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Staying competitive – How can businesses integrate sustainability into their practices?

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There is a whispered concern in boardrooms around the world about the cost of management time involved in complying with ever evolving sustainability requirements across multiple jurisdictions. The voices of those who shout...more

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Treating Compliance Like an Asset

Professors Todd Haugh and Suneal Bedi of the Institute for Corporate Governance & Ethics at the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University recently published a paper: Retheorizing Corporate Compliance. In it they argued...more

Vinson & Elkins LLP

Texas Hold ‘Em: New Law Requires Proxy Advisors to Show Their Cards if “Nonpecuniary” Factors Guide Voting Recommendations

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On June 20, 2025, Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed Senate Bill 2337 (“SB 2337”), a novel regulation that will require significant disclosure obligations for proxy advisors, such as ISS and Glass Lewis, for their voting...more

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EDGAR Next: Transition to the SEC's New Filing System Before the September Deadline

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Earlier this year, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) introduced a new filing system, referred to as EDGAR Next, which establishes an authentication process for EDGAR filers seeking to make filings with the...more

Cozen O'Connor

CSA Expands LIFE Exemption: Blanket Relief Order Increases Capital Raising Limits for Listed Issuers

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On May 14, 2025, the Canadian Securities Administrators (the CSA) issued Coordinated Blanket Order 45-935 (the Blanket Order), introducing targeted relief from certain limitations of the Listed Issuer Financing Exemption (the...more

Mayer Brown Free Writings + Perspectives

Rethinking Disclosure: Reimagining Executive Compensation Rules

On June 26, 2025, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) will host a roundtable to explore potential changes to executive compensation disclosure requirements.  This event, highlighted in the SEC’s official...more

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SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce Raises Concerns Over Cyber Disclosure Rules

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As public companies work to align with the SEC’s new cybersecurity disclosure requirements, Commissioner Hester Peirce is urging a reassessment of how these rules are applied—particularly during active cyber incidents. In a...more

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Proactive, not reactive, risk management

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Proactive risk management strategies are essential for businesses to navigate regulatory and economic uncertainty effectively. These strategies involve anticipating potential risks, assessing their impact, and implementing...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

The Latham Global IPO Guide - 2025 Edition

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This is our global initial public offering guide. It will help you navigate the US portion of a global IPO – in other words, an IPO in which you sell locally listed ordinary shares to investors outside the United States under...more

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SEC’s Acting Chair Calls for Changes to SEC’s Rulemaking Processes

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As noted in this excellent blog by Cooley’s Cydney Posner, Acting SEC Chair Mark Uyeda recently delivered this speech that included criticisms and recommendations for improving the SEC’s rulemaking process. Key points from...more

King & Spalding

Eigenverwaltung von Immobilienfonds

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BaFin konsultiert Merkblatt zur Einflussnahme durch Investoren auf Anlageentscheidungen - Am 14. März 2025 hat die Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsauf­sicht (BaFin) den Entwurf eines Merkblattes zur Einflussnahme...more

White & Case LLP

“Under Pressure”: Walking the Fine Line of Section 13(d) Passive Investor Status

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On February 11, 2025, the staff of the Division of Corporation Finance ("Staff") of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC" or the "Commission") issued new and updated Compliance and Disclosure Interpretations on...more

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Defence – A Sustainable Investment?  A View From The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority

On 11 March 2025, the Financial Conduct Authority (the “FCA”) published a statement clarifying that their rules, including with regards to sustainability, do not prevent investment in or financing of defence companies.  The...more

Proskauer - Regulatory & Compliance

FCA’s Private Market Valuations Review – Good Practice but Room for Improvement

On 5 March 2025, the United Kingdom’s Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) published the findings of its multi-firm review of valuation processes for private market assets (the “Review”).  The Review covered a firms operating...more

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EU Commission Omnibus Package - CSRD, Taxonomy & CSDDD Update

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The European Commission (“the Commission”) has adopted a new package of proposals to simplify European Union ("EU") rules, boost competitiveness, and unlock additional investment capacity. The aim of the first Omnibus package...more

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Understanding China’s New Company Law: What Foreign Investors Need to Know

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The amended Company Law of China (the New Company Law) took effect on July 1, 2024, making substantial changes to existing rules in a wide range of areas including, among others, new timeline requirements for capital...more

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EU Omnibus Package Published: CSRD and CS3D to Be Delayed and Scaled Back

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The European Union published its long-awaited "Omnibus" package, proposing to delay key European ESG rules, while simultaneously reducing the applicability and burden of corporate sustainability reporting and due diligence...more

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Hong Kong Stock Exchange expands paperless regime: What you need to know from an offshore perspective

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HKSE-listed companies must update constitutional documents to allow for hybrid meetings and e-voting under new rules - Companies must implement necessary changes by their first annual general meeting following July 1, 2025...more

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Corp Fin Issues Staff Legal Bulletin 14M

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On February 12, 2025, the staff of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s Division of Corporation Finance (the “Staff”) issued new guidance that should provide additional leeway for public companies to exclude...more

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California Legislature Takes Another Swing at Private Equity Participation in Healthcare

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Last fall, private equity and hedge fund investors were given a reprieve from the prospect of increased oversight of healthcare transactions when California Governor Gavin Newsom unexpectedly vetoed Assembly Bill 3129 (AB...more

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SEC Staff Issues New Guidance on Shareholder Proposals and Rescinds Staff Legal Bulletin No. 14L

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On February 12, 2025, the SEC’s Division of Corporation Finance issued Staff Legal Bulletin No. 14M (SLB 14M), which rescinds prior Staff Legal Bulletin No. 14L (SLB 14L) and provides updated guidance on shareholder proposals...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

Shareholder Engagement Practices Under New SEC Guidance on Schedule 13G Eligibility: FAQs

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The SEC Staff recently issued new guidance (C&DI 103.12) on how a shareholder’s engagement with a company’s management could disqualify the shareholder from using the SEC’s short-form Schedule 13G....more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

State Legislatures Target Private Equity Investments and Corporate Structures in Health Care with New Bills

Many state legislatures have recently convened for 2025 legislative sessions, and members have already proposed a significant number of bills that, if passed, would materially impact transactions and/or corporate structures...more

Robinson+Cole Health Law Diagnosis

Massachusetts Expands FCA Liability to Owners and Private Equity Investors

Under a new 2025 law, Massachusetts is one of the first in the nation to broaden its state False Claims Act (FCA) to require disclosures by investors and owners of health care entities. On January 8, 2025, Governor Maura...more

Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP

Governance Insights: 10 Legal Updates GCs, Boards and Investors Need to Know

The latest edition of Davies’ Governance Insights is now available. In this issue, we review 10 developments that general counsel and directors of Canadian public companies, and their investors, should know for 2025 and...more

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