As summer turns into fall and in-house lawyers start thinking ahead to the upcoming 10-K filing season, we’re often asked to review and update the description of securities exhibit(s) required to be filed with Form 10-K by...more
The securities law disclosure framework has evolved to encourage; companies acting in good faith to disseminate relevant projections pertaining to their businesses to the general public "without fear of open-ended liability."...more
Each month, we publish a roundup of the most important SEC enforcement developments for busy in-house lawyers and compliance professionals. This month, we examine: •The SEC’s first “Shadow Trading” trial; •SCOTUS’s...more
On April 12, 2024, in Macquarie Infrastructure Corp. v. Moab Partners, L.P., the US Supreme Court held that a company’s mere failure to disclose information required by management’s discussion and analysis (Item 303 of SEC...more
On April 12, 2024, the Supreme Court unanimously reversed and vacated the Second Circuit’s decision in Macquarie Infrastructure Corporation v. Moab Partners, L.P. Justice Sonia Sotomayor delivered the opinion for the Court....more
After much anticipation, on March 6, 2024, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC” or the “Commission”) released its Final Rule—The Enhancement and Standardization of Climate-Related Disclosures for Investors—mandating...more
On March 21, 2022, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed expansive and controversial climate disclosure rules. Two years and 24,000 comment letters later, on March 6, 2024, the SEC voted 3-2 to adopt its...more
On March 6, 2024, a divided SEC approved climate-related disclosure rules. The new rules will require disclosure of...more
On March 6, 2024, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted climate disclosure rules which will require registrants to disclose detailed new climate-related disclosures in annual reports and registration...more
Cornerstone Research (a top consulting and expert testimony firm) issued its 2023 Year in Review report, examining recent trends in securities class action filings. According to the report, in 2023 there was a slight uptick...more
The U.S. Supreme Court will likely decide before the end of its current term whether the failure to make a disclosure pursuant to Item 303 of Regulation S-K can serve as the basis for a securities fraud claim under Section...more
On September 29, 2023, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to weigh in on the validity of a familiar allegation in private securities litigation—that a failure to disclose under Item 303 of Regulation S-K (“Item 303”) supports a...more
On September 29, the Supreme Court agreed to hear a case that could significantly affect the scope of corporate liability under the securities laws. Lower courts disagree on whether the SEC-required “management’s discussion...more
The weather may be cooling down, but the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) did not cool down its pace of rulemaking during the third quarter of 2023. The SEC adopted its highly anticipated cybersecurity disclosure...more
On July 26, 2023, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted final rules regarding cybersecurity risk management, strategy, governance, and incident reporting by public companies. The final rules require...more
On May 3, 2023, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted amendments to the disclosure requirements relating to issuers’ repurchases of their equity securities. As outlined below, the amendments require additional...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
In May the SEC adopted rule amendments that require reporting companies to disclose in their periodic reports more detailed information about their repurchases of equity securities registered under Section 12 of the Exchange...more
The Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) will soon have the tools necessary to enforce its longstanding rules regarding share repurchases. On May 3, 2023, the SEC adopted new rules to “modernize” its repurchase...more
On May 3, 2023, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted amendments to its rules that will require additional detail regarding the structure of share repurchase plans or programs and share repurchases by...more
Summary - On May 3, 2022, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted final rules to modernize disclosure requirements relating to the repurchase by issuers of equity securities that are registered under the...more
Issuers must disclose daily quantitative share repurchase information on a quarterly or semi-annual basis depending on the type of issuer, but not after every repurchase as had been initially proposed - Issuers must...more
On May 3, 2023, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), by a vote of 3-2, adopted amendments to modernize the disclosure requirements relating to issuers’ repurchases of their equity securities that are registered...more
On May 3, 2023, in a 3-2 vote, the SEC adopted amendments to significantly increase the disclosure required about issuer repurchases of their equity securities that are registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934....more
In a recent decision, Moab Partners, L.P. v. Macquarie Infrastructure Corporation, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit vacated a lower court’s dismissal of claims under Section 10(b) of the Securities Exchange...more