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On April 5, 2024, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") won a jury verdict in its first "shadow trading" insider trading action. Only a few weeks before this verdict, a court denied a motion to dismiss a...more
Amendments to Rule 10b5-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 are effective as of February 27, 2023. Unanimously adopted by the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) December of last year, the Rule 10b5-1...more
A “Rule 10b5-1 plan” is intended to satisfy the affirmative defense provided in Rule 10b5-1(c), the rule that provides an affirmative defense to an allegation of having traded on the basis of material nonpublic information...more
In December 2022, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted amendments to Exchange Act Rule 10b5-1, the rule that provides an affirmative defense to claims of insider trading for persons acquiring or disposing of...more
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) held an open meeting on December 14, 2022, in part, to consider amendments to Rule 10b5-1 and related disclosure rules, including Rule 10b5-1 trading plans, insider trading...more
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), in a rare unanimous vote, adopted amendments to Rule 10b5-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (Exchange Act) and new disclosure requirements to enhance investor...more
On December 14, the SEC adopted long-awaited amendments to Rule 10b5-1 under the Exchange Act that add new conditions for a trading arrangement to qualify for the rule’s affirmative defense against Rule 10b-5 liability for...more
On December 14, 2022, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) adopted new rules (i) implementing additional conditions for insiders to rely on the affirmative defense for Rule 10b5-1 trading plans (“10b5-1 plans”)...more
On December 14, 2022, the SEC adopted final rules amending Rule 10b5-1, the safe harbor that allows directors, executive officers and others, including issuers, to engage in securities transactions while in possession of...more
On Dec. 14, 2022, the SEC voted to adopt amendments to Rule 10b5-1 and to enhance disclosure requirements, in an attempt to establish meaningful guardrails around the use of Rule 10b5-1 trading plans and strengthen...more
On December 14, 2022, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) unanimously adopted amendments (the “amendments”) to Rule 10b5-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”) and related disclosure...more
The SEC has unanimously adopted amendments to Rule 10b5-1, stemming from rules originally proposed in January 2022. The amendments include, among other things, new conditions to the availability of the 10b5-1 affirmative...more
The Proposal would have a significant impact on current practices surrounding the use of Rule 10b5-1 plans by public companies and insiders. On December 15, 2021, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued a set...more
The SEC today proposed rule changes regarding the disclosure of share repurchase plans. The proposed rules would require an issuer to provide a new Form SR before the end of the first business day following the day the issuer...more