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The Time is Here: Public Companies Should be Mindful of the Upcoming Insider Trading Policy Form 10-K Exhibit Filing Requirement

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In connection with the upcoming Form 10-K/proxy season, public companies with a fiscal year ending on December 31 will be required, for the first time, to publicly file their insider trading policies as exhibits to their...more

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Don’t Pull the Trigger on That Stock Trade Just Yet! Questions Counsel Should Ask Insiders Before They Trade; Topics to Cover When...

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One of the routine duties of counsel for a public company is advising officers and directors on their trades in company stock and their SEC responsibilities when they leave. Because those discussions are routine, it may be...more

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US Supreme Court Holds That Pure Omissions Are Not Actionable Under Federal Anti-Fraud Rule

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In a unanimous decision, the US Supreme Court held that pure omissions are not actionable under Rule 10b-5(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Rather, the Court found that Rule 10b–5(b) prohibits half-truths, not...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Guide to Maintaining the Confidentiality of Commercially Sensitive Information in Agreements Filed With the SEC – 2024 Update

Editor’s note: This is an updated version of our January 12, 2023, client alert. This update covers new staff SEC guidance addressing the options companies have when existing confidential treatment orders approach expiration....more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Form 20-F for Fiscal Year 2023: What Foreign Private Issuers Should Keep in Mind

A number of notable developments over the past year, including disclosure trends and rule changes that impact the annual report on Form 20-F for fiscal year 2023, have updated the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

Desktop Reference: Form 8-K Filing Events

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Latham & Watkins has created the Form 8-K Desktop Reference Guide for 2024....more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

SEC Filing Deadline Calendars for 2024

Our U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filing deadline calendars for 2024 have been posted on our Resources page. These calendars reflect annual and quarterly filing deadlines for large accelerated filers,...more

Sullivan & Worcester

SEC Amends Deadlines and Other Rules for Reporting Beneficial Ownership on Schedules 13D and 13G

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The Securities and Exchange Commission has amended the rules governing beneficial ownership reporting under Sections 13(d) and 13(g) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (Exchange Act). Sections 13(d) and 13(g) of the...more

Foley Hoag LLP - Public Companies & the Law

SEC Launches Enforcement Sweep for Violations of Section 13(d) and Section 16

On September 27, 2023, the SEC announced a series of enforcement actions against six officers, directors and major stockholders of public companies, as well as five companies, for repeated failures to report information...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

SEC Division of Corporation Finance Publishes Guidance for Registrants as Government Shutdown Looms

On September 27, 2023, facing the prospect of a lapse of appropriations, the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Division of Corporation Finance published a summary of the anticipated impact on its operations of...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Capital Markets - 2024 SEC Filing Deadlines and Financial Statement Staleness Dates

Our 2024 annual guide to SEC filing deadlines and financial statement staleness dates has been released. Public companies should keep in mind key reporting deadlines, disclosure obligations and SEC holidays as they plan for...more

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SEC Pursues Violations of Rule 12b-25: Has "Broken Windows" Returned?

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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") has charged a group of small companies with making deficient filings on Form 12b-25, harkening back to the SEC's "broken windows" strategy from the last decade....more

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CSA Announce Exemptions From Certain Filing Requirements During Transition to SEDAR+

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On May 11, 2023, the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) announced exemptions from certain filing requirements in connection with the launch of the “System for Electronic Data Analysis and Retrieval +” (SEDAR+). CSA...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Preparing for the New SEC Electronic Filing Requirements for Form 144 – What Public Companies and Their Affiliates Need to Do to...

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) has adopted new rules that will require the affiliates of public companies to electronically submit their Form 144 filings (as opposed to filing those forms manually),...more

Mayer Brown Free Writings + Perspectives

SEC Extends EDGAR Filing Hours for Form 144

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) requires that Form 144 filings be made electronically via EDGAR, commencing April 13, 2023.  Currently Form 144 may either be mailed to the SEC or submitted electronically via...more

Stinson - Corporate & Securities Law Blog

SEC Updates Electronic Filing Requirements

The Securities and Exchange Commission adopted rules and form amendments to: Mandate the electronic filing or submission of certain documents that currently are permitted to be filed or submitted in paper... ...more

Mayer Brown Free Writings + Perspectives

What’s the Deal? – Form 8-K

What’s the Deal? Form 8-K is a report public companies must file with the SEC to announce major corporate events on a current basis. All U.S. “reporting” companies are responsible for filing Forms 8-K to disclose recent...more

Stinson - Corporate & Securities Law Blog

SEC Proposes to Amend Filing Deadlines for Schedule 13D and 13G

The SEC has proposed comprehensive changes to Regulation 13D-G and Regulation S-T to modernize the beneficial ownership reporting requirements and improve their operation and efficacy....more

Mayer Brown Free Writings + Perspectives

New Filing Fee Table Exhibit Requirements Affect All Shelf Takedowns

Effective Monday, January 31, 2022, the filing fee table exhibit requirements changed for many Securities Act and Exchange Act filings. For capital markets practitioners, it is important to now that all Rule 424 final...more

Stinson - Corporate & Securities Law Blog

The SEC Doesn’t Want Paper Courtesy Copies

Many persons and entities mail or otherwise provide to the SEC Divisions of Corporation Finance and Investment Management paper “courtesy copies” of materials that are filed or submitted via EDGAR, email, online form or other...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

Desktop Reference: 8-K Filing Events 2022

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Latham & Watkins has created the Form 8-K Desktop Reference Guide for 2022. ...more

Stinson - Corporate & Securities Law Blog

Acting SEC Chair Orders Review of Climate Disclosures

In a public statement Acting SEC Chair Allison Herren Lee noted that he had directed the Division of Corporation Finance to enhance its focus on climate-related disclosure in public company filings....more

Stinson - Corporate & Securities Law Blog

SEC Relief for Late Filings Expires

The SEC previously issued an order that, subject to certain conditions, provided publicly traded companies with an additional 45 days to file certain disclosure reports.  The current relief provided public companies with a...more

Mayer Brown Free Writings + Perspectives

SEC Staff Eases Paper Filing Requirements Due to COVID-19

On June 25, 2020, the staff of the Division of Corporation Finance (the “Staff”) released three temporary statements to assist filers impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic....more

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