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
Directors Quarterly: April 2024- With the explosion of generative artificial intelligence (Gen AI), companies are facing the challenge of moving quickly—but not too quickly. Gen AI governance has moved to the top of many...more
ESG continues to be a hot topic for 2024 for investors and regulators alike. The specific concerns investors and regulators have – and what they expect to develop over the coming months – differ, however, across...more
On March 6, 2024, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted climate disclosure rules which will require registrants to disclose detailed new climate-related disclosures in annual reports and registration...more
On March 6,2024, in a 3-2 vote, the US Securities and Exchange Commission adopted final rules requiring registrants to disclose certain climate-related information in registration statements and annual reports....more
In 2020, we published our inaugural Risk Factor Trends Report, which summarized the risk factor disclosure practices of the Lonergan Silicon Valley 150 (SV150) prior to the amendments to Item 105, Risk factors, of Regulation...more
Remember back in 2020, when the SEC adopted major amendments to Reg S-K designed to modernize the descriptions of business, legal proceedings and risk factors? You might recall that the SEC had long grumbled about “the...more
The Securities and Exchange Commission adopted final rules implementing the pay versus performance requirement as required by Congress in the Dodd-Frank Act. The rules will require registrants to disclose, in proxy or...more
Key Takeaways - ..The SEC proposed amendments to require registrants to provide certain climate-related information in registration statements and periodic reports. ..The proposed rules would require a company to...more
Recently, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) proposed a new rule concerning the disclosure of “certain climate-related information in their registration statements and annual reports” as well as “certain...more
Holland & Knight Partner and former SEC Enforcement Assistant Director Scott Mascianica sat down on March 28, 2022, with Eric Werner, Associate Regional Director for Enforcement in the SEC's Fort Worth Regional Office, to...more
Last week, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) released its much-anticipated and ground-breaking proposed rule for the disclosure of climate-related risks. “The Enhancement and Standardization of Climate-Related...more
On March 21, 2022, the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") voted 3–1 to propose amendments to Regulations S-K and S-X that would require registrants to provide certain climate-related information in their registration...more
As we’ve previously blogged, in November 2020, the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted amendments to the Regulation S-K items related to Management’s Discussion and Analysis (MD&A) as well as certain selected...more
On May 21, 2020, the Commission adopted amendments to the financial statement disclosure requirements for business acquisitions and dispositions by Commission registrants that also apply to companies undertaking an initial...more
The focus on quantifying LIBOR exposure and related disclosure requirements may be a ‘red herring.’ The real issues are (i) whether the LIBOR transition is merely an excuse to change the effective interest rates of financial...more
As we continue to stumble into 2021, initially disappointed that our low expectations for a relatively better year lasted only six days, our editorial staff hews to the clamor for a calming retrospective on legal happenings...more
In November 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) adopted amendments to management’s discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations (“MD&A”) and other financial disclosure...more
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission approved amendments to Items 301, 302, and 303 of Regulation S-K in November 2020, as described in a previous Goodwin client alert, “SEC amends MD&A and Other Financial Disclosure...more
Nearly a decade ago, I commented on the ambiguity that inheres in "shall"...more
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission recently adopted amendments to certain financial data and management’s discussion of financial information disclosure requirements in Regulation S-K. These amendments affect the...more
As public companies prepare for the 2021 reporting season, they will need to consider new SEC disclosure requirements and guidance. In addition, public companies must evaluate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic (COVID-19),...more
Last November, the SEC finalized certain amendments that would eliminate selected financial data, two years of supplementary financial information, and MD&A provisions for the contractual obligations table and off-balance...more
The Securities and Exchange Commission has continued its effort to update and streamline the disclosure requirements for filings with the SEC. In November, the SEC adopted amendments to the rules for Management’s Discussion...more
On November 19 the SEC issued significant amendments to the disclosure requirements governing Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations (MD&A). The amendments to Item 303 of...more