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Divided SEC Adopts New Climate-Related Disclosure Rules

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On March 6, 2024, a divided SEC approved climate-related disclosure rules. The new rules will require disclosure of...more

BCLP

SEC Schedules Vote on Proposed Cybersecurity Disclosure Rules; Enforcement Director Speaks on Cyber Resiliency

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The SEC has scheduled a public meeting for July 26, 2023 to, among other things, “consider whether to adopt rules to enhance and standardize disclosures regarding cybersecurity risk management, strategy, governance, and...more

Mintz

Draft SEC Five-Year Strategic Plan Emphasizes Importance of Climate Disclosures

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Recently, the SEC issued its five-year strategic plan for public comment.  This strategic plan covers a wide variety of topics, ranging from adapting to new technology to plans for increasing internal SEC workforce...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

SEC moves forward to revise shareholder proposal rule

​​​​​​​On July 14, 2022, the SEC voted 3-2 to propose a rule adopting amendments to Rule 14a-8 (the Proposed Amendments), which requires companies subject to the federal proxy rules to include certain shareholder proposals in...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

In Depth: Dissecting the Real Estate, Structured Finance and Financial Services Industries' Comment Letters on the SEC’s Climate...

By the time the comment period closed on June 17, 2022, the SEC had received thousands of comment letters from the public in response to the SEC’s proposed climate disclosure rules (the “Proposal”), which is perhaps the most...more

Zuckerman Spaeder LLP

SEC Extends Comment Period on Proposed Rules Requiring Robust Climate-Related Disclosures

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On May 9, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) announced that it will extend the public comment period on its proposed rules on climate-related disclosures by public companies. The comment period was scheduled...more

BakerHostetler

SEC Proposes Rules for Climate-Related Disclosures and Extends Deadline for Public Comments

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Key Takeaways - ..The SEC proposed amendments to require registrants to provide certain climate-related information in registration statements and periodic reports. ..The proposed rules would require a company to...more

Woodruff Sawyer

Governance Disclosure and the SEC’s Proposed Climate Rules

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On March 21, 2022, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) proposed rule amendments (the “Proposed Rules”) that would require most US public companies and foreign private issuers to include certain climate-related...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

In Depth: What Can Public Companies Do Now to Prepare for the SEC’s New Proposed Rules on Climate-Related Disclosures?

On March 21, 2022, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) proposed far-reaching amendments to Regulation S-K and Regulation S-X that would mandate significant additional climate-related disclosures for public...more

Goldberg Segalla

The SEC Warns Registrants – ESG is No Longer a Slogan on the Gym Wall

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If ESG were merely a slogan on the proverbial gym wall, companies are about to be held accountable for their public promises of climate change and sustainability focused ambitions.  Last month the Securities and Exchange...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

SEC Proposes New Rules for Climate-Related Disclosures

On March 21, 2022, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) voted 3-1 to propose long-anticipated rules mandating climate-related disclosures in companies’ annual reports and registration statements. The proposed rules...more

Quarles & Brady LLP

SEC Proposes Extensive Climate Change Reporting Obligations for Public Companies

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On March 21, 2022, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed its long-awaited rules requiring more robust climate change disclosures for publicly traded companies. The reach of these proposed rules is extremely...more

Jenner & Block

The SEC’s Proposed Climate-Related Disclosure Rules: Are They the “Core Bargain,” a “Watershed Moment,” or “Undermin[ing] the...

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Earlier last week, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) approved the issuance of proposed new disclosure rules [cited as “PR, p. __”], titled The Enhancement and Standardization of Climate-Related Disclosures for...more

Proskauer - Corporate Defense and Disputes

SEC Proposes Broad New Climate Change Disclosure Requirements

In a 500-page release, the SEC has proposed significant new public company climate change disclosure requirements for both domestic companies and foreign private issuers, including the actual and potential impacts of climate...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

SEC Proposes Climate-Related Changes to Regulation S-K and Regulation S-X

On March 21, 2022, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) proposed far-reaching amendments to Regulation S-K and Regulation S-X that would mandate significant additional climate-related disclosures.  If...more

Jones Day

SEC Releases Proposed Rule on Climate Risk Disclosure

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On March 21, 2022, the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") voted 3–1 to propose amendments to Regulations S-K and S-X that would require registrants to provide certain climate-related information in their registration...more

WilmerHale

SEC Issues Groundbreaking Climate Disclosure Proposal

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Yesterday, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC or Commission) proposed groundbreaking rules intended to enhance and standardize climate-related disclosure requirements for public companies. The SEC’s climate...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

SEC Proposes Changes to Beneficial Ownership Reporting

On February 10, 2022, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) voted 3-1 to approve proposed changes to public company beneficial ownership reporting requirements. The SEC has long considered such changes to the...more

Keating Muething & Klekamp PLL

SEC Rules Establish New Requirements For Director Elections, Universal Proxy Cards And Enhanced Proxy Disclosures; Additional...

In a move we expect will pave the road for an increase in proxy contests, on November 17, 2021, the Securities and Exchange Commission adopted new Rule 14a-19 and amendments to existing rules under the Securities Exchange Act...more

Mayer Brown Free Writings + Perspectives

US SEC Welcomes Public Input on Climate Change Disclosures

In another step toward the integration of climate factors into the US corporate disclosure landscape, Acting Chair of the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Allison Herren Lee, issued a request for public input on...more

Proskauer - Corporate Defense and Disputes

So Nice They Did It Twice: SEC Continues to Examine ESG Disclosure Requirements

On Monday, the SEC asked for public comments on a new, standardized ESG disclosure framework that would require issuers to disclose certain climate and other ESG-related risks. The comment request—which encapsulates public...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

SEC Issues Call for Public Comments on Climate-Related Disclosures

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is seeking public comment on climate change disclosures. Acting SEC Chair Allison Herren Lee issued a statement requesting public input in connection with a speech delivered on...more

Proskauer - Corporate Defense and Disputes

ESG on the Books: NASDAQ Proposed Rules Require Board Diversity

In December, the NASDAQ proposed new listing rules that—if implemented—would require companies to (i) disclose information about the diversity of their directors on an annual basis and (ii) have at least two diverse...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

US Department of Labor Puts ESG Investing on Ice

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In its finalized rule amending ERISA, the DOL makes financial factors paramount in a fiduciary’s responsibility to investors. On October 30, 2020, the US Department of Labor (DOL) published Financial Factors in Selecting...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

SEC Proposes to Modernize Business, Legal Proceeding and Risk Factor Disclosure Requirements Under Regulation S-K

On August 8, 2019, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced proposed amendments to modernize the rules requiring description of business, legal proceeding and risk factor disclosures pursuant to Regulation S-K....more

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