While your winter blues are hopefully melting away, recent rule making from the Securities and Exchange Commission is feeling the heat of several lawsuits. In this Snapshot, we review the legal challenges facing the SEC’s...more
4/1/2024
/ Climate Change ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Diversity ,
Final Rules ,
Greenhouse Gas Emissions ,
Nasdaq ,
Proxy Advisors ,
Proxy Season ,
Regulation S-K ,
Regulation S-X ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Securities ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Special Purpose Acquisition Companies (SPACs) ,
Stock Repurchases
On March 6, 2024, the Securities and Exchange Commission adopted its highly anticipated climate-related disclosure rules. The rules faced public scrutiny since their proposal two years ago, with the SEC receiving more than...more
3/15/2024
/ Business Strategies ,
Climate Change ,
Corporate Governance ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
Greenhouse Gas Emissions ,
New Rules ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Regulation S-K ,
Regulation S-X ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Risk Assessment ,
Risk Management ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Regulation
On November 22, 2023, the SEC issued an order postponing the effective date of rules that would require issuers to include detailed disclosures in periodic reports related to their share repurchases (the “Repurchase Rule”)....more
The weather may be cooling down, but the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) did not cool down its pace of rulemaking during the third quarter of 2023. The SEC adopted its highly anticipated cybersecurity disclosure...more
10/2/2023
/ 10b5-1 Plans ,
Capital Markets ,
Compliance ,
Corporate Governance ,
Cybersecurity ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
EU ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Regulation S-K ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Rulemaking Process ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Exchange Act
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
/ Comment Period ,
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