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155 Seaport Boulevard
Boston, MA 02210, United States
Phone: 617-832-1000
Fax: 617-832-7000
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On October 7, 2024, the US Securities and Exchange Commission approved Nasdaq's proposed modification to Nasdaq Listing Rule 5810(c)(3)(A), which limits the ability of a company whose shares are trading under Nasdaq’s $1.00…
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/ Business Organizations, Finance & Banking, Securities Law
Following its previously announced enforcement sweep in September 2023, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced on September 25, 2024, that it had settled charges against 23 entities and individuals for failing to…
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/ Business Organizations, Finance & Banking, Securities Law
In an encouraging sign that the equity capital markets may be improving for biotechnology companies, Bicara Therapeutics Inc. and Zenas Biopharma, Inc. filed S-1 registration statements yesterday, signaling their intention to…
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/ Health, Science, Computers, & Technology, Securities Law
The Eighth Circuit has the power to reimpose the stay, either on the same or different terms. Companies affected by the climate rules should continue to monitor the case for further developments…
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/ Securities Law
On December 19, 2023, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals vacated the SEC’s share repurchase disclosure rule, which required issuers to: (i) report daily aggregate share repurchase data on a quarterly basis, (ii) indicate if…
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/ Business Organizations, Securities Law
On October 10, 2023, the SEC adopted final amendments to Regulation 13D-G and Regulation S-T to modernize the beneficial ownership reporting regime under Sections 13(d) and 13(g) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as…
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/ Securities Law
On September 27, 2023, the SEC announced a series of enforcement actions against six officers, directors and major stockholders of public companies, as well as five companies, for repeated failures to report information…
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/ Business Organizations, Securities Law
On August 25, 2023, the SEC issued new compliance and disclosure interpretations (C&DIs) related to (i) the December 2022 Rule 10b5-1 amendments and (ii) the related issuer disclosure requirements. The full text of the Rule…
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/ Securities Law
As more advisory services, investment companies, and public companies have publicized their Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) goals, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has proposed a set of new rules…
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/ Business Organizations, Environmental Law, Securities Law, Zoning, Planning & Land Use
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The New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) and Nasdaq filed amendments to their proposed rules requiring that all listed companies adopt adequate clawback policies on executive compensation. Under the amended…
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/ Business Organizations, Securities Law
The SEC’s recent Rule 10b5-1 rulemaking has drawn attention to its efforts to crack down on illegal trading by corporate insiders. (See our related post here.) But less attention has been paid to part of the rulemaking that…
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/ Business Organizations, Securities Law
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…
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/ Securities Law
On August 25, 2022, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) announced the adoption of amendments to rules relating to executive compensation disclosure. The final rule can be found here. As mandated by Section 953(a) of…
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/ Business Organizations, Securities Law
In a move that further executes upon the SEC’s increasingly tough rhetoric on cryptocurrency and cybersecurity, SEC Enforcement recently announced that it will nearly double the size of its newly-renamed Crypto Assets and Cyber …
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/ Securities Law
The Boston Globe reported yesterday that the Massachusetts Pension Reserves Investment Management Board approved investment guidelines that would have the Board vote against directors of companies in which the Board invests…
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/ Environmental Law
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