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SEC Adopts Climate-Related Disclosure Regulations

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On March 6, 2024, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted new rules that increase public company reporting requirements regarding climate change.  The new rules, which the SEC originally proposed in March 2022,...more

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Attestation: Practical Reflections on What the SEC Climate Proposal Will Require

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Among the many changes set forth in the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s proposed rules governing climate-related disclosures are the attestation requirements1 covering registrants’ greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Climate Change Regulatory Update for US Insurers

After a variety of promises concerning climate change-related regulatory development activity last year, forward movement has been relatively slow. The leading exception has been the New York Department of Financial Services...more

Cooley LLP

What are the latest trends in SOX 404 reporting?

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As you probably recall, SOX 404 requires public reporting companies to disclose the effectiveness of their internal control over financial reporting. SOX 404(a) public companies to provide an assessment of ICFR by management;...more

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New Rule Amendments Permit Electronic Signatures on SEC Filings

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On November 17, 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted rule amendments to permit immediately and post-pandemic the use of electronic signatures on documents filed with or furnished to the SEC. The...more

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SEC Adds Revenue Test for Public Companies to be Considered an “Accelerated Filer”

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The Securities and Exchange Commission recently adopted amendments to the definitions of “accelerated filer” and “large accelerated filer” that will allow more public companies to qualify as non-accelerated filers, providing...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

SEC Amends Definitions of “Accelerated Filer” and “Large Accelerated Filer” and Provides Relief to Small Issuers from Auditor...

On March 12, 2020, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) adopted amendments to the definition of “accelerated filer” and “large accelerated filer” definitions in Exchange Act Rule 12b-2, which amendments...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

SEC Proposal Would Relax ICFR Auditor Attestation Requirement for Certain Smaller Reporting Companies

In an effort to reduce compliance costs for public companies, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed amendments on May 9, 2019, that, in part, relax the requirement for certain “smaller reporting companies”...more

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SEC Continues on the Path of Simplifying Public Company Requirements

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New Proposed Rules Aim to Eliminate Auditor's Attestation Requirement on Internal Controls under SOX 404(b) for Smaller Reporting Companies with less than $100 million in Revenues - On May 9, 2019, the SEC proposed...more

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