On July 18, 2024, Judge Paul A. Engelmeyer of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York issued a 107-page opinion dismissing most of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) case against SolarWinds...more
On April 12, 2024, the U.S. Supreme Court held in Macquarie Infrastructure Corp. v. Moab Partners, L.P., in a unanimous opinion authored by Justice Sonia Sotomayor, that “pure omissions” made in required disclosures do not...more
5/1/2024
/ Corporate Issuers ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
False Statements ,
Item 303 ,
Macquarie Infrastructure Corp v Moab Partners LP ,
MD&A Statements ,
Misleading Statements ,
Omissions ,
Regulation S-K ,
Rule 10b-5 ,
SCOTUS ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ,
Securities Fraud ,
Securities Violations ,
Split of Authority
On April 4, 2024, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) released an order issuing a stay of the newly adopted SEC climate disclosure rules (our guide to the new climate disclosure rules is available here). In issuing...more
On March 21, 2024, the lottery conducted by the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation selected the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit as the venue for hearing a case consolidating nine lawsuits against the...more
On March 6, 2024, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted climate disclosure rules which will require registrants to disclose detailed new climate-related disclosures in annual reports and registration...more
3/25/2024
/ Climate Change ,
Corporate Governance ,
Corporate Social Responsibility ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Emerging Growth Companies ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
Financial Statements ,
Greenhouse Gas Emissions ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Regulation S-K ,
Regulation S-X ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Regulation ,
Smaller Reporting Companies
On March 15, 2024, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit temporarily stayed the recently adopted Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) climate disclosure rules, blocking their...more
On March 6, 2024, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted climate disclosure rules which will require registrants to disclose detailed new climate-related disclosures in annual reports and registration...more
As we approach the 2024 proxy season, companies are preparing for the second year of compliance with the pay vs. performance (PvP) disclosure required under Item 402(v) of Regulation S-K. As a reminder, under Item 402(v) of...more
On January 31, 2024, the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) published its 2024 Listed Company Compliance Guidance Memo. The NYSE Memo contains general guidance with important reminders for all NYSE listed companies, along with a...more
As the calendar year flips over to 2024, we want to remind registrants about several new rules that will impact disclosure for the 2023 Form 10-K and 2024 proxy season, update the status of some pending Securities and...more
1/9/2024
/ Clawbacks ,
Cyber Threats ,
Cybersecurity ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
Executive Compensation ,
Foreign Private Issuers ,
Form 10-K ,
Greenhouse Gas Emissions ,
Human Capital ,
Insider Trading ,
Interest Rates ,
Nasdaq ,
Pay-for-Performance ,
Proxy Season ,
Regulation S-K ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)