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SEC Voluntarily Pauses Implementation of Climate Disclosure Rules Amid Legal Challenges

Today, the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) voluntarily stayed its recently issued Climate Disclosure Rules.   The SEC hopes the voluntary stay will facilitate the resolution of the current Eighth Circuit challenge...more

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SEC Finalizes Climate Disclosure Rules

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The SEC has adopted the much-anticipated climate-related disclosure rules, which are more than 900 pages long, two years after they were first proposed. Although the rules will almost certainly face challenges in court that...more

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Weather You're Ready or Not, the Long Awaited SEC Climate Disclosure Rules Are Coming

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The SEC's five commissioners on March 6, 2024, will vote on whether to adopt long-awaited public company climate disclosure rules that would require registrants to report climate-related risks and metrics. In a Feb. 28, 2024,...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

AI and the “G” in ESG

As artificial intelligence (AI) expands into virtually every industry, companies should consider AI’s potential impacts on corporate governance and internal controls. Companies should integrate AI thoughtfully to ensure...more

Perkins Coie

Preparing for the 2024 Public Company Reporting Season

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In anticipation of the upcoming reporting season, this Update highlights some of the most significant rule changes, guidance, institutional investor areas of focus, and trends for public companies to consider in preparing...more

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Get Ready for SEC Final Rule on Climate Disclosures

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More than a year and a half after the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) released its controversial and groundbreaking Proposed Rule for the disclosure of climate-related risks, its much-anticipated release of the Final...more

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The Proposed ESG Auditing Rule You Know Nothing About

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The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board’s proposed auditing standards feature major implications for ESG that could upend corporate audits. On June 6, 2023, the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB), the...more

Foley Hoag LLP - Energy & Climate Counsel

Anticipating the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s ESG Disclosure Rules and Guidelines: How to Stay Ahead of the Game

As more advisory services, investment companies, and public companies have publicized their Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) goals, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has proposed a set of new rules...more

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SEC Adopts Rules on Cybersecurity Risk Management, Strategy, Governance and Incident Disclosure by Public Companies

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On July 25, 2023, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC), by a 3-2 vote, adopted final rules regarding cybersecurity risk management, strategy, governance and incident reporting by public companies (the Final...more

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SEC Imposes New Cybersecurity Disclosure Requirements

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At an Open Meeting on July 26, 2023, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted final rules and amendments that impose new cybersecurity-related disclosure requirements for public companies subject to the...more

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SEC Adopts New Cybersecurity Rules

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In yet another indication of the increasing weight being given by government officials to cybersecurity, on July 26, 2023, the Securities and Exchange Commission adopted new rules requiring public companies to disclose...more

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SEC Adopts Cyber Regulations

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On July 26, 2023, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted rules requiring disclosure of material cybersecurity incidents as well as periodic disclosure of cybersecurity risk, management, strategy, and governance...more

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SEC Adopts Rules for Cybersecurity Risk Management, Strategy, Governance and Incident Disclosure

On July 26, 2023, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) voted 3-2 to adopt final rules that are intended to enhance and standardize disclosures regarding cybersecurity risk management, strategy, governance and...more

Sullivan & Worcester

SEC Adopts Rules on Cybersecurity Risk Management, Strategy, Governance and Incident Disclosure by Public Companies

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The SEC today adopted rules requiring registrants to disclose material cybersecurity incidents they experience and to disclose on an annual basis material information regarding their cybersecurity risk management, strategy...more

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The SEC's Proposed Cybersecurity Rules: Regulatory Delay Does Not Bless Standing By

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The SEC’s Cybersecurity Proposals - The SEC has proposed four rules designed to address cybersecurity risk and management, including incident reporting by public companies....more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Companies Face Increasing Scrutiny Over Their ESG Disclosures — Including by ESG Critics

Key Points As public interest and scrutiny into environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues continue to rise, companies face an ever-evolving landscape relating to their ESG disclosures. The Securities and Exchange...more

Keating Muething & Klekamp PLL

Securities Snapshot: 2nd Quarter 2023 - SEC Begins Summer with Blistering Rulemaking Pace

Although the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) has not yet adopted the highly-anticipated final rules on climate change disclosure, in the second quarter of 2023 the SEC continued its heated pace of rulemaking....more

McDermott Will & Emery

SEC Requires New Disclosures in Periodic Reports on Share Repurchases

On May 3, 2023, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted amendments to the share repurchase disclosure rules that require the disclosure of daily share repurchase activity on a quarterly basis by domestic...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

SEC Reopens Comment Period for Proposed Amendments to Beneficial Ownership Reporting Rules

On April 28, 2023, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) reopened the comment period for its rulemaking proposal, Modernization of Beneficial Ownership Reporting, through the later of 30 days after the reopening...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Greenhouse Gas Disclosure Mandates Advance in California Legislature; SEC Remains Silent

Two bills that would require climate-related disclosures from specified companies doing business in California advanced in the Legislature this week. SB 253 (Wiener) and SB 261 (Stern) passed the Senate Judiciary Committee...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Investment Management Update - February 2023

In this issue, we cover regulatory developments impacting the investment management sector, including updates on closed-end fund activism and various new and revised SEC rules....more

Sullivan & Worcester

The Status of Two Pending Rules That Would Require Disclosure of Climate Risks

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We discuss the status of two pending federal regulations that would require the disclosure of information concerning greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and climate-related risks: one proposed by several agencies that would apply...more

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Caremark Liability Following the SEC’s New ESG Reporting Requirements

Recent developments in the Court of Chancery concerning a corporate board’s duty to monitor and provide oversight over a corporation’s operations, so-called Caremark claims, are likely to intersect with the Securities and...more

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SEC on Cusp of Radically Expanding Emission-Disclosure Requirements

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The Securities and Exchange Commission in March gave initial approval to the Enhancement and Standardization of Climate-Related Disclosures for Investors. These disclosures include three different categories...more

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Preparing for the 2023 Proxy and Annual Reporting Season: Key Issues and Considerations

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Companies are beginning to look ahead to the upcoming 2023 proxy and annual reporting season, and there are a number of key issues to consider as preparations commence. This alert provides an overview of these issues and...more

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