On June 4, 2025, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) published a concept release (“Concept Release”) soliciting public comments on the definition of a foreign private issuer (“FPI”). FPIs are subject to disclosure...more
Public companies are revisiting their disclosures to keep up with recent EOs and SEC developments this proxy season....more
4/22/2025
/ Climate Change ,
Corporate Governance ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Diversity and Inclusion Standards (D&I) ,
EDGAR ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
Executive Orders ,
Proxy Statements ,
Registration Statement ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Shareholder Proposals ,
Trump Administration
On March 3, 2025, the staff of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (the “SEC”) Division of Corporation Finance (the “SEC staff”) announced that, effective immediately, it is enhancing the accommodations available to...more
We previously noted in our March 31, 2022 alert that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC or Commission) held an open meeting on March 30, 2022 to consider proposed rules and amendments regarding special purpose...more
1/26/2024
/ Accredited Investors ,
Compliance ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Effective Date ,
Final Rules ,
Form 8-K ,
Initial Public Offering (IPO) ,
Investment Company Act of 1940 ,
Regulation S-K ,
SEC Comment Letter Process ,
Securities Act of 1933 ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Shell Corporations ,
Special Purpose Acquisition Companies (SPACs) ,
Underwriting
As annual reporting season begins, it is important to take a fresh look at the company’s governance and incident response processes and develop risk-informed and compliant disclosures. While many companies are understandably...more
1/11/2024
/ Corporate Governance ,
Cyber Incident Reporting ,
Cybersecurity ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Form 10-K ,
Incident Response Plans ,
Popular ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Regulation S-K ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
The 2022 Amendments have removed the requirements that call for proxy advisory firms claiming an exemption from proxy filing rules for solicitations to provide their proxy voting advice to subject companies and provide their...more
As a significant step in its ongoing initiatives on the disclosure, management and oversight of cybersecurity risks and incidents, on March 9, 2022 the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed new rules that...more
Amendments adopted by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) have changed a variety of SEC rules, forms and schedules related to disclosure and payment of SEC filing fees. As summarized in an SEC fact sheet, the...more
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has adopted final amendments that, in conjunction with final rules adopted by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) earlier this year and the recent...more
12/30/2021
/ Annual Reports ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Final Rules ,
Foreign Corporations ,
Form 10-K ,
Form 20-F ,
PCAOB ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Regulation
On December 15, 2021 the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced that it had proposed rules that would enhance and expand existing reporting of share repurchases by companies. The most significant proposal...more