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Section 13 and 16 Developments: Lessons Learned from Recent SEC Enforcement Actions

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Over the past year, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) has intensified its focus on beneficial ownership reporting under Sections 13(d), 13(g) and 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (“Exchange...more

Carlton Fields

Going Up: SEC Cyber Incident Reporting - Regulation S-P Amendments Take It to Next Level

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On May 16, 2024, the SEC breathed new life into its decades-old Regulation S-P, which requires firms to adopt policies and procedures for the protection of customer information and records. The amended rule balloons the...more

Mayer Brown Free Writings + Perspectives

SEC Testifies Before Congress & Updates from the Division of Corporation Finance

The Chair and Commissioners of the Securities and Exchange Commission testified before the US House of Representatives Committee on Financial Services on September 24, 2024.  The SEC’s testimony provided updates on market...more

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SEC Enforces Beneficial Ownership, Insider Transaction Reporting Requirements; Reminder New 13G Deadlines Now in Effect

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Recent actions by the US Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC’s) Division of Enforcement highlight the importance of making timely filings pursuant to Sections 13(d), 16, and 13(f) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934....more

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Expedited Schedule 13G Deadlines Are Now in Effect

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In October 2023, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted amendments to modernize its beneficial ownership rules, which we previously addressed in this news alert. These updates include revised filing deadlines...more

McDermott Will & Emery

SEC Amends Schedule 13G Beneficial Ownership Reporting Deadlines

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On September 30, 2024, the revised Schedule 13G filing deadlines became effective. In this article, we provide an overview of the new regime and provide a comparison with the corresponding notification deadlines in the EU and...more

Alston & Bird

SEC Cracks Down on Individuals and Entities for Failure to Timely File Beneficial Ownership and Insider Trading Reports

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Our Securities Group weighs in on the settlement by the Securities and Exchange Commission with 23 separate entities and individuals for alleged violations involving the failure to timely report ownership information....more

Mayer Brown Free Writings + Perspectives

SEC Charges Eleven Institutional Investment Managers with Reporting Failures

On September 17, 2024, the Securities and Exchange Commission announced cease-and-desist proceedings against eleven institutional investment managers for failure to file reports required by the Securities Exchange Act of...more

Cooley LLP

Amended Filing Deadlines for Schedule 13G Filers Go Into Effect September 30, 2024

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In 2023, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted wide-ranging rule changes applicable to beneficial ownership reporting under Sections 13(d) and 13(g) of the Securities Exchange Act. These rule changes are...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

SEC Announces Settlements with Seven Public Companies for Violations of Exchange Act Whistleblower Protections in Employee and...

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The SEC has begun to bring enforcement actions against companies whose employment and client agreements could appear to infringe on the right to report cases in violation of Section 21f-17(a) of the Exchange Act. On September...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

REMINDER: New Schedule 13G Filing Deadlines

In October 2023, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved final rules amending the beneficial ownership reporting requirements under Sections 13(d) and 13(g) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (Exchange...more

K&L Gates LLP

Checked Swing—SEC Does Not Adopt "Swing Pricing" or a "Hard Close" for Now, but Only Provides Liquidity Guidance and Amendments to...

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY On 28 August, 2024, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted amendments to reporting forms for registered investment companies (funds) that will (1) require funds to file monthly (rather than...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

The Time is Here: Public Companies Should be Mindful of the Upcoming Insider Trading Policy Form 10-K Exhibit Filing Requirement

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In connection with the upcoming Form 10-K/proxy season, public companies with a fiscal year ending on December 31 will be required, for the first time, to publicly file their insider trading policies as exhibits to their...more

Jenner & Block

Client Alert: Key Takeaways from the SEC’s Latest Enforcement Sweep Regarding Violations of the Whistleblower Protections Rule

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Earlier this week, the SEC announced an enforcement sweep charging seven public companies with violating the whistleblower protections rule in various employment-related agreements. These charges reflect the SEC’s continuing...more

Hogan Lovells

Mandatory compliance nears for remaining Section 13 reporting requirements - SEC Update

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The last two mandatory compliance dates under the SEC’s amendments to Exchange Act Regulation 13D-G adopted in October 2023 are fast approaching. We discussed the amendments in our SEC Update available here. Beginning on...more

Cohen & Gresser LLP

Upcoming Changes to Schedule 13G Reporting

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So long ago that it may have slipped from memory, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) adopted changes to the regime for reporting beneficial interests in publicly traded equity securities on Schedule 13G. The...more

Troutman Pepper

SEC Cybersecurity Incidents Disclosures: Materiality, Decryptors, and Ransom Payments - Dear Mary – Incidents + Investigations...

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I work for a public company that recently experienced a ransomware attack. Fortunately, we were able to restore our business operations quickly by obtaining a decryption key from the threat actor. Given that we managed to get...more

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New Accelerated Schedule 13G Reporting Deadlines Effective September 30

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The Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) new accelerated Schedule 13G filing deadlines will become effective on September 30, 2024. On October 10, 2023, as part of an initiative to modernize beneficial ownership...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Multinationals Face Challenges as They Prepare To Comply With the EU’s Sustainability Reporting Law

As the deadlines approach for multinationals to make their first disclosures under the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD), the EU’s new sustainability reporting law, they are confronting the significant time...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

New Resource Extraction Payment Disclosures Due September 26, 2024

Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) reporting companies with fiscal years ending December 31 that engage in the commercial development of oil, natural gas or minerals are required to file a Form SD with the SEC by...more

Perkins Coie

The SEC’s Climate Rules: Item 1502(e)’s Transition Plan Disclosure (Including Annual Progress)

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This is another in a series of blogs we will be posting breaking down the SEC’s new climate disclosure rules. We’re near the end of Regulation S-K Item 1502, Strategy. For the full text, see pages 852 through 855 of the...more

Steptoe & Johnson PLLC

New York Federal Court Refuses to Extend Accounting Controls Requirements to Cybersecurity Controls

Section 13(b)(2)(B) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 requires public companies to “devise and maintain a system of internal accounting controls.” In a recent opinion, a New York federal court rejected the Securities...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Takeaways From the Dismissal of SEC Claims Against SolarWinds and Its CISO

The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York has dismissed many of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC’s) claims against software development company SolarWinds and its chief information security...more

Saul Ewing LLP

Public Companies Quarterly Update (Q2 2024)

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Welcome to Saul Ewing’s Public Companies Quarterly Update series. Our intent is to, on a quarterly basis, highlight important legal developments of which we think public companies should be aware. This edition is related to...more

American Conference Institute (ACI)

The Road to Net Zero: Core Principles to Prevent Greenwashing

“Net zero” is a topic as hot as the climate these days. With so much regulatory attention being placed on it, companies that do not communicate their net zero efforts appropriately or, worse, intentionally make false and...more

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