It should come as no surprise to readers of our blog that public companies often expend significant resources each year on managing litigation matters. As a result, perhaps it is natural that some companies might want to...more
On November 19, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) continued its brisk pace of end-of-year rulemaking by approving amendments to Items 301, 302 and 303 of Regulation S-K, which collectively govern the disclosures of...more
12/9/2020
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Disclosure Requirements ,
Financial Regulatory Reform ,
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Securities Regulation
On August 26, the SEC voted to adopt amendments to modernize the description of business (Item 101), legal proceedings (Item 103), and risk factor disclosures (Item 105) that registrants are required to make pursuant to...more
One thing I appreciate about the SEC comment letter process is that it gives real life examples to what is often discussed hypothetically. Take, for example, cybersecurity and steps management should take when a data incident...more
2/19/2020
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Cyber Incident Reporting ,
Data Breach ,
Data Breach Plans ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Form 10-K ,
Form 8-K ,
Incident Response Plans ,
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This is a friendly reminder to our clients and friends that 2020 is a leap year, which means there is an extra day in the calendar: February 29, 2020.
Therefore, when updating your internal SEC reporting and proxy...more
It’s not too often we see Dick Clark and Ryan Seacrest mentioned in SEC comments, so this recent SEC comment letter issued to Planet Fitness caught our attention. The Staff’s letter to Planet Fitness indicates that it...more
Nearly a year and a half after proposing them, the SEC recently adopted amendments to disclosure requirements for reporting companies, as mandated by the 2015 Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act (the FAST Act). These...more
4/3/2019
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New Rules ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
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On March 20, 2019, nearly a year and a half after proposing them, the SEC adopted amendments to disclosure requirements for reporting companies, as mandated by the 2015 Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act (the “FAST...more
3/26/2019
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Beneficial Owner ,
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Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act (FAST Act) ,
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XBRL Filing Requirements
We have previously blogged about recent SEC rule changes to the definition of “smaller reporting company” (SRC) and XBRL. Our readers should know that a byproduct of these new rules include certain tweaks to the cover pages...more
The SEC recently adopted Inline eXtensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL) rules for operating companies and funds, which are intended to improve the quality and accessibility of XBRL data... our readers that prepare Form...more
I recently presented to the Corporate & Securities Law Committee of the Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC) on the topic entitled “Behind the SEC Curtain: Practical Tips for Interacting with the SEC Staff.”
The...more
4/23/2018
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EDGAR ,
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Investigations ,
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Proxy Statements ,
Registration Statement ,
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Screening Procedures ,
SEC Comment Letter Process ,
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