You probably have heard or read about the SEC’s adoption, on Dec. 14, 2022, of amendments to Rule 10b5-1. That rule provides an affirmative defense to insider trading liability under Section 10(b) of the Exchange Act and Rule...more
We issued a step-by-step guide entitled An Analysis of the SEC’s Pay Versus Performance Rules on December 14, 2022. We prepared that guide to assist our clients as they prepare to implement the SEC’s new “Pay Versus...more
We have prepared this guide to assist our clients as they prepare to implement the SEC’s new “Pay Versus Performance” (“PVP”) Rules. On Aug. 25, 2022, after a twelve-year delay, the SEC adopted rules implementing Section...more
A mere 12 years after they were mandated by Dodd-Frank, the SEC adopted so-called “pay versus performance” rules on August 25, 2022. The rules require companies to provide a new table in their proxy or information statements,...more
Overview - When a public company acquires a business or real estate operations, it may or may not have to provide historical financial information about the target in its SEC filings depending on how significant the target is...more
Continuing its modernization and simplification of Regulation S-K as mandated by the JOBS and FAST Acts, the SEC, on January 30, 2020, proposed amendments to certain financial disclosure requirements of Regulation S-K,...more
On August 20, 2019, the SEC provided interpretive guidance in the form of nine new Compliance and Disclosure Interpretations (“C&DIs”) on the new inline XBRL and related exhibit requirements....more
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On August 8, 2019, the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed amendments to Regulation S-K that would modernize the disclosures required by S-K Item 101 (description of business), S-K Item 103 (legal proceedings) and...more
Congress passed the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act (known as the “FAST Act”) at the end of 2015. Among other things, the FAST Act directed the SEC to modernize and simplify its disclosure requirements by...more
On June 28, 2018, the SEC adopted amendments to the definition of “smaller reporting company” that are “intended to reduce compliance costs for these registrants and promote capital formation, while maintaining appropriate...more
On February 21, 2018, the Securities and Exchange Commission issued new guidance on public company disclosure obligations with respect to matters involving cybersecurity risk and incidents. The new guidance also addresses...more