, and Ninth Circuits over whether plaintiffs could pursue...more

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Supreme Court Narrows Securities Fraud Exposure

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The Supreme Court recently took away an often-used weapon by shareholder plaintiffs in securities fraud cases, ruling that “pure omissions” from periodic SEC filings (absent any other duty to disclose) are not actionable...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Supreme Court Unanimously Rules “Pure Omissions” Not Actionable under SEC Rule 10b-5 Even If Disclosure Required by Item 303 of...

A company cannot be sued by private parties under Rule 10b-5(b) for a “pure omission” but can be liable for omissions that render other statements misleading. “Pure omissions” cannot be attacked in private 10b-5(b)...more

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