In anticipation of the upcoming reporting season, this Update highlights some of the most significant rule changes, guidance, institutional investor areas of focus, and trends for public companies to consider while preparing...more
12/20/2024
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Board of Directors ,
Corporate Governance ,
Cybersecurity ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Filing Deadlines ,
Filing Requirements ,
Insider Trading ,
Policies and Procedures ,
Proxy Season ,
Proxy Statements ,
Proxy Voting Guidelines ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Shareholders ,
Stock Exchange
Recently, Glass Lewis announced the release of its 2025 U.S. Benchmark Policy Guidelines and guidelines for Shareholder Proposals & ESG-Related Issues that apply across markets. Here are 8 things to know about this year’s...more
11/22/2024
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Climate Change ,
Corporate Governance ,
Cybersecurity ,
Disclosure ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
Executive Compensation ,
Glass Lewis ,
Proxy Season ,
Proxy Voting Guidelines ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Shareholder Proposals ,
Shareholders ,
Smaller Reporting Companies ,
Technology Sector
On November 6, senior officials from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Division of Enforcement spoke at the Securities Enforcement Forum D.C. 2024, addressing anticipated leadership changes and enforcement...more
In late October, the SEC announced settled enforcement actions against four public companies, all stemming from impacts from the compromise of SolarWinds’ Orion software. Each order included allegations that the applicable...more
In the current political and business environment, companies are taking action to address a range of environmental and social issues.
Corporate attitudes have changed since the late 2010s, when environmental, social, and...more
8/28/2024
/ Business Strategies ,
Capital Investments ,
Climate Change ,
Corporate Governance ,
Corporate Social Responsibility ,
Cybersecurity ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Sustainability
In anticipation of the upcoming reporting season, this Update highlights some of the most significant rule changes, guidance, institutional investor areas of focus, and trends for public companies to consider in preparing...more
12/15/2023
/ 10b5-1 Plans ,
Board of Directors ,
Clawbacks ,
Corporate Governance ,
Cybersecurity ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Insider Trading ,
Popular ,
Proposed Rules ,
Proxy Season ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Stock Repurchases
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted final rules on July 26, 2023, requiring public companies to provide current disclosure, within what may be a short time window, about material cybersecurity incidents...more
8/8/2023
/ Corporate Governance ,
Cyber Incident Reporting ,
Cybersecurity ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Final Rules ,
Form 10-K ,
Form 8-K ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Regulation S-K ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Required Forms ,
Risk Management ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
XBRL Filing Requirements
During 2018, the SEC issued rule updates and guidance that are intended to ease certain public reporting requirements and clarify the SEC’s position with respect to the shareholder proposal process. While the SEC is taking...more
12/13/2018
/ Board of Directors ,
CD&A ,
Corporate Governance ,
Cybersecurity ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Executive Compensation ,
No-Action Letters ,
Proxy Season ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Shareholder Proposals ,
Tax Reform
Known by many names, including business email compromise fraud, CEO or CFO fraud, impersonation attacks, or “Man-in-the-Email” scams, cyber-related frauds involving spoofed or otherwise compromised business electronic...more
10/26/2018
/ Business E-Mail Compromise (BEC) ,
Cyber Crimes ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Internal Controls ,
New Guidance ,
Policies and Procedures ,
Popular ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Scams ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Exchange Act ,
Spoofing
This week, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued its first formal interpretative release on public company disclosure obligations relating to cybersecurity since the SEC Division of Corporation Finance’s...more
2/26/2018
/ Cyber Threats ,
Cybersecurity ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Form 8-K ,
Insider Trading ,
Internal Communications ,
Interpretive Rule ,
Materiality ,
Policies and Procedures ,
Regulation FD ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)