As previously reported in our last post, The Fate of the New U.S. Climate Change Rules Under the New Republican Administration, legal challenges to the SEC’s rules mandating extensive new climate change disclosure is ongoing...more
In this alert, we reflect on recent climate reporting updates and analyze expectations for 2025 that are relevant for international businesses....more
1/16/2025
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Version 2.0 following publication of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) Climate-Related Disclosure Rules -
A wave of new legislation and regulation in the U.S. and Europe has the potential to...more
3/21/2024
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If adopted, the proposals will likely impact market practices -
In a trinity of proposing releases rolled out in less than three months, the SEC has comprehensively proposed to regulate the use of derivatives and short...more
4/15/2022
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In a 500-page release, the SEC has proposed significant new public company climate change disclosure requirements for both domestic companies and foreign private issuers, including the actual and potential impacts of climate...more
3/25/2022
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The SEC recently proposed to require investment managers to report short sale information on a monthly basis if such activity exceeds certain thresholds, and to require broker dealers to begin to mark “buy to cover” trades...more
3/24/2022
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On August 21, 2019, the Securities and Exchange Commission issued two interpretive releases involving proxy voting and proxy voting advice. In the first release, the SEC provided guidance regarding the responsibilities of...more
9/12/2019
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