Enforcement Relief: What New Regulatory Reforms Could Mean for Hospices
Amid continuing market uncertainty that has seen a slowdown of Canadian initial public offerings (IPOs) during the first quarter of 2025, the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) has published a series of coordinated...more
FCA outlines its priorities and areas in which it plans to reduce the regulatory burden for firms. On 25 March 2025, the FCA published its five-year strategy (Strategy), alongside the outcome of its review of retail conduct...more
The keenly awaited details of the EU’s proposed first omnibus package were published on 26 February 2025. The package includes amendments to the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) (including revision and...more
The first EU country to transpose the CSRD has proposed a course correction to reduce the regulatory burden on in-scope and medium-sized companies....more
As we turn the page to 2025, employers and HR professionals are turning their attention to ensuring compliance with the reporting and disclosure requirements of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). ...more
On March 12, 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission adopted long-awaited amendments to the accelerated filer and large accelerated filer definitions with the stated goal of “reduc[ing] unnecessary burdens for certain...more
SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce continues to be one of the most vocal persons in leadership positions at federal regulators who are promoting innovation in digital currency and the blockchain....more
Proposed revisions to current financial statement disclosure requirements for business acquisitions and dispositions would simplify compliance while ensuring investors get the information they need....more
The Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act, or FAST Act, required the SEC to consider ways to streamline SEC regulations. Accordingly, the SEC adopted final amendments to its rules that are intended to modernize and...more
The SEC announced an upcoming roundtable (date and details to come) that will focus on the causes of short-termism, including the role of quarterly disclosures. At the end of 2018, the SEC had published a request for comment...more
The SEC has adopted rule amendments to simplify disclosure requirements consistent with its mandate under the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act. ...more
On March 20, 2019, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted a series of amendments which seek to simplify the disclosure requirements for some U.S. public companies....more
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently approved amendments to the definition of “smaller reporting company” (SRC), which will allow more businesses to take advantage of scaled disclosure requirements in their...more
The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) announced on March 27, 2018, the initiation of six policy projects aimed at reducing regulatory burdens for non-investment fund reporting issuers. The announcement comes after...more
On October 11, 2017, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) voted unanimously to propose changes that would modernize and simplify the disclosure items in Regulation S-K and related rules and forms. The proposed...more
On February 2, 2017, by a vote of 236 to 187, the U.S. House of Representatives approved a joint resolution of disapproval to block the Final Rule implementing President Obama’s Executive Order 13673, “Fair Pay and Safe...more