On September 27, 2024, the SEC adopted new rules, called “EDGAR Next,” to enhance the security of the EDGAR system. Action to comply with EDGAR Next is required of every entity and individual that currently makes EDGAR...more
The SEC announced that companies can now submit registration statements for confidential review before public filing in connection with most registered offerings. This expansion builds on the confidential filing process that...more
3/6/2025
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Capital Markets ,
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Special Purpose Acquisition Companies (SPACs)
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit vacated the SEC’s approval of Nasdaq’s board diversity rules. Consequently, Nasdaq-listed companies are no longer required to satisfy Nasdaq’s “comply or explain” director...more
SEC officials have declared artificial intelligence (“AI”) “the most transformative technology of our times” while cautioning that “if a public company is using AI, that company has to be honest about the role AI plays in its...more
The SEC has finalized its long-awaited climate-related disclosure rules. The final rules are consistent with what we believe institutional investors were looking for with respect to climate-related risk oversight and have...more
The Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) has finalized its long-awaited rules regarding special purpose acquisition companies (“SPAC”). So, what are the key aspects of these rules that SPAC market participants...more
On December 19, 2023, the Fifth Circuit officially vacated the SEC’s share repurchase disclosure rules. As a result of the Court’s decision, companies will not need to comply with the now-vacated share repurchase disclosure...more
A change to DGCL Section 102(b)(7) that took effect last year permits Delaware corporations to eliminate or limit the personal liability of corporate officers for monetary damages to stockholders for breaches of their...more
On October 31, 2023, the Fifth Circuit ruled in Chamber of Commerce of the USA v. SEC that the SEC violated the Administrative Procedure Act when it adopted enhanced share repurchase disclosure rules. The Court provided the...more
The SEC has adopted amendments to the beneficial ownership rules under Sections 13(d) and 13(g) of the Securities and Exchange Act. When the amendments take effect, they will accelerate filing deadlines, incrementally clarify...more
The SEC has finalized rules requiring public companies to disclose information about cybersecurity incidents, risk management, strategy and governance. This guide to help public companies comply with SEC rules covers...more
The SEC has scheduled an open meeting on Wednesday to decide on the adoption of eagerly anticipated cybersecurity incident and governance reporting rules. If the agency adopts rules that align with what it proposed last year,...more
The SEC recently introduced “Insider Trading Arrangements and Related Disclosure” rules that mandate disclosure of Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement utilization by directors and officers, as well as insider trading policy and...more
Companies listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and Nasdaq Stock Market (Nasdaq) have until December 1 to adopt compliant clawback policies now that the SEC has approved listing standards the exchanges proposed. The...more
The SEC has adopted final share repurchase disclosure rules requiring public companies to provide more detailed disclosures about their share repurchases and to tag those disclosures in Inline XBRL. Below are the key...more
This week the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) extended its deadline for when the SEC must take action on the proposed listing standards to implement the executive compensation recovery rules (the Clawback Rules) to...more
Last year the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted long-awaited executive compensation recovery rules (the Clawback Rules). Those Clawback Rules instructed national securities exchanges (such as NYSE and Nasdaq)...more
2022 was a busy year in rulemaking for the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). As a result, there are many new disclosure requirements for companies to keep top of mind as they work through this year’s annual report,...more
1/27/2023
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Corporate Governance ,
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EDGAR ,
Final Rules ,
Form 10-K ,
Proxy Season ,
Proxy Statements ,
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Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
During an open meeting held December 14, 2022, the SEC voted unanimously in favor of adopting changes to the rules governing insider trading defenses, including amendments to Rule 10b5-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of...more
On November 17, 2021, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted rule and form amendments to the proxy rules, requiring the use of a “universal proxy card” in director election contests, and imposed new voting...more
On October 26, 2022, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) adopted final rules, first proposed by the SEC in 2015, requiring the recoupment of erroneously awarded incentive compensation received by current and former...more
On August 25, 2022, the SEC adopted a final rule implementing a provision of the Dodd-Frank Act of 2010 requiring public companies to provide clear disclosure of the relationship between executive compensation and company...more