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SEC Considers Changes to Foreign Private Issuer Definition

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The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is mulling over modifications to the definition of foreign private issuer (FPI). Our Securities Group examines how these potential changes could impact companies currently...more

Stoel Rives LLP

Transition to EDGAR Next—What You Need to Know

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As a result of amendments adopted by the SEC in 2024, the SEC’s EDGAR electronic filing system is being replaced with a new “EDGAR Next” dashboard. All existing SEC filers will need to transition to EDGAR Next before...more

Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP

Enhanced Accommodations for Issuers Submitting Draft Registration Statements

On March 3, 2025, the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (the “SEC’s”) Division of Corporation Finance announced that it is expanding the accommodations available for issuers that submit draft registration statements for...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

SEC Staff Issues New Guidance Regarding Schedule 13D/G

On February 11, 2025, the SEC staff published updates to two Compliance and Disclosure Interpretations (C&DIs) regarding the availability of Schedule 13G to certain investors, specifically concerning activities that could...more

DarrowEverett LLP

Private Placements in Florida Just Got Easier: Here’s How

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Florida recently implemented amendments to its Securities and Investor Protection Act (“Chapter 517”), bringing significant changes to the regulatory framework governing private placements, investment advisors, and exemptions...more

Mayer Brown Free Writings + Perspectives

2025 SEC Filing Deadlines and Financial Statement Staleness Dates

This Legal Update summarizes the US Securities and Exchange Commission’s 2025 calendar year filing deadlines and financial statement staleness dates....more

Cooley LLP

Annual SEC Section 13 Filing Requirements for Venture, Private Equity Funds (Updated)

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Venture and private equity funds and other investors that own equity securities of public companies may have numerous Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filing requirements – including filings based on the size of the...more

A&O Shearman

SEC Accelerates Schedule 13D/G Filing Deadlines and Issues Guidance on Derivatives and Group Formation

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On October 10, 2023, the SEC adopted amendments to the rules governing the reporting of beneficial ownership of securities under Sections 13(d) and 13(g) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. The amendments accelerate the...more

Moore & Van Allen PLLC

SEC Announces Proposed Rule for Climate Risk and Greenhouse Gas Disclosures

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On March 21, 2022, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) announced a proposed rule (the “Proposed Rule”) that will require registrants to make certain climate disclosures in their registration statements and...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

SEC eases regulatory rules during COVID-19 pandemic

Compliance Today (June 2020) - The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) made slight regulatory changes that could ease the burden for publicly traded companies. The changes deal primarily with disclosures,...more

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Earnings Releases and Investor Calls in Light of COVID-19 – SEC Chairman and Director of Corporation Finance Issue Joint Public...

On Wednesday, April 8, 2020, the SEC Chairman, Jay Clayton, and Director of the SEC’s Division of Corporation Finance, William Hinman, released a joint public statement emphasizing the importance of disclosures from public...more

Jackson Walker

New Rules Expand CFIUS Jurisdiction Over Foreign Investment in U.S. Businesses and Real Estate

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The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) is an interagency committee that reviews mergers, acquisitions, and takeovers by foreign persons of U.S. companies and assets that have the potential to pose...more

Vedder Price

The New Standards for Investor Protection: An Analysis of Regulation Best Interest, Form CRS and Two Interpretations of the US...

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On June 5, 2019, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) voted three to one to approve a package of rulemakings and interpretations designed to enhance the quality and transparency of investors’ relationships with...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP - Structured Products

Structured Thoughts: News for the financial services community, Volume 8, Issue 4

FINRA’s Proposed Amendments to the Corporate Financing Rules – Impact on Structured Notes - In April 2017, FINRA released a set of significant proposed amendments to its Rule 5110, known as the “Corporate Financing Rule.” ...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP - JOBS Act

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On March 1, 2017, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) adopted amendments that require that registrants that file registration statements under the Securities Act of 1933 (the “Securities Act”) and the...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Yet Another Congressional Proposed Corporate Reform: Proxy Advisory Firms in the Crosshairs

Over the past six months, U.S. legislators have engaged in an unusual burst of energy to introduce three separate bills regulating various areas affecting U.S. public company corporate governance...more

Smith Anderson

A New Path to Capital Opens for North Carolina Businesses

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The NC PACES Act: “Providing Access to Capital for Entrepreneurs and Small Business” is expected to be signed into law very soon. After years in the making, “intrastate” crowdfunding is coming to North Carolina. ...more

K&L Gates LLP

Treasury Consultation Paper – Another Step Towards Crowd-Sourced Equity Funding

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On 4 August 2015, the Treasury of the Australian Government released a consultation paper, facilitating crowd-sourced equity funding and reducing compliance costs (Consultation Paper). This follows the previous discussion...more

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