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Preparing for EDGAR Next

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On March 24, 2025, enrollment for EDGAR Next will open. All EDGAR filers, including existing reporting entities, Section 16 reporting persons, and Section 13 filers, are required to transition to the new system by September...more

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Tips for SEC Exam Preparedness

For your reading pleasure, we present a list of tips for surviving a routine SEC Examination. This list has been compiled by SEC3 employees including ex-SEC examiners. It is not to be considered all-inclusive and is provided...more

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

Supreme Court Grants Certiorari to Determine Constitutionality of SEC Administrative Law Process

On June 30, 2023, the Supreme Court granted certiorari in Securities and Exchange Commission v. Jarkesy to review a decision by the Fifth Circuit rejecting key aspects of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC or the...more

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Supreme Court Holds That Structural Challenges To Agency Administrative Proceedings May Be Brought Directly In Federal Court

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On April 14, 2023, the United States Supreme Court issued a unanimous decision in the consolidated cases of Axon Enterprises Inc. v. FTC and SEC v. Cochran, finding that constitutional challenges to the ability of the Federal...more

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SCOTUS Delivers a Win for Businesses Challenging Federal Agency Actions: 4 Key Takeaways for Employers

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The Supreme Court recently handed a victory to employers by giving them more tools to challenge federal agencies during administrative proceedings. Employers likely know how daunting it can seem to challenge federal officials...more

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

SCOTUS endorses "existential" challenge to administrative agencies

Labor lawyers, take note. Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a decision that doesn’t address employment law directly, but it certainly does indirectly. Labor lawyers in particular need to watch this. In Axon...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Fifth Circuit Bombshell on SEC ALJs Raises Questions about DEA ALJs

In a decision that likely will reverberate throughout the administrative state, a three-judge panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit recently held in Jarkesy v. Securities and Exchange Commission...more

White & Case LLP

Shareholder Proposals – How the SEC’s Recently Announced New Policy May Impact the Rule 14a-8 No-Action Process

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On September 6, 2019, the staff (the “Staff”) of the Division of Corporation Finance (“Corp Fin”) of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) announced1  two significant changes to the Rule 14a-8 no-action process...more

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SEC Announces New Streamlined Procedure for the Extension of Confidential Treatment

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Public companies that have previously obtained a confidential treatment order from the Staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission for a material contract filed as an exhibit under the periodic reporting requirements of...more

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Staff Guidance - What Would California Do?

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Recently, Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Jay Clayton released a public statement emphasizing that "all staff statements are nonbinding and create no enforceable legal rights or obligations of the Commission or...more

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