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Corp Fin Issues New Guidance Further Accommodating Nonpublic Draft Registration Statements

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A few days ago, Corp Fin issued this guidance expanding the accommodations available for nonpublic review of draft registration statements to all issuers, building on the 2017 expansion of nonpublic reviews initiated by the...more

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Corp Fin expands opportunities for nonpublic review of draft registration statements

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Yesterday, the SEC announced that Corp Fin was “further facilitating capital formation by enhancing the accommodations available to companies for nonpublic review of draft registration statements.” You might recall that, in...more

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Financial Statement Requirements in US Securities Offerings: What Non-US Issuers Need to Know - 2025 Edition

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The most frequently asked question at all-hands meetings for a securities offering is “What financial statements will be needed?” The question seems simple enough. But the answer is rarely straightforward. This User’s...more

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The Heat Is On SEC’s Climate-Related Disclosure Rules

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On March 6, 2024, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) adopted new final rules requiring issuers to include extensive disclosure in registration statements and periodic reports regarding material...more

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Rising Tide of SEC Disclosure Obligations Threatens to Inundate Registrants with New Reporting Costs

Overview On March 6, 2024, in a 3-2 vote along party lines, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued a controversial 886-page final climate-related disclosure rule (Final Rules) that will require companies to...more

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Crosscurrents: The SEC’s Standardized Climate-Related Disclosures as Adopted

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After a significant delay, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted its final rule on Wednesday, March 5, 2024, that requires companies who file registration statements and annual reports to disclose material...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

The Federal Corporate Transparency Act Through the Lens of Private Equity: Unique Challenges Await

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With a stated goal of enhancing transparency of business ownership, the federal Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) mandates various types of businesses – such as corporations, limited liability companies, and limited...more

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No More CTRs! (and Other SEC Updates to Modernize and Simplify Disclosure for Public Companies)

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On March 20, 2019, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted amendments to existing rules to modernize and simplify its disclosure obligations. The most significant changes relate to the new streamlined process for...more

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Everything Public Companies Need to Know About Recent SEC Amendments

Nearly a year and a half after proposing them, the SEC recently adopted amendments to disclosure requirements for reporting companies, as mandated by the 2015 Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act (the FAST Act). These...more

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SEC Reporting Companies Now Regulation A+ Eligible

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On December 19, 2018, the Securities and Exchange Commission issued final rules to permit reporting companies under the Securities Exchange Act to offer securities under Regulation A (affectionately referred to often as...more

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Red Notice Newsletter - September 2018

ANTICORRUPTION DEVELOPMENTS - Petrobras Settles with U.S. Authorities Over Alleged FCPA Violations - On September 27, 2018, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Capital Markets Alert – Public Market Advocacy Groups Release Guidance

On April 27, 2018, the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA), the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and Nasdaq, along with certain technology and biotechnology groups, released a policy paper titled “Expanding...more

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Treasury Issues Plan to Streamline Capital Markets Regulation

Pursuant to Executive Order 13772, the Treasury Department has issued a report that identifies laws, treaties, regulations, guidance, reporting and record keeping requirements, and other government policies that promote or...more

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Confidential IPO Filing System to be Expanded

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As of July 10th, the SEC’s Division of Corporation Finance will permit all companies to submit draft registration statements relating to initial public offerings for review on a non-public basis...more

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SEC Announces New Changes to Covers of Periodic Reports and Registration Statements

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The SEC adopted technical rule and form amendments under the JOBS Act that impact almost every periodic report and registration statement by adding an additional “check the box” item on the covers (as well as the introductory...more

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SEC Proposes to Require Use of Inline XBRL

In 2009 the SEC adopted rules requiring operating companies to provide the information from the financial statements accompanying their registration statements and periodic and current reports in machine-readable format using...more

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US IPO Guide 2016 Edition

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This is our initial public offering guide. It will help you decide whether an IPO is the right move for your company and, if so, help you make sure your IPO goes off as quickly and as smoothly as possible, without any...more

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SEC Proposes to Amend Smaller Reporting Company Definition

In the years following the JOBS Act, which created the term “emerging growth company” and made available certain disclosure and other accommodations to companies that qualified as EGCs, there has been renewed focus on scaled...more

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SEC Proposes Increasing Threshold to Qualify as a Smaller Reporting Company

The SEC has proposed amendments that would increase the financial thresholds in the “smaller reporting company” definition. The proposal to update the definition would expand the number of companies that qualify as smaller...more

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2016 IPO Report

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Our 2016 IPO Report offers a detailed analysis of, and outlook for, the IPO market, plus useful IPO market metrics. We look at rates of adoption of JOBS Act relief by emerging growth companies, and recent FAST Act amendments...more

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JOBS Act Quick Start – A Brief Overview of the JOBS Act, 2016 Update

Many market participants were taken by surprise by the enactment of the Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act. The JOBS Act, HR 3606, was passed by the United States House of Representatives on March 8, 2012. On March...more

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SEC Approves Interim Final Rules Implementing Two Provisions of the FAST Act

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On January 13, the Securities and Exchange Commission announced that it approved interim final rules implementing two provisions of the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act, adopted by Congress in December, that...more

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SEC Adopts Interim Final Rules to Implement FAST Act Provisions

On January 13, 2016, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) adopted interim final rules to implement Sections 71003 and 84001 of the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act (the “FAST Act”). The interim final...more

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SEC Approves Final Rules for Pay Ratio Disclosure

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The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted the final "pay ratio" disclosure rules to implement Section 953(b) of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank Act) at an open meeting on...more

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SEC Finalizes CEO Pay-Ratio Rule with Delayed Effective Date

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On Aug. 5, 2015, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted a final rule implementing the CEO pay-ratio disclosure requirements of Section 953(b) of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act....more

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