It’s Annual Reporting season again for most public companies. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has released numerous new disclosure obligations for the upcoming filing period. Companies should take the time to...more
The SEC on January 24, 2024 adopted final rules amending the disclosure and registration requirements applicable to special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) and shell companies that register or file reports with the SEC....more
In this Client Alert, we highlight key considerations public companies should keep in mind when preparing their upcoming annual reports on Form 10-K and proxy statements, including rule changes, recent guidance and reporting...more
Clawback Rules. As previously discussed in last Winter’s Corporate Communicator, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC") adopted final rules in October 2022 directing the NYSE and Nasdaq to adopt listing standards that...more
On June 9, 2023, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved the executive compensation clawback listing standards and relevant amendments proposed by the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and the Nasdaq Stock Market...more
Skadden’s Executive Compensation and Benefits Group is pleased to provide you with its 2020 Compensation Committee Handbook. This edition reflects updates in applicable law and practices, including developments in director...more
Publicly traded companies need to know whether a director qualifies as "independent" for a variety of reasons. Item 407 of Regulation S-K, for example, requires issuers to identify each director that is independent. In...more
The NYSE proposed in November changes to its listing standards to allow “primary” share offerings through a direct listing. To date, direct listings have been in the form of stockholder share resales (a “secondary offering”)...more
There have been significant recent developments in U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) regulation of foreign private issuers, (FPIs) including changes that impact the annual report on Form 20-F for fiscal year 2019....more
Although the SEC was closed during the first few weeks of the year, they came back strong to close out the quarter with a flurry of final and proposed rulemakings. Over the first quarter of 2019, the SEC adopted additional...more
This newsletter provides a snapshot of the principal US and selected international governance and securities law developments during the third quarter of 2018 that may be of interest to Latin American corporations and...more
The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (“Dodd-Frank”) became federal law on July 21, 2010 to provide safeguards for consumers and increase transparency in the U.S. capital markets in response to public...more
2014 ANNUAL MEETING SEASON - Dear clients and friends, We present to you our traditional year-end issue of Snell & Wilmer’s Corporate Communicator to help you prepare for the upcoming annual report and proxy...more
Your good client Socrates is on the line. Socrates — who gave up a promising career in philosophy to take up professional soccer — has an ethics question for you. No, he is not asking you to explain Stoicism, Epicureanism or...more