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SEC Adopts Final Rules for Climate-Related Disclosures

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Nearly two years after the SEC released proposed rules regarding the standardization of climate-related disclosures, and after more than 24,000 public comments, the SEC adopted the Final Rules by a 3-2 vote on March 6. The...more

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SEC Adopts Final Rules on Climate-Related Disclosures

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On March 6, 2024, in a 3-2 vote along party lines, the SEC adopted the long-awaited final rules on climate-related disclosures. The proposed rules faced intense public scrutiny over the last two years, with the SEC receiving...more

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SEC Adopts Landmark Climate Disclosure Rules

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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on March 6, 2024, adopted a new slate of standardized climate-related disclosure rules for public companies and foreign private issuers. Adopted by a 3-2 vote, the final rules...more

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SEC Provides Additional Compliance & Disclosure Interpretations for Further Clarification on Pay-Versus Performance Disclosure

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Although registrants have already had to comply with the Final Rules in annual reports, proxy statements and information statements beginning with the fiscal year ended on or after Dec. 16, 2022, registrants continue to have...more

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Review of Recent SEC Staff Comments on Pay Versus Performance Table

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As companies prepare for next proxy season, they should review SEC staff guidance on the pay vs. performance table. In addition to recent staff interpretations, as discussed in our October 2, 2023 post and February 22, 2023...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

SEC Provides Important Updates to Non-GAAP Disclosure Guidance

On December 13, 2022, the staff (Staff) of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued updates and additional explanations to its Non-GAAP Financial Measures Compliance and Disclosure Interpretations (the...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

How to Navigate the SEC’s New Clawback Rules

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The rules direct stock exchanges to require issuers that are publicly listed in the US to adopt clawback policies for the mandatory recovery of erroneously awarded incentive compensation... ...more

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SEC Adopts Final Rules Requiring Disclosure and Recovery of Erroneously Awarded Incentive-Based Compensation

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​​​​​​​On October 26, 2022, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) adopted regulations (the “final rules”) implementing Section 10D of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (“Exchange Act”), which was added by the...more

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SEC Amends MD&A and Financial Disclosure Rules

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In November 2020, the SEC adopted amendments to Regulation S-K to modernize and simplify certain disclosure requirements related to Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations (MD&A)...more

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

SEC Continues to Modernize the Disclosure Regime

On November 19, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) continued its ongoing efforts to streamline and enhance its disclosure regime by adopting amendments to Items 301, 302, and 303 of Regulation S-K. These...more

Cooley LLP

Blog: SEC adopts amendments to modernize MD&A and other financial disclosure requirements

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Yesterday, the SEC announced that it has adopted, without an open meeting, final amendments designed to simplify and modernize MD&A and other financial disclosure requirements of Reg S-K. With SEC Chair Jay Clayton and Corp...more

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SEC Amends Rules for Disclosures Regarding Business, Legal Proceedings and Risk Factors

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The SEC has adopted amendments to modernize certain disclosure requirements set forth in Regulation S-K. Specifically, the SEC updated the items governing a company’s description of its business, legal proceedings and risk...more

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SEC Enforcement in Financial Reporting and Disclosure: 2020 Mid-Year Update

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We are pleased to present our annual mid-year update on financial reporting and issuer disclosure enforcement activity for 2020. This White Paper focuses on the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's ("SEC") enforcement...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

2020 Filing Season Survey: Coronavirus (COVID-19) Disclosures So Far

For Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) registrants with a fiscal year ending December 31, March 2020 brings the deadlines for filing annual reports on Form 10-K for all categories of filers. These registrants and other...more

Fenwick & West LLP

January 2020 SEC Updates: New Guidance on Use of Financial Metrics, Significant Proposed Changes to MD&A and More

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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has issued guidance on the use of financial metrics and has proposed significant amendments pertaining to Regulation S-K’s financial disclosure provisions?. In addition, SEC...more

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New SEC C&DIs Clarify Aspects of Omitting Discussion of Third Year of Financials from the MD&A

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On January 24, 2020, the SEC’s Division of Corporation Finance released three new compliance and disclosure interpretations (“C&DIs”)  related to revised Instruction 1 to Item 303(a) of Regulation S-K (“Instruction 1”),...more

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SEC Issues MD&A Guidance

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The Securities and Exchange Commission (Commission) recently announced that it has issued guidance on key performance indicators and metrics in Management’s Discussion and Analysis (MD&A). Although the guidance in the...more

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The SEC Proposes to Simplify Certain Financial Disclosures and Issues Guidance on Performance

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On January 30, 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed amendments to Regulation S-K that would eliminate Item 301 (Selected Financial Data) and Item 302 (Supplementary Financial Information), because these...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

SEC Enforcement Activity – A Reminder Regarding the “Equal or Greater Prominence” Presentation Requirement of Item 10(e)

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At the end of last year, in an enforcement action brought by the Division of Enforcement of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) against ADT Inc. (ADT), reporting companies were reminded that the SEC continues to...more

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SEC Proposes Rules to Update Disclosures for Public Bank Holding Companies, Banks, Savings and Loan Holding Companies and Savings...

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On September 17, 2019, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) proposed rules that would update the statistical disclosures currently required by Industry Guide 3, Statistical Disclosure by Bank Holding Companies...more

Perkins Coie

2019 Corporate Governance Hot Topics

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The following update highlights recent corporate governance hot topics and trends for directors of public companies. Board Oversight of Mission-Critical Risks - In June 2019, the Delaware Supreme Court allowed a Caremark...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

Updated: FAQs About Exhibit 104 (Cover Page Interactive Data File) for Large Accelerated Filers

Note: We updated this post (originally posted last week) to add new frequently asked questions about when to reference Exhibit 104 in Form 8-Ks and about the phase-in schedule for all companies....more

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SEC Disclosure Simplification Continues

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On March 20, 2019, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted amendments to simplify and modernize disclosure requirements of Regulation S-K and certain forms....more

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In Case You Missed It - Interesting Items for Corporate Counsel - March 2019

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Heaping further empirical evidence on the postulate that self-indulgence trumps common sense, Elon Musk is at it again, now charged by the SEC with violating his earlier settlement agreement, which required that he pre-clear...more

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Review Smaller Reporting Company Status in Light of New “Smaller Reporting Company” Definition and Updated SEC Staff C&DIs

As public companies prepare to file their annual reports on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018, they should consider whether they qualify for smaller reporting company (“SRC”) status under the recently amended...more

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