On March 3, 2025, the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) Division of Corporation Finance announced significant enhancements to the accommodations available for issuers confidentially submitting draft registration...more
3/13/2025
/ Capital Markets ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Financial Statements ,
Initial Public Offering (IPO) ,
JOBS Act ,
Mergers ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Exchange Act ,
Securities Regulation
On January 14, 2025, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) charged Presto Automation Inc. (Presto) with violations of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 for misleading artificial...more
2/4/2025
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Compliance ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Fraud ,
Machine Learning ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Risk Management ,
Securities Act of 1933 ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ,
Securities Regulation ,
Securities Violations ,
Technology Sector
The U.S. Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives are both considering legislation that could have a serious impact on the ability of U.S. biotechnology, drug, and medical device companies to do business with...more
3/19/2024
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Biosimilars ,
Biotechnology ,
China ,
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) ,
Life Sciences ,
Medical Devices ,
National Security ,
OMB ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Popular ,
Risk Assessment
The Rules on Cybersecurity Risk Management, Strategy, Governance, and Incident Disclosure by Public Companies (the “Cybersecurity Rules”), which the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) had adopted earlier this year,...more
12/22/2023
/ Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) ,
Cyber Incident Reporting ,
Cybersecurity ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Form 8-K ,
Investment Company Act of 1940 ,
Popular ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Risk Management ,
Securities Act of 1933 ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
On May 25, 2022, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed rules to (i) enhance and standardize the disclosures of Advisers and Registered Funds, related to the incorporation of environmental, social, and...more
Requirements under the proposed rules would include the disclosure of:
•Climate-related risks and their actual or likely material impacts on the registrant’s business, financial statements, strategy, and outlook ...more
Requirements under the proposed rules would include the disclosure of:
•Material cybersecurity incidents within four business days of the determination that a material cybersecurity incident has occurred in a Form 8-K-...more
3/22/2022
/ Corporate Governance ,
Cyber Incident Reporting ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Policies and Procedures ,
Popular ,
Proposed Rules ,
Regulation S-K ,
Risk Management ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
The proposed rules would:
•Accelerate certain filing deadlines for Schedules 13D and 13G-
•Expand the definition of “beneficial ownership” to capture cash-settled derivatives-
•Alter the circumstances under which two...more
What You Need To Know:
•The new rules require the use of universal proxy cards in all contested elections.
•The new rules will take effect on September 1, 2022...more
On July 10, 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed to raise the Form 13F reporting threshold for institutional investment managers from $100 million to $3.5 billion (the Proposal). Currently, investment...more