News & Analysis as of

Financial Statements Securities Regulation Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)

DLA Piper

Current State of Play for Foreign Private Issuers

DLA Piper on

As discussed in our prior blog post, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (Commission) recently issued a concept release (Release) aiming to gather input on whether the criteria for designation as a foreign private...more

Mayer Brown Free Writings + Perspectives

SEC Releases Data on Regulation A and Regulation Crowdfunding Offerings

On May 28, 2025, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) released several reports produced by its Division of Economic and Risk Analysis (“DERA”) detailing data and statistics regarding the use of the...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

The Latham Global IPO Guide - 2025 Edition

Latham & Watkins LLP on

This is our global initial public offering guide. It will help you navigate the US portion of a global IPO – in other words, an IPO in which you sell locally listed ordinary shares to investors outside the United States under...more

Lowenstein Sandler LLP

SEC’s Expanded Confidential Review Process Provides Issuers Greater Flexibility To Explore and Plan Public Offerings

Lowenstein Sandler LLP on

On March 3, 2025, the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) Division of Corporation Finance announced significant enhancements to the accommodations available for issuers confidentially submitting draft registration...more

BCLP

Don’t Forget Accounting Rules When Accelerating Vesting of Stock-Based Awards

BCLP on

Last month, the SEC settled charges against Celsius Holdings, Inc. for allegedly improper accounting when it modified equity compensation awards for six departing employees and retiring directors. The errors caused allegedly...more

Smith Anderson

Preparing for the 2025 Annual Report and Proxy Season

Smith Anderson on

This Client Alert provides an overview of new developments and highlights key considerations for calendar year-end public companies preparing their Annual Reports on Form 10-K for 2024 and proxy statements for annual meetings...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

Financial Statement Requirements in US Securities Offerings: What Non-US Issuers Need to Know - 2025 Edition

Latham & Watkins LLP on

The most frequently asked question at all-hands meetings for a securities offering is “What financial statements will be needed?” The question seems simple enough. But the answer is rarely straightforward. This User’s...more

DLA Piper

2025 SEC Filing Deadlines and Financial Statement Staleness Dates

DLA Piper on

We are pleased to announce the availability of our calendar showing SEC filing deadlines and financial statement staleness dates for 2025. Public companies are encouraged to keep in mind these important deadlines and...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

The Impact of Dodd-Frank Clawback Policies on NQDC Plans

Troutman Pepper Locke on

Dodd-Frank clawback policies require covered companies to promptly recover any “erroneously award compensation” received by certain current or former “executive officers.” “Erroneously awarded compensation” refers to...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

US IPO Guide - 2024 Edition

Latham & Watkins LLP on

This is our initial public offering guide. It will help you decide whether an IPO is the right move for your company and, if so, help you make sure your IPO goes off as quickly and as smoothly as possible, without any...more

Mayer Brown Free Writings + Perspectives

Joint Statement on Application of IFRS 19 in SEC Filings

On May 17, 2024, the Director of the Division of Corporation Finance of the Securities and Exchange Commission, Erik Gerding, and the Chief Accountant, Paul Munter, issued a statement regarding International Financial...more

DarrowEverett LLP

The Heat Is On SEC’s Climate-Related Disclosure Rules

DarrowEverett LLP on

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

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

The Perils of Finder’s Fees (Revisited)

Dorsey & Whitney LLP on

Way back in 2017, one of our earliest posts discussed the legal and financial risks to both the issuer and the finder if an issuer pays a finder’s fee in connection with a sale of securities in the United States, and the...more

Quarles & Brady LLP

The SEC Issues Final Climate Disclosure Rules for Public Companies, but Legal Challenges are Pending

Quarles & Brady LLP on

On March 6, 2024, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) finalized its long-awaited climate disclosure rules on a party-line 3-2 vote. The new rules have been significantly watered down from the SEC’s March 21, 2022...more

Husch Blackwell LLP

A Guide to the SEC's New Climate Disclosure Rules

Husch Blackwell LLP on

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

Latham & Watkins LLP

SEC Adopts Climate-Related Disclosure Rules

Latham & Watkins LLP on

On March 6,2024, in a 3-2 vote, the US Securities and Exchange Commission adopted final rules requiring registrants to disclose certain climate-related information in registration statements and annual reports....more

Latham & Watkins LLP

SEC Adopts Rules and Guidance on SPACs

Latham & Watkins LLP on

On January 24, 2024, the SEC adopted rules and guidance to impose a variety of new requirements on SPACs. The effective date of the rules is 125 days after publication in the Federal Register, an unpredictable process that...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

SEC Filing Deadline Calendars for 2024

Our U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filing deadline calendars for 2024 have been posted on our Resources page. These calendars reflect annual and quarterly filing deadlines for large accelerated filers,...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Balancing Act: Sharing Information From an Internal Investigation Without Waiving Privilege

A whistleblower has triggered a race against time: An internal inquiry, directed by the audit committee and overseen by external counsel, has been launched in response to allegations that revenue was recorded without proper...more

Carlton Fields

Tailored Specifically: Recent SEC Regulatory Developments Relating To Advertising

Carlton Fields on

I. INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW - Gary Gensler’s tenure-to-date as Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) is striking for its exceptionally active rulemaking agenda. Two rulemakings of tremendous import to...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Capital Markets - 2024 SEC Filing Deadlines and Financial Statement Staleness Dates

Our 2024 annual guide to SEC filing deadlines and financial statement staleness dates has been released. Public companies should keep in mind key reporting deadlines, disclosure obligations and SEC holidays as they plan for...more

Mayer Brown Free Writings + Perspectives

SEC Staff Issues Sample Comment Letter Regarding XBRL Disclosures

On September 7, 2023, the Staff of the Division of Corporation Finance (“Division”) of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) issued a sample comment letter (“Letter”), containing sample comments that the...more

Littler

Publicly Traded Employers Will Need to Claw Back Incentive Pay from Former and Current Executive Officers

Littler on

Employers with stock listed on a national security exchange will become subject to a new final rule mandating the implementation of a policy that will require employers to recoup incentive-based compensation from officers who...more

A&O Shearman

It Is Annual Report Time—Recent Developments and Trends for the Preparation of the 2022 Form 20-F

A&O Shearman on

Foreign private issuers (“FPIs”) with a calendar year end must file their annual report on Form 20-F with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) no later than May 1, 2023....more

86 Results
 / 
View per page
Page: of 4

"My best business intelligence, in one easy email…"

Your first step to building a free, personalized, morning email brief covering pertinent authors and topics on JD Supra:
*By using the service, you signify your acceptance of JD Supra's Privacy Policy.
- hide
- hide