On May 3, 2023, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted amendments to increase disclosures for issuer repurchases of shares or other equity securities that are registered under Section 12 of the Securities...more
5/12/2023
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Securities Regulation ,
Stock Repurchases
On March 21, 2022, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued for comment proposed rules requiring companies to include climate-related disclosures in their registration statements and periodic reports filed under...more
Despite SEC Chair Gary Gensler’s recent statement that formal rules related to Environmental Social Governance (ESG) may slip to next year, the SEC recently began sending out letters prompting public companies to review and...more
On Nov. 19, 2020, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted amendments to the disclosure rules affecting Management’s Discussion and Analysis (MD&A) and related financial disclosures. ...more
Recent events have brought renewed attention to the push for greater diversity in the boardroom. In this alert, we discuss several developments highlighting the need for public company directors to remain focused on diversity...more
10/26/2020
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Board of Directors ,
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Diversity and Inclusion Standards (D&I) ,
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Securities Violations ,
Shareholder Litigation ,
Woman Board Members
On Sept. 9, the SEC’s Division of Corporate Finance (the Division) amended CF Disclosure Guidance: Topic No. 7 (Topic No. 7) and issued guidance regarding the options available to companies when a previously obtained...more
On Aug. 26, the Securities and Exchange Commission adopted amendments to the description of business (Item 101), legal proceedings (Item 103) and risk factor (Item 105) disclosure requirements under Regulation S-K. ...more
On Jan. 30, 2020, the SEC proposed amendments to modernize Management’s Discussion and Analysis (MD&A) financial disclosure requirements in Regulation S-K....more
2/5/2020
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Financial Regulatory Reform ,
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Regulatory Oversight ,
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Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
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On Dec. 19, 2019, the Division of Corporation Finance of the SEC updated its guidance with respect to the SEC’s procedures for confidential treatment applications (CTAs). In April 2019, the SEC adopted a streamlined procedure...more
1/3/2020
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Popular ,
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Regulatory Requirements ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Regulation
On Sept. 27, 2019, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced that Mylan N.V., a global pharma company that manufactures and sells EpiPen, which is used to treat serious allergic reactions, agreed to pay $30...more
10/24/2019
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False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Food Allergies ,
Form 10-K ,
Generic Drugs ,
Government Investigations ,
Medical Devices ,
Misclassification ,
Mylan Pharmaceuticals ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Prescription Drugs ,
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Reporting Requirements ,
Risk Factors ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Violations ,
Settlement Agreements ,
Tolling Agreement
In March 2019, final rules amending Regulation S-K and related rules and forms were adopted. Included in these rules were requirements that registrants use Inline XBRL, a machine-readable computer code, to tag certain...more
8/27/2019
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EDGAR ,
Financial Statements ,
Foreign Private Issuers ,
Form 10-K ,
Form 10-Q ,
Form 8-K ,
GAAP ,
Interpretive Rule ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Regulation S-K ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Rulemaking Process ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
XBRL Filing Requirements
As reported in a press release issued by the Securities and Exchange Comission (the SEC) on Aug. 8, 2019, the SEC voted to propose amendments to modernize Regulation S-K disclosures, in particular, Item 101(a) (the...more
On March 20, 2019, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted a series of amendments which seek to simplify the disclosure requirements for some U.S. public companies....more
4/23/2019
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Capital Markets ,
Confidential Information ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Financial Regulatory Reform ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Regulation S-K ,
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Regulatory Oversight ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
REIT ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
On June 28, 2018, the Securities and Exchange Commission voted to amend the definition of “smaller reporting company” (SRC) to expand the number of companies eligible to take advantage of the reduced disclosure requirements...more