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Episode 365 -- Four Sanctions Cases Everyone Should Know
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Daily Compliance News: April 17, 2025, The Musk Fights BEE's Edition
Compliance into the Weeds: The Uncertain Future of Compliance Monitors under the Trump Administration
REFRESH Nonprofit Basics: Insider Transactions and Nonprofits
Compliance Tip of the Day: Role of Compliance in Upcoming Trade Wars
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Episode 364 -- Five Strategies to Mitigate a New Risk Environment
Compliance Tip of the Day: AI Playbook for Compliance Professionals
Compliance into the Weeds: Unsexy Keys to Data Analytics for Compliance Programs
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Public companies are revisiting their disclosures to keep up with recent EOs and SEC developments this proxy season....more
On September 27, 2024, the SEC adopted new rules, called “EDGAR Next,” to enhance the security of the EDGAR system. Action to comply with EDGAR Next is required of every entity and individual that currently makes EDGAR...more
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has officially launched EDGAR Next, its latest initiative to upgrade the Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval (EDGAR) system. This new platform went live on...more
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The Securities and Exchange Commission has expanded the confidential filing options, including...more
With March Madness upon us, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is joining the action by implementing a sweeping set of technical updates known as EDGAR Next that will change how all SEC filers access the Electronic...more
Here’s an important point made by Cooley’s Luci Altman during this 29-minute video we recently blogged about: “If you are onboarding a new director or officer in the near term who has never had EDGAR codes or if you know your...more
With it looking pretty likely that the federal government will shut down at midnight tomorrow, here are 10 things you should know based on the SEC’s “operations plan during a shutdown” guidance and Corp Fin’s list of 22...more
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In June 2023, Mintz published an article entitled “A Quantitative Analysis of Comment Letters Issued by the SEC Concerning Climate Change Disclosures” (the June 2023 Article), which analyzed the comment letters related to...more
On March 24, 2025, enrollment for EDGAR Next will open. All EDGAR filers, including existing reporting entities, Section 16 reporting persons, and Section 13 filers, are required to transition to the new system by September...more
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As discussed in our October 27, 2024 post, the SEC has announced new security requirements for Edgar filers. The compliance date is September 15, 2025....more
Welcome to the latest edition of Fenwick’s Securities Law Update....more
On September 27, 2024, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted new rules to make its EDGAR system more secure and user-friendly. The amendments, referred to as “EDGAR Next,” represent a significant change to the...more
Here’s an excerpt from this Cooley Alert by Beth Sasfai, Brad Goldberg, and Luci Altman that contains practice tips in the wake of the SEC’s new EDGAR Next (which we have already blogged about a few times)...more
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