On November 17, 2020, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) adopted amendments to Rule 302(b) of Regulation S-T that permits individuals to sign the signature page or other document (“Authentication...more
As discussed in our November 24, 2020 post, amended Rule 302 under Regulation S-T permits the use of electronic signatures on documents “authenticating” typewritten signatures that are included in a company’s filings with the...more
On November 17, 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted rules (which are now effective) permitting electronic signatures for SEC filings, provided that certain procedures are followed. There are potential...more
On Nov. 17, 2020, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced the adoption of final rules amending Rule 302 of Regulation S-T to permit the use of electronic signatures, along with conforming changes to...more
On Nov. 17, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC or the Commission) adopted new rules to permit the use of electronic signatures in signature authentication documents in connection with certain filings with the...more
On November 17, 2020, the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted amendments to Rule 302(b) of Regulation S-T and the Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval system (EDGAR) Filer Manual...more
On November 17, 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) voted to adopt amendments to Regulation S-T and the Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval system (EDGAR) Filer Manual (EDGAR Filer Manual) to...more
On November 17, in response to a formal rulemaking petition that garnered support from nearly 100 public companies, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued a final rule amending Regulation S-T and the Electronic...more
On November 17, 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted amendments to Rule 302(b) of Regulation S-T (Rule 302(b)), which permits registrants and others to use electronic signatures in documents...more
The SEC has adopted final rules regarding electronic signatures with respect to Regulation S-T Rule 302. New Rule 302(b)(2) of Regulation S-T provides that, before a signatory initially uses an electronic signature to sign...more
On March 29, 2020, we reported on the SEC’s COVID-19 relief from its manual signature requirements for SEC filings. In that blog entry, we observed that, entirely aside from the pandemic emergency, the requirement in Rule...more
On November 20, 2020, the SEC staff issued a revised Statement regarding the extension, for an indeterminate period, of temporary relief related to authentication document retention requirements under Rule 302(b) of Reg S-T...more
On November 17, 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) adopted amendments to certain rules and forms under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the...more
In April 2020, Fenwick & West, together with two other leading Silicon Valley-based law firms, submitted a formal rule-making petition to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) requesting that the SEC adopt new...more
Yesterday, in recognition of the widespread use of electronic signatures, the SEC adopted rules and amendments to permit the use of electronic signatures in signature “authentication documents” required under Reg S-T in...more
The staff of the Division of Corporation Finance, the Division of Investment Management, and the Division of Trading and Markets has issued a new statement offering relief from the authentication document retention...more
The Staff of the various Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) divisions, including the Division of Corporation Finance, issued an announcement on March 24, 2020, which provides some flexibility to registrants seeking to...more
On March 24, 2020, the staff of the SEC’s Division of Corporation Finance, Division of Investment Management and Division of Trading and Markets issued a statement concerning the authentication document retention requirements...more
On March 24, 2020, the staff of the Division of Corporation Finance, the Division of Investment Management, and the Division of Trading and Markets (together, the “Staff”) published Staff Statement Regarding Rule 302(b) of...more
The staff of various SEC divisions, including Corp Fin, has just issued a new Statement Regarding Rule 302(b) of Regulation S-T in Light of COVID-19 Concerns. The statement offers some relief in connection with “the...more