US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filers have until September 15, 2025, to enroll in Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval (EDGAR) Next. Any filers not enrolled before the deadline will lose the ability...more
In a novel enforcement action, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) charged a member of the board of directors of a New-York-Stock-Exchange (NYSE)-listed manufacturer of personal and household products for...more
In a novel enforcement action, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) charged a member of the board of directors of a New-York-Stock-Exchange (NYSE)-listed manufacturer of personal and household products for...more
On November 22, 2023, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued an order postponing the effective date for the new share Repurchase Rule (88 Fed. Reg. 36002 (June 1, 2023)) pending further SEC action. The SEC’s...more
The Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and the responses of governments and societies to the crisis are having a profound impact on public companies and capital markets worldwide. Such companies, including those in the United...more
3/29/2020
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In the third quarter of 2019, the SEC Staff announced major changes to the standard no-action request review and response process relating to shareholder proposals. In addition, the SEC expanded the availability of...more
10/18/2019
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Benchmarks ,
Capital Markets ,
Emerging Growth Companies ,
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Inter-Bank Offered Rates (IBORs) ,
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Proxy Statements ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Regulation D ,
Regulation FD ,
Rule 144A ,
Rule 14a-8 ,
Rule 501 ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Shareholder Proposals
During the previous quarter, the SEC proposed new rulemaking to reduce the number of smaller companies that become subject to enhanced reporting requirements through “accelerated filer” and “large accelerated filer” status....more
7/16/2019
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Amended Rules ,
Blockchain ,
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Food Marketing Institute v Argus Leader Media ,
Howey ,
ICFR ,
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No-Action Letters ,
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Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Regulation S-K ,
SCOTUS ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Smaller Reporting Companies ,
Substantial-Competitive-Harm Test ,
Threshold Requirements
The Impact of The EU General Data Protection Regulation -
The EU General Data Protection Regulation 2016/679 (GDPR) was published in the Official Journal of the European Union on 4 May 2016 following the compromise...more
8/31/2016
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EU ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
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life ,
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Mergers ,
Oil & Gas ,
Outsourcing ,
Personal Data ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Tax Code ,
Tax Deductions ,
UK ,
UK Brexit