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North Carolina Permanently Authorizes Virtual Only Shareholders’ Meetings

As discussed in our March 17, 2020 and April 3, 2020 client alerts, the COVID-19 pandemic significantly impacted the ability of North Carolina corporations to hold in-person meetings of shareholders. Because the North...more

9/24/2021 / Amended Legislation , Business Corporation Act , Coronavirus/COVID-19 , Corporate Governance , Executive Orders , Governor Cooper , Publicly-Traded Companies , Remote Proceedings , Shareholder Meetings , Virtual Meetings

New Rule Amendments Permit Electronic Signatures on SEC Filings

On November 17, 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted rule amendments to permit immediately and post-pandemic the use of electronic signatures on documents filed with or furnished to the SEC. The...more

12/8/2020 / Amended Rules , Attestation Requirements , Coronavirus/COVID-19 , Corporate Governance , E-Signatures , Filing Requirements , Relief Measures , Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)

Updated Guidance and Relief Extensions: Public Company Considerations as COVID-19 Continues

Throughout the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has continued to provide both substantive guidance and logistical relief to public companies as they navigate these unprecedented...more

7/27/2020 / Coronavirus/COVID-19 , Corporate Governance , Guidance Update , Publicly-Traded Companies , Relief Measures , Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)

New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq Relax Certain Continued Listing Requirements

Reacting to the current market uncertainty and volatility caused by the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and the Nasdaq Stock Market, LLC (Nasdaq) have implemented several temporary rule...more

5/1/2020 / Capital Markets , Coronavirus/COVID-19 , Corporate Governance , Listing Standards , Nasdaq , NYSE , Popular , Publicly-Traded Companies , Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) , Temporary Regulations

Quarterly Reporting During a Pandemic: Form 10-Q and Earnings Release Disclosure Considerations

We have previously issued a number of alerts regarding the impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic on public companies, including ones regarding issues related to annual meetings and periodic and ongoing disclosure...more

4/28/2020 / Coronavirus/COVID-19 , Corporate Governance , Disclosure Requirements , Form 10-Q , Publicly-Traded Companies , Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)

SEC Provides Limited Relief from Proxy Material Mailing Requirements

As discussed in our previous alert, Annual Meetings in a World Without Meetings: The Impact of COVID-19 on Public Companies, on March 13, 2020, the Staff of the Division of Corporation Finance of the Securities and Exchange...more

4/16/2020 / Annual Meeting , Coronavirus/COVID-19 , Corporate Governance , Proxy Materials , Publicly-Traded Companies , Relief Measures , Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)

Delaware Provides Emergency Relief from Requirements for Meetings of Stockholders

As discussed in our previous alert, Annual Meetings in a World Without Meetings: The Impact of COVID-19 on Public Companies, on March 13, 2020, the Staff of the Division of Corporation Finance of the Securities and Exchange...more

4/8/2020 / Coronavirus/COVID-19 , Corporate Governance , Delaware General Corporation Law , Relief Measures , Shareholder Meetings , Virtual Meetings

Poison Pills in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic

In light of the precipitous decline in the stock market since the beginning of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, public companies should consider whether their existing corporate governance structures enable them to...more

4/8/2020 / Coronavirus/COVID-19 , Corporate Governance , Hostile Takeover , Poison Pill

Governor Cooper Temporarily Authorizes Virtual-Only Meetings of Shareholders

In our previous alert, Annual Meetings in a World Without Meetings: The Impact of COVID-19 on Public Companies, we discussed some of the practical steps that public companies can take to hold annual meetings in light of the...more

4/3/2020 / Annual Meeting , Coronavirus/COVID-19 , Corporate Governance , Governor Cooper , Publicly-Traded Companies , Relief Measures , Shareholder Meetings , Virtual Meetings

Public Companies: How Regulators and Issuers Are Responding to a Pandemic

Since our previous Public Companies alert, Annual Meetings in a World Without Meetings: The Impact of COVID-19 on Public Companies, regulators and issuers have taken unprecedented actions to address the impact of the...more

4/2/2020 / Coronavirus/COVID-19 , Corporate Governance , Disclosure Requirements , Publicly-Traded Companies , Relief Measures , Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)

Annual Meetings in a World Without Meetings: The Impact of COVID-19 on Public Companies

Coronavirus (COVID-19) is having an unprecedented impact on the world’s economy, including historic stock market declines, a virtual standstill in business and leisure travel, closures of schools and businesses and a focus on...more

3/18/2020 / Annual Meeting , Coronavirus/COVID-19 , Corporate Governance , Emergency Management Plans , Emergency Response , Proxy Season , Publicly-Traded Companies , Risk Management , Shareholder Meetings , Virtual Meetings

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