Nearly two years after first proposing new rules related to special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs), the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has adopted final rules aimed at enhancing investor protections in...more
On October 10, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted, by a bipartisan 4-1 margin, the final rules to amend and modernize the regulations governing beneficial ownership reporting under Sections 13D and 13G of...more
10/19/2023
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On July 26, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted, by a 3-2 margin, a final rule to require more immediate disclosure of material cybersecurity incidents by public companies. In addition, the final rule...more
On May 3, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted rule amendments regarding disclosures about repurchases of an issuer's equity securities, or issuer stock buybacks. The final rule and fact sheet can be found...more
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This article highlights comment letters publicly issued by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) during 2022. The SEC issues comment letters in connection with...more
Overview On December 14, 2022, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted amendments and certain enhanced disclosure requirements related to Rule 10b5-1 trading plans. The new amendments include...more
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On October 26, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted final rules to implement Section 10D of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as added by Section 954 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and...more
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On August 25, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted (with the two Republican SEC commissioners dissenting) final pay-versus-performance rules mandated by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform...more
On July 13, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) released a proposed rule that would amend 17 CFR 240.14a-8 (Rule 14a-8) to revise three of the bases for excluding shareholder proposals from a company’s proxy...more
On March 21, the SEC proposed a highly anticipated set of rules that would require public companies to include a suite of climate-related disclosures in their SEC filings. Although the SEC published guidance in 2010...more
On February 9, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed new rules to enhance and standardize registrants’ disclosures regarding cybersecurity risk management, strategy, governance, and incident reporting. While...more
On February 9, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed rule amendments to shorten the standard securities settlement cycle for most broker-dealer transactions to one business day after the trade date (commonly...more
On February 10, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed rule amendments to modernize beneficial ownership reporting under Sections 13(d) and 13(g) of the Exchange Act. Under the current rules, beneficial owners...more
On December 15, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed rule amendments regarding the availability of the Rule 10b5-1(c)(1) affirmative defense to insider trading liability and enhanced disclosure requirements....more
On February 8, in light of recent market volatility in the options and equities markets, the Division of Corporation Finance (Division) of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (Commission) published guidance for...more
On August 26, the SEC modernized the disclosure requirements in Items 101 (Description of Business), 103 (Legal Proceedings), and 105 (Risk Factors) of Regulation S-K, reflecting the first significant revisions to these...more