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Inside the Courts – May 2025

Key Points - - The SEC’s Crypto Task Force acknowledges past hostility toward digital assets and aims to create more sensible regulations. - Tokenized securities face complex regulatory challenges, including compliance...more

Cooley LLP

How to Explain Section 16 to a Newbie

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Given the hubbub over the SEC’s new EDGAR Next, I thought it would be useful to provide a FAQ explaining the rationale for Section 16 to a new director or officer who is unfamiliar with the concept....more

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Corp Fin Releases New Guidance on Clawback Disclosure Requirements

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The staff of the Division of Corporation Finance (Corp Fin) of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has issued new Compliance and Disclosure Interpretations (C&DIs) relating to the clawback disclosures required in an...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

SEC revamps approach to shareholder proposal exclusions

On February 12, 2025, the Division of Corporation Finance (Staff) of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) released new guidance regarding shareholder proposals submitted pursuant to Rule 14a-8 under the Securities...more

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Reminders and New Disclosure Requirements for the 2025 Proxy Season

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The proxy statement has become an integral component of a public company’s preparation for its annual meeting of shareholders. The rules and regulations under the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 (the Exchange Act),...more

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SEC Expands Accommodations for Reviewing Nonpublic Registration Statements

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On March 3, the US Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) Division of Corporation Finance announced that it is expanding the accommodations available to issuers submitting nonpublic draft registration statements for staff...more

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SB21: Delaware Responds In The DExit Battle

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The annual DGCL amendments this year carry a little more urgency than before. SB21 was rushed through to the Delaware Senate in mid-February, bypassing the normal process that involves recommendation by the Council of the...more

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Fifth Circuit Vacates SEC’s Approval of Nasdaq’s Diversity Rules

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On December 11, 2024, the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled that the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) lacked statutory authority to approve Nasdaq’s board diversity rules. Subject to certain exceptions,...more

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U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit Vacates SEC’s Approval of Nasdaq’s Board Diversity Rules

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On December 11, 2024, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (“Fifth Circuit”) vacated the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (“SEC”) approval of The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC’s (“Nasdaq”) Board Diversity Rules....more

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Nasdaq Rule Change Lengthens Reverse Stock Split Notice Period

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Last November, Nasdaq proposed a rule change that would lengthen the notification period for companies conducting reverse stock splits from five business days to 10 calendar days. The rule change became effective immediately...more

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Does Your Company Discourage Employees from Being Whistleblowers? The SEC May Think So!

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The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, which was enacted in 2010 in response to the 2008 financial crisis, added protections for whistleblower activity to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (“Exchange...more

Mayer Brown

What’s the Deal? – Rule 10b5-1 Plans

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Here’s the deal: A Rule 10b5‐1 plan is a written securities trading plan that is designed to comply with Rule 10b5‐1(c) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)....more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

5th Circuit Again Adopts Restrictive View of Exchange Act Purposes and SEC Regulatory Power

On December 11, 2024, the 5th Circuit issued another important opinion (for the third time this year) requiring that an administrative agency's rules fit squarely within the statutory scheme that empowers the agency to act....more

Perkins Coie

Nasdaq Board Diversity Rules Vacated; SEC Approval Found “Arbitrary and Capricious”

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In a 9-8 decision on December 10, 2024, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit struck down Nasdaq’s efforts to promote diversity on public company boards. The case, Alliance for Fair Board Recruitment v. SEC, vacated...more

Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP

Federal Appeals Court Vacates Nasdaq Board Diversity Rules

Under rules approved in 2021, Nasdaq-listed companies were required to (1) publicly disclose a board diversity matrix and (ii) have, or disclose why they do not have, at least one diverse director on their board by 2023 and a...more

Morris, Manning & Martin, LLP

Securities & Corporate Governance Q4 2024 Quarterly Newsletter

Morris, Manning & Martin, LLP’s Securities & Corporate Governance Quarterly Newsletter is designed to update public and private company clients on recent developments in federal securities laws and corporate governance...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

SEC Approves Nasdaq Corporate Governance Rule Amendments to Cure Periods and Phase-In Schedules

On August 26, 2024, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued an order approving  proposed amendments by The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (Nasdaq) to clarify and modify the phase-in schedules for certain corporate...more

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The Heat Is On SEC’s Climate-Related Disclosure Rules

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On March 6, 2024, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) adopted new final rules requiring issuers to include extensive disclosure in registration statements and periodic reports regarding material...more

Jenner & Block

Client Alert: SEC Amends Schedules 13D and 13G Beneficial Ownership Reporting Rules and Filing Requirements

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On October 10, 2023, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) adopted final rule amendments (the “Final Rules”) that implement various changes to the reporting and filing requirements under Regulation 13D-G...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

SEC Announces Open Meeting to Consider Cybersecurity Rules

On July 19, 2023, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced that it will hold an open meeting on Wednesday, July 26, 2023, to consider whether to adopt rules to enhance and standardize disclosures regarding...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Five Reminders for the Form 10-Q

In this blog post, we highlight five reminders that may be useful for issuers preparing and filing quarterly reports on Form 10-Q in the coming weeks....more

Mayer Brown Free Writings + Perspectives

Insider Trading Rule Amendments Now in Effect

Amendments to Rule 10b5-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 are effective as of February 27, 2023. Unanimously adopted by the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) December of last year, the Rule 10b5-1...more

Foley Hoag LLP - Public Companies & the Law

SEC Amends Rule 10b5-1

In August 2000, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) adopted Rule 10b5-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), which, among other things, established an affirmative defense to a...more

Sullivan & Worcester

SEC Adopts Amendments to Modernize Rule 10b5-1 Insider Trading Plans and Related Disclosures - Update

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On December 13, 2022, the Securities and Exchange Commission unanimously adopted amendments to Rule 10b5-1, imposing new limitations on the ability of insiders to utilize so-called “10b5-1 plans.” 10b5-1 plans are plans to...more

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SEC Adopts Rule Amendments to Provide Enhanced Disclosure of Rule 10b5-1 Plans and Insider Trading

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On December 14, 2022, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission adopted amendments to Rule 10b5-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (Exchange Act) and new disclosure requirements designed to enhance investor...more

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