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JOBS Act Lessens Disclosure Requirements
In light of the recent market volatility, public companies should keep in mind the upcoming annual re-evaluation of their filer status, as a change may have ramifications for both the timing and content for the following...more
The journey to becoming a public company requires strategic planning and thoughtful coordination. While the IPO process typically spans six months or more, laying the groundwork should begin much earlier to ensure a smooth...more
Acting SEC Chair Mark T. Uyeda outlined potential regulatory changes to make IPOs more attractive and to scale public company disclosures at the Florida Bar’s 41st Annual Federal Securities Institute and M&A Conference. ...more
On March 6, 2024, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) adopted new final rules requiring issuers to include extensive disclosure in registration statements and periodic reports regarding material...more
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) faces an uncertain timeline to implement its new climate disclosure rule, as nine legal challenges have now been transferred to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth...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
Seyfarth Synopsis: As reporting companies prepare their Pay Versus Performance (PVP) disclosures for their upcoming proxy statements, they should take into consideration the most recent guidance on the topic in Securities...more
After a significant delay, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted its final rule on Wednesday, March 5, 2024, that requires companies who file registration statements and annual reports to disclose material...more
On March 6, 2024, in a 3-2 vote along party lines, the SEC adopted the long-awaited final rules on climate-related disclosures. The proposed rules faced intense public scrutiny over the last two years, with the SEC receiving...more
The Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted final climate risk disclosure rules on March 6, 2024, nearly two years after the controversial proposed rules generated intense interest and debate. The Enhancement and...more
In an open meeting on Wednesday, March 6, 2024, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) approved in a 3-2 vote a Final Rule on climate disclosures that will “require registrants to provide certain climate-related...more
On January 24, 2024, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted the final rules intended to augment investor protections in initial public offerings by special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) and in subsequent...more
With a stated goal of enhancing transparency of business ownership, the federal Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) mandates various types of businesses – such as corporations, limited liability companies, and limited...more
Beginning with quarters ending on or after October 1, 2023, most US-listed issuers will be required to make more extensive disclosures on their share repurchase programs and insider transactions proximate to a program’s...more
On October 26, 2022, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted final rules that will require public companies to implement policies to recover, or claw back, erroneously awarded incentive-based compensation from...more
On October 26, 2022, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) adopted its final “clawback” rules requiring securities exchanges to mandate listing standards that require listed issuers on securities exchanges...more
On August 25, 2022, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted final rules implementing the "pay-versus-performance" disclosure requirement called for under Section 953(a) of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform...more
The SEC published final rules in late August 2022 that will require new pay versus performance disclosure in 2023 proxy statements, as described in our recent client alert. These rules will require companies that are not...more
On August 25, 2022, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) announced that it adopted a final rule requiring companies to disclose information that is intended to reflect the relationship between compensation paid...more
On August 25, 2022, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission adopted rules that require public companies to disclose the relationship between compensation “actually paid” to their executives and their financial...more
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has adopted final rules that will require significant new disclosures in proxy and information statements about the relationship between executive compensation actually paid...more
As you probably recall, SOX 404 requires public reporting companies to disclose the effectiveness of their internal control over financial reporting. SOX 404(a) public companies to provide an assessment of ICFR by management;...more
Public companies should consider recent SEC and proxy advisory developments and other perennial executive compensation matters. This Client Alert offers a summary of the key executive compensation related reminders and...more
On December 18, 2019, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) voted in favor of proposing rules to implement the resource extraction issuer disclosure provisions in Section 1504 of the Dodd-Frank Act, which added...more
The Office of the Advocate for Small Business Capital Formation published its annual report to the Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs of the U.S. Senate and the Committee on Financial Services of the US House of...more