The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) voted to halt its defense of the climate disclosure rules introduced under the leadership of former SEC Chair Gary Gensler....more
4/2/2025
/ Climate Change ,
Deregulation ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Final Rules ,
Financial Reporting ,
Greenhouse Gas Emissions ,
Investors ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Regulation ,
Trump Administration
It is no secret that companies are grappling with how to address countervailing pressures on diversity initiatives in this first quarter of the second Trump administration. This issue is front and center as U.S. public...more
Acting Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC" or the "Commission") Chairman Mark Uyeda directed SEC staff to request that the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals not schedule an oral argument in the pending litigation...more
A new presidential administration is likely to bring change across the federal government, perhaps nowhere more starkly than at the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"), which has greatly expanded its enforcement reach...more
The U.S. Supreme Court held that courts should consider the generic nature of a misrepresentation when assessing price impact in securities-fraud suits and that defendants bear the burden of persuasion to prove a lack of...more
6/28/2021
/ Arkansas Teacher Retirement System v Goldman Sachs Group ,
Basic v Levinson ,
Burden of Persuasion ,
Burden of Proof ,
Certiorari ,
Class Action ,
Class Certification ,
Conflicts of Interest ,
Goldman Sachs ,
Investors ,
Presumption of Reliance ,
SCOTUS ,
Securities Exchange Act ,
Securities Litigation ,
Shareholders