On March 6, 2024, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued rules aimed at standardizing climate-related disclosures by public companies. Commonly known as the SEC climate disclosure rules, these rules were designed...more
On February 12, 2025, the Division of Corporation Finance of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) published Staff Legal Bulletin No. 14M (SLB 14M) setting forth staff guidance on shareholder proposals submitted...more
The initial days of 2025 ushered in a trifecta of significant antitrust updates for dealmakers. First, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recently announced its annual adjustment to the monetary thresholds that apply to...more
1/15/2025
/ Acquisitions ,
Antitrust Provisions ,
Antitrust Violations ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Filing Fees ,
Filing Requirements ,
Gun-Jumping ,
Hart-Scott-Rodino Act ,
Merger Agreements ,
Mergers ,
Premerger Notifications ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Threshold Requirements
As we approach 2025, we want to remind registrants about several new rules that will impact disclosure for the 2024 Form 10-K and 2025 proxy season, note the 2025 deadlines for filings with the Securities and Exchange...more
12/10/2024
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Cybersecurity ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
EDGAR ,
Equity Grants ,
Filing Deadlines ,
Form 10-K ,
Form 10-Q ,
Insider Trading ,
Misleading Statements ,
MNPI ,
Proxy Season ,
Proxy Statements ,
Regulation S-K ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Smaller Reporting Companies ,
Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs) ,
XBRL Filing Requirements
On October 22, 2024, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced that it had charged four companies with making materially misleading disclosures regarding cybersecurity risks and intrusions, with one company also...more
On September 25, 2024, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced settlements with 23 entities and individuals for untimely reporting related to their respective holdings and transactions in public company stock....more
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced it approved changes to the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 (HSR Act), as amended, that apply to parties who enter into HSR Act reportable mergers,...more
On September 9, 2024, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced settlements with seven public companies for using employment, separation, and other agreements that violated rules prohibiting actions to impede...more
On July 18, 2024, Judge Paul A. Engelmeyer of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York issued a 107-page opinion dismissing most of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) case against SolarWinds...more
On April 12, 2024, the U.S. Supreme Court held in Macquarie Infrastructure Corp. v. Moab Partners, L.P., in a unanimous opinion authored by Justice Sonia Sotomayor, that “pure omissions” made in required disclosures do not...more
5/1/2024
/ Corporate Issuers ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
False Statements ,
Item 303 ,
Macquarie Infrastructure Corp v Moab Partners LP ,
MD&A Statements ,
Misleading Statements ,
Omissions ,
Regulation S-K ,
Rule 10b-5 ,
SCOTUS ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ,
Securities Fraud ,
Securities Violations ,
Split of Authority
On April 4, 2024, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) released an order issuing a stay of the newly adopted SEC climate disclosure rules (our guide to the new climate disclosure rules is available here). In issuing...more
On March 21, 2024, the lottery conducted by the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation selected the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit as the venue for hearing a case consolidating nine lawsuits against the...more
On March 6, 2024, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted climate disclosure rules which will require registrants to disclose detailed new climate-related disclosures in annual reports and registration...more
3/25/2024
/ Climate Change ,
Corporate Governance ,
Corporate Social Responsibility ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Emerging Growth Companies ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
Financial Statements ,
Greenhouse Gas Emissions ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Regulation S-K ,
Regulation S-X ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Regulation ,
Smaller Reporting Companies
On March 15, 2024, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit temporarily stayed the recently adopted Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) climate disclosure rules, blocking their...more
On March 6, 2024, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted climate disclosure rules which will require registrants to disclose detailed new climate-related disclosures in annual reports and registration...more
As we approach the 2024 proxy season, companies are preparing for the second year of compliance with the pay vs. performance (PvP) disclosure required under Item 402(v) of Regulation S-K. As a reminder, under Item 402(v) of...more
On January 31, 2024, the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) published its 2024 Listed Company Compliance Guidance Memo. The NYSE Memo contains general guidance with important reminders for all NYSE listed companies, along with a...more
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recently announced an increase to the annual adjustment of the monetary thresholds that apply to mergers, acquisitions, and joint ventures per the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements...more
As the calendar year flips over to 2024, we want to remind registrants about several new rules that will impact disclosure for the 2023 Form 10-K and 2024 proxy season, update the status of some pending Securities and...more
1/9/2024
/ Clawbacks ,
Cyber Threats ,
Cybersecurity ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
Executive Compensation ,
Foreign Private Issuers ,
Form 10-K ,
Greenhouse Gas Emissions ,
Human Capital ,
Insider Trading ,
Interest Rates ,
Nasdaq ,
Pay-for-Performance ,
Proxy Season ,
Regulation S-K ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
Consistent with the Biden administration’s whole-of-government approach to address perceived consolidation in a variety of industries, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Antitrust Division...more
8/16/2023
/ Antitrust Division ,
Comment Period ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Hart-Scott-Rodino Act ,
Monopolization ,
Proposed Rules ,
Rulemaking Process ,
Section 7 ,
The Clayton Act ,
Vertical Mergers
Like any acquisition, the purchase of a biofuels company should involve substantial due diligence so the buyer can best determine the value of the target’s assets and liabilities, assess the risks associated with its business...more
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recently announced an increase to the annual adjustment of the monetary thresholds that apply to mergers, acquisitions, and joint ventures per the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements...more
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recently announced an increase as part of its annual adjustment to the monetary thresholds that apply to mergers and acquisitions per the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of...more
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced the decrease in monetary thresholds under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended (HSR Act), that will apply to transactions closing on or after March...more
Over the past week, U.S. antitrust authorities have further refined their temporary merger review procedures and provided additional guidance to expedite proposed healthcare collaborations during the COVID-19 pandemic.
FTC...more