On July 26, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted, by a 3-2 margin, a final rule to require more immediate disclosure of material cybersecurity incidents by public companies. In addition, the final rule...more
On May 3, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted rule amendments regarding disclosures about repurchases of an issuer's equity securities, or issuer stock buybacks. The final rule and fact sheet can be found...more
Overview On December 14, 2022, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted amendments and certain enhanced disclosure requirements related to Rule 10b5-1 trading plans. The new amendments include...more
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On August 25, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted (with the two Republican SEC commissioners dissenting) final pay-versus-performance rules mandated by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform...more
On March 21, the SEC proposed a highly anticipated set of rules that would require public companies to include a suite of climate-related disclosures in their SEC filings. Although the SEC published guidance in 2010...more
On February 9, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed new rules to enhance and standardize registrants’ disclosures regarding cybersecurity risk management, strategy, governance, and incident reporting. While...more
On December 15, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed rule amendments regarding the availability of the Rule 10b5-1(c)(1) affirmative defense to insider trading liability and enhanced disclosure requirements....more
On August 26, the SEC modernized the disclosure requirements in Items 101 (Description of Business), 103 (Legal Proceedings), and 105 (Risk Factors) of Regulation S-K, reflecting the first significant revisions to these...more