On March 21, 2022, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) at a virtual open meeting proposed rules to expand and standardize issuers’ climate-related disclosures. The proposed rules would utilize mandatory,...more
3/23/2022
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Climate Change ,
Comment Period ,
Corporate Governance ,
Corporate Social Responsibility ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
Greenhouse Gas Emissions ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Regulation
On March 9, 2022, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) proposed amendments to rules to expand and standardize disclosures regarding cybersecurity risk management, strategy, governance, and incident reporting by...more
3/23/2022
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Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Form 8-K ,
Incident Response Plans ,
Proposed Amendments ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Regulation S-K ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Regulation
BUSY FOURTH QUARTER FOR SEC STAFF -
During the fourth quarter of 2021, the Securities and Exchange Commission reopened the comment period for its controversial compensation clawback rule that it initially proposed in 2015...more
1/25/2022
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Clawbacks ,
Comment Period ,
Electronic Filing ,
Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) ,
No-Action Requests ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Rule 14a-8 ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Regulation
In a move we expect will pave the road for an increase in proxy contests, on November 17, 2021, the Securities and Exchange Commission adopted new Rule 14a-19 and amendments to existing rules under the Securities Exchange Act...more
11/19/2021
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Comment Period ,
Corporate Governance ,
Directors ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
New Regulations ,
Proxy Season ,
Proxy Voting ,
Proxy Voting Guidelines ,
Public Comment ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Regulation