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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
On June 26, 2025, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) hosted a roundtable on executive compensation disclosure requirements. As noted in prior Insights, the SEC convened the roundtable to evaluate the...more
As previewed in our previous blog post, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) hosted a roundtable on executive compensation disclosure on June 26, with panelists considering whether and to what extent the current...more
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
As previewed in this May 22 Cooley alert, on Thursday, June 26, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) hosted a roundtable meeting to discuss potential updates to the existing executive compensation disclosure...more
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In the latest episode of the Mintz On Air: Practical Policies podcast, Member Jen Rubin is joined by Member Anne Bruno to discuss public company DEI reporting in today’s evolving federal legal landscape. This episode is part...more
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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) recently issued a press release announcing that it will host a public roundtable on June 26, 2025, to discuss executive compensation disclosure requirements. The event will...more
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) last week announced that, on June 26, 2025, it will host a roundtable meeting to discuss potential updates to the existing executive compensation disclosure requirements. The...more
On Friday, the SEC announced that it would host a roundtable on executive compensation disclosure requirements on June 26th with investor and public company representatives (and others) as part of the process “to ensure that...more
On May 16, 2025, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission announced that it will host a Roundtable on Executive Compensation Disclosure Requirements on June 26, 2025. SEC Chairman Paul S. Atkins issued a statement on the...more
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
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