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Corp Fin Revises Two (And Withdraws One) Legal Proceeding Disclosure CDIs

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A few weeks ago, Corp Fin revised two – and withdrew one – of the Legal Proceedings CDIs under Item 103 of Regulation S-K. These CDI changes are catching up to the reorg of Item 103 that the SEC made five years ago when the...more

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Takeaways from the SEC Roundtable on Executive Compensation Disclosure Rules

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On June 26, the Securities and Exchange Commission hosted a roundtable discussion about potential changes to existing executive compensation disclosure requirements. In the lively discussion, panelists representing issuers,...more

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SEC Considers Amendments to “Foreign Private Issuer” Definition

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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) recently published a concept release (the “Concept Release”) in which it solicits comments on potential revisions to the “foreign private issuer” (“FPI”) definition. The SEC...more

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SEC Withdraws Proposed ESG Disclosure and Shareholder Submission Rules

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In a significant but not unsurprising policy shift, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has announced the withdrawal of proposed rules aimed at enhancing ESG disclosures and modifying shareholder proposal...more

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US Securities and Exchange Commission “Concept Release” on the definition of “Foreign Private Issuer”: The revisions could have...

On June 4, 2025, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued a “Concept Release” that will be of significant interest to our “foreign private issuer” (“FPI”) clients, their shareholders, and our investment banking...more

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SEC Seeks Feedback on "Foreign Private Issuer" Definition and Accommodations

On June 4, 2025, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued a concept release, soliciting public comment on the definition of "foreign private issuer."...more

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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

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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

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SEC Invites Feedback to Foreign Private Issuer Eligibility Rules

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On June 4, 2025, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued a Concept Release, seeking public feedback on whether the nearly half-a-century-old definition of foreign private issuer (FPI) and the reporting...more

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SEC Issues Concept Release on Foreign Private Issuer Eligibility

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On June 4, 2025, following observation of the significant increase in the foreign private issuer (FPI) population between 2003 and 2023, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) published a concept release soliciting...more

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SEC to Consider Changes to “Foreign Private Issuer” Eligibility Criteria

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

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

SEC Solicits Public Input on Definition of Foreign Private Issuer

On June 4, 2025, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission announced that it published a concept release to solicit public comment on the definition of foreign private issuer (FPI). FPIs benefit from a number of...more

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CVM Abre Consulta Pública para Discutir o Aprimoramento das Regras de Divulgação de Informações ao Mercado por Companhias Abertas

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A Comissão de Valores Mobiliários (CVM) divulgou, em 13 de maio de 2025, o Edital de Consulta Pública SDM n.º 01/25 (Edital), que submete à apreciação do mercado proposta de substituição integral da Resolução CVM n.º 44/21,...more

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Eighth Circuit Holds SEC Climate Rule Litigation in Abeyance

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On April 24, 2025, the Eighth Circuit ordered that the litigation over the validity of the SEC's climate disclosure rule be “held in abeyance.” This order was in response to a submission by a coalition of blue states that...more

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The SEC’s Crypto Road Trip Gathers Momentum - Crypto Task Force begins clarifying security status and outlining registered...

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Three months into the life of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s Crypto Task Force, the SEC staff has begun taking tangible steps to define its evolving approach to the regulation of digital assets. In a series of...more

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Will the SEC Retract Its Cybersecurity Disclosure and Pay vs. Performance Rules?

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Earlier this week, Republican members of the House Committee on Financial Services sent this letter to the SEC asking that it retract a total of 14 adopted – and proposed – rules. Among this list are two that Corp Fin ushered...more

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SEC Abandons Climate-Related Disclosure Litigation — What Next?

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently informed the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit that it will no longer defend its March 6, 2024, rule requiring that companies disclose climate-related risks and...more

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SEC Walks Away From Climate Disclosure Litigation

The SEC announced that the Commission had voted to end its defense of the rules requiring disclosure of climate-related risks and greenhouse gas emissions....more

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Commissioner Crenshaw decries SEC action pulling the plug on defense of climate disclosure rules

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As reported in this PubCo post, the SEC announced yesterday that it was ending its “defense of the rules requiring disclosure of climate-related risks and greenhouse gas emissions”—the climate disclosure rules. In response to...more

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SEC Abandons Defense Of Brobdingnagian Climate Change Disclosure Rule

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Three years ago, the Securities and Exchange Commission issued a nearly 500 page rule proposal that would require registrants to provide certain climate-related information in their registration statements and annual...more

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Writing on a New SLATE – DWT's FINRA Expertise

The SEC's Rule 10c-1a now mandates the reporting of securities loans, marking a significant regulatory shift. Potential challenges in implementing SLATE, including the need for possible adjustments to data dissemination...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

SEC Staff Expands Accommodations for Nonpublic Review of Draft Registration Statements

On March 3, 2025, the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) Division of Corporation Finance (Division) announced an expansion of the nonpublic review process for draft registration statements. This expansion aims to...more

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Ropes & Gray’s Investment Management Update December 2024 – January 2025

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On February 7, 2025, the SEC issued an order postponing compliance requirements with Rule 13f-2 under the Securities Exchange Act and reporting requirements on Form SHO. As a result, initial Form SHO reports from...more

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SEC Requests Oral Argument Not to Be Scheduled in the Litigation Challenging the Climate-Related Disclosures Rule

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In early March 2024, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) finalized its climate-related disclosures rule (The Enhancement and Standardization of Climate-Related Disclosures for Investors) (the “Final Rule”)....more

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SEC Asks Court to Put Climate Change Litigation on Hold

As previously reported in our last post, The Fate of the New U.S. Climate Change Rules Under the New Republican Administration, legal challenges to the SEC’s rules mandating extensive new climate change disclosure is ongoing...more

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