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Potential Changes to SEC Executive Compensation Disclosure Framework

On June 26, 2025, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) held a roundtable discussion on whether the current executive compensation disclosure framework for public companies can be improved....more

Vinson & Elkins LLP

SEC Roundtable on Executive Compensation Disclosure Requirements: June 26, 2025

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As we previously noted last month, the SEC is hosting a roundtable on the executive compensation disclosure requirements on June 26, 2025. In advance of the roundtable, the SEC has finalized and released a detailed agenda and...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

SEC Considers Changes to Definition of Foreign Private Issuer

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On June 4, 2025, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) published a concept release soliciting public comment on the definition of a foreign private issuer (FPI) and whether changes are needed to reflect the...more

Cooley LLP

The SEC’s Executive Pay Disclosure Roundtable: Agenda Announced

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As I blogged last month, the SEC is holding a half-day roundtable on Thursday, June 26th to consider whether the SEC’s executive pay disclosure requirements need updating. At the time, the public was invited to submit...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

SEC Announces Agenda for Upcoming Executive Compensation Roundtable

On June 11, 2025, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission announced the agenda and panelists for its upcoming Roundtable on Executive Compensation Disclosure Requirements. The Roundtable will be held on June 26, 2025,...more

Carlton Fields

SEC Solicits Public Comment on Definition of “Foreign Private Issuer”

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The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) published a concept release on June 4, 2025, seeking feedback on whether the SEC should amend the definition of “foreign private issuer” (FPI). In the release, the SEC asks whether...more

Stinson - Corporate & Securities Law Blog

Is There a Simplification of the SEC’s Executive Compensation Rules in the Works?

The SEC announced today that it will host a roundtable on June 26, 2025, to discuss executive compensation disclosure requirements. The roundtable’s agenda and speakers will be disclosed at a later date....more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Conflict Minerals Disclosures Due June 2, 2025

Conflict minerals disclosures on Forms SD are required to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) no later than June 2, 2025.1 The conflict minerals disclosure rules and related guidance have remained at a...more

Jones Day

Accelerating to Stop the Clock (on EU ESG Rules)

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The European Commission proposed the EU Omnibus package on February 26 to reduce the burden, and delay application, of the EU Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) and the EU Corporate Sustainability Due...more

Perkins Coie

Are You Ready for What’s (EDGAR) Next?

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Here’s a friendly reminder that the EDGAR Next transition is fast approaching. If your company has not yet begun preparations, we urge you to start planning now. As you may recall, on September 27, 2024, the U.S. Securities...more

Mayer Brown

ESMA Publishes Consultation Paper on Draft Guidelines on "Product Supplements"

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Two of the provisions of the EU Listing Act – a regulation amending, inter alia, the Prospectus Regulation (EU) 2017/1129 – that entered into force on December 4, 2024 were...more

Keating Muething & Klekamp PLL

Proxy Season Update: SEC Restores Case-by-Case Approach for Shareholder Proposal Exclusions

Public companies navigating the 2025 proxy season just got some breathing room—at least when it comes to excluding certain shareholder proposals. Last week, the Staff of the SEC’s Division of Corporation Finance—in a...more

Beveridge & Diamond PC

Changing Climate for Corporate Disclosures: SEC Mandates Climate Disclosures for Public Companies (Updated)

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Update: On February 11, 2025, acting SEC Chairman Mark Uyeda issued a statement changing the SEC’s position on the Final Climate Rules. Chairman Uyeda states that he “continue[s] to question the statutory authority of the...more

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Les ACVM fournissent des indications concernant l’information sur l’IA par les sociétés ouvertes

Les Autorités canadiennes en valeurs mobilières (les « ACVM ») ont publié l’Avis 11-348 du personnel des ACVM et de consultation – Applicabilité du droit canadien des valeurs mobilières à l’utilisation des systèmes...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

Hogan Lovells

Shifting SEC priorities: A new era of enforcement under the Trump administration

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On January 20, 2025, President-elect Donald Trump will assume office, ushering in significant changes across U.S. federal agencies, including the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). With the exit of SEC Chairman Gary...more

White & Case LLP

Key Considerations for Updating 2024 Annual Report Risk Factors

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With the 2025 annual reporting season upon us, public companies should consider potential updates to their risk factors for their Form 10-Ks and 20-Fs in light of recent economic, political, technological, and regulatory...more

KPMG Board Leadership Center (BLC)

On the 2025 audit committee agenda

Drawing on insights from our interactions with audit committees and business leaders, the KPMG Board Leadership Center highlights nine issues for the audit committee to consider for the year ahead....more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

Fifth Circuit rejects Nasdaq's board diversity rule approved by SEC

After various legal battles over the past four years, a recent en banc decision by the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals vacated the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) approval of the Nasdaq board diversity proposal,...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals Strikes Down Nasdaq Board Diversity Disclosure Rules

On December 11, 2024, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals held that the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) does not have the authority to approve Nasdaq’s board diversity disclosure rules. As a result, Nasdaq-listed...more

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Horizon - ESG Regulatory News and Trends - December 2024

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Welcome to Horizon, DLA Piper’s monthly bulletin reporting on late-breaking legislative and policy developments in ESG. Our aim is to scan the litigation, enforcement, and regulatory horizon to help inform business decisions....more

White & Case LLP

Nasdaq Board Diversity Disclosure Rules No Longer in Effect After Overturning by Court

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On December 11, 2024, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, in a 9-8 vote, struck down The Nasdaq Stock Market's ("Nasdaq") board diversity rules, holding that the Securities and Exchange Commission (the...more

Mintz - Privacy & Cybersecurity Viewpoints

Preparation for 2024 Fiscal Year-End SEC Filings and 2025 Annual Shareholder Meetings

Every year, Mintz provides analysis of the regulatory developments that impact public companies as they prepare for their fiscal year-end filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission and their annual shareholder...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Nasdaq Board Diversity Rules Vacated by the Fifth Circuit

On December 11, 2024, in a 9-8 decision, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled that in approving the Nasdaq Stock Market’s (Nasdaq) board diversity rules (the Rules), the Securities and Exchange...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

Fifth Circuit Vacates Nasdaq Board Diversity Rules

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On December 11, the Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit vacated Nasdaq Listing Rule 5605(f) and Nasdaq Listing Rule 5606(a) (together with Nasdaq Listing Rule IM-5900-9, the Board Diversity Rules) by a 9-8 vote. In...more

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