On December 18, 2018, the SEC adopted a requirement for U.S. public companies to provide proxy disclosure of any practices or policies they have adopted regarding the ability of the company's employees, officers or directors,...more
The SEC recently amended Securities Act Rule 701, which provides a registration exemption for securities sold by non-reporting companies to their employees and other covered persons under compensatory arrangements. The...more
8/16/2018
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Prompted by concern over the increase in the risks and frequency of data breach incidents and other cyber-attacks affecting public companies, the Securities and Exchange Commission recently published interpretive guidance to...more
3/6/2018
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The SEC recently proposed amendments intended to update, streamline and improve its disclosure framework and to reduce the compliance burden for public companies. The proposed amendments, which are detailed in the proposing...more
On September 21, the SEC and the staff of the Division of Corporation Finance issued new and updated interpretive guidance regarding the CEO pay ratio disclosure required by Item 402(u) of Regulation S-K. The guidance...more
10/2/2017
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Statistical Sampling
On August 17, the SEC’s Division of Corporation Finance issued new guidance indicating that emerging growth companies (EGCs) and non-EGCs may omit from their nonpublic draft registration statements interim financial...more
Beginning September 1, public companies will need to comply with SEC rule amendments requiring that reports and registration statements filed on or after that date...more
On June 29, the SEC announced that its Division of Corporation Finance will allow all companies to submit for nonpublic review draft registration statements relating to initial public offerings and other specified...more