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Morgan Lewis

Reinforcing Ethics and Oversight in Corporate Governance: Essentials for Public Companies

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In an environment where public scrutiny is high and enforcement expectations are rising, investing in strong corporate ethics and oversight frameworks has become a strategic necessity for public companies. Effective...more

KPMG Board Leadership Center (BLC)

Trends and takeaways from the 2025 proxy season

Proxy voting trends and outcomes, shareholder engagement, activism, and lessons for boards. KPMG Board Leadership Center Senior Advisor Stephen Brown and Freshfields Partner Pamela Marcogliese share their takeaways for...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Retail Money, Institutional Risks: The New Dynamic in Private Equity

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Private equity (PE) sponsors are increasingly seeking to broaden their investor base by offering retail access to traditionally institutional-only funds. Recently, statements by the SEC indicated the SEC staff will no longer...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Hill Country Authors – Exploring the Challenges of a Green Transition with Tom Ortiz

Welcome to the Daily Compliance News. Each day, Tom Fox, the Voice of Compliance, brings you compliance-related stories to start your day. Sit back, enjoy a cup of morning coffee, and listen in to the Daily Compliance News....more

Fenwick & West LLP

Securities Law Update - August 2025

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Welcome to the latest edition of Fenwick’s Securities Law Update. This issue contains updates and important reminders on...more

KPMG Board Leadership Center (BLC)

Directors Quarterly: July 2025

As companies continue to respond to the impact of continuing tariff turbulence, a sweeping domestic policy bill in the Unites States, ongoing geopolitical risk, and expected slower global growth, boards must help management...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Glass Lewis Launches 2025 Policy Survey

Glass Lewis recently announced the opening of its 2025 Policy Survey. The survey seeks input on several key governance topics including board diversity, executive compensation, ESG considerations, shareholder rights, and...more

Whiteford

Client Alert: The New Terrain for Going Public—Strategic Insight for Capital Raisers Amid Regulatory Change

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Imagine a small, fast-growing tech company preparing to go public in 2025. The leadership team, relying on practices that were standard just a few years ago, drafts generic risk disclosures, leans on flexible governance...more

Woodruff Sawyer

Will the SEC’s Changes to the Foreign Private Issuer Definition Affect SPACs?

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On June 4, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued a concept release seeking public comment on the definition of the term "foreign private issuer" (FPI). The request is in response to global market changes and...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

EDGAR Next Mandatory Compliance Deadline Is Quickly Approaching

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The September 12, 2025 deadline for EDGAR filers to complete their enrollment in the EDGAR system’s new login, password, and access protocols (these updates being referred to as “EDGAR Next”) is fast approaching.  ...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

(Insider) Trading under a Rule 10b5-1 Plan

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In June 2025, Terren Scott Peizer, the former chief executive officer, executive chairman and chairman of the board of directors of Ontrak, Inc. (Ontrak), was sentenced to 42 months imprisonment, ordered to pay a $5.25...more

Ropes & Gray LLP

Capital Markets & Governance Insights - July 2025

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In a broad reversal of course on proposed rules issued by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) under the leadership of former SEC Chair Gary Gensler, on June 12, 2025, the SEC issued a notice withdrawing fourteen of...more

Fenwick & West LLP

SEC Climate Rule Saga Continues

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The Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) controversial climate disclosure rules have been essentially dead since last March, when the SEC voted to end its defense of the rules. ...more

Carey Olsen

Bermuda Court confirms personal right of action of company directors to end wrongful exclusion

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In two notable recent judgments, the Bermuda Supreme Court ruled that a director of a Bermuda company was entitled to an interim injunction prohibiting the company and its other directors from improperly excluding him from...more

Cooley LLP

The Life of Former SEC Chair (and Corp Fin Director) Manny Cohen

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Recently, I blogged about the 20 Corp Fin Directors we’ve had at the SEC (we haven’t heard yet who will be the new Corp Fin Director) – and it got me thinking about Manny Cohen, whom many of us don’t know much about since he...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Insights: The Delaware Edition - July 2025

In this issue, we recap significant developments in the Delaware courts affecting corporations, their boards and managements. Don’t Call It a Comeback: A Decade Later, the Corwin Doctrine Still Packs a Knockout Punch - ...more

Redgrave LLP

Maintaining Information Preservation and Management Vigilance in an Age of Apparent Reduced Law Enforcement

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Corporate legal departments are busy. They face new privacy regulations, ever-shifting trade policies, developments in artificial intelligence, and an unending stream of breaking news. It is difficult to keep up, and lately,...more

A&O Shearman

Southern District Of California Dismisses Putative Securities Class Action Arising From Failed Business Combination

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On July 15, 2025, Judge Cathy A. Bencivengo of the United States District Court for the Southern District of California dismissed with prejudice a putative securities class action against an U.S.-based telecommunications...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

10 For 10: Top Compliance Stories For the Week Ending July 19, 2025

Welcome to 10 For 10, the podcast that brings you the week’s top 10 compliance stories in one episode each week. Tom Fox, the Voice of Compliance, brings to you, the compliance professional, the compliance stories you need to...more

Fenwick & West LLP

SEC in Discussion with Exchanges to Ease Public Company Regulations

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The SEC is reportedly in discussions with Nasdaq and NYSE about ways to ease the burden of becoming—and remaining—a public company....more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Daily Compliance News: July 16, 2025, The Corruption Comes to Cannes’ Edition

Welcome to the Daily Compliance News. Each day, Tom Fox, the Voice of Compliance, brings you compliance-related stories to start your day. Sit back, enjoy a cup of morning coffee, and listen in to the Daily Compliance News....more

Latham & Watkins LLP

SEC Staff Clarifies Disclosure Expectations for Crypto Asset Exchange-Traded Products

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The Staff highlighted disclosure-related observations and issues identified during reviews of digital asset ETP filings. On July 1, 2025, the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC’s) Division of Corporation Finance...more

Fenwick & West LLP

SEC's Corp. Fin. Amends CDIs Related to Regulation 13D-G Reporting Rules

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On July 11, the SEC’s Division of Corporation Finance amended 18 Compliance and Disclosure Interpretations relating to Regulation 13D-G, which pertains to beneficial ownership reporting rules.  These amendments bring the...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Plain Speaking Wins the Day with D.C. Court of Appeals: Proxy Advisors Are Not Subject to SEC Rule 14(A) Solicitation Prohibition

The United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit recently held that the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) and the securities industry were effectively “separated by a common language.” Giving...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

SEC hosts roundtable on executive compensation disclosure requirements

On June 26, 2025, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) hosted a roundtable attended by issuers, institutional investors, third-party advisors, and industry groups to discuss potential updates to current executive...more

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