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Don’t Forget to Coordinate Your ‘EDGAR Next’ Enrollment for Mutual Insiders!

Cooley LLP on 5/28/2025

We’ve blogged multiple times about how you should prepare to transition to the SEC’s new “EDGAR Next” platform (here’s our latest post). We are now in that transition period where some companies are voluntarily enrolling in...more

EDGAR Next: FAQs for Section 16 Reporting Persons

Latham & Watkins LLP on 5/19/2025

On March 24, 2025, the SEC’s new filing system, “EDGAR Next,” went live. This transition has left Section 16 reporting persons with various questions about what they need to do and by when....more

EDGAR Next: key changes and compliance requirements for filers

A&O Shearman on 3/28/2025

The EDGAR Next system has gone live, and all filers – including public companies, investment funds, insiders, and third-party filing agents – must re-enroll in the EDGAR Next system by September 15, 2025, with the legacy...more

The SEC’s cybersecurity and disclosure rules: The questions compliance pros still have

Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics... on 11/1/2024

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Cybersecurity Risk Management, Strategy, Governance, and Incident Disclosure rules officially went into effect in December 2023. Aimed at improving cybersecurity risk...more

Section 13 and 16 Developments: Lessons Learned from Recent SEC Enforcement Actions

White & Case LLP on 10/25/2024

Over the past year, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) has intensified its focus on beneficial ownership reporting under Sections 13(d), 13(g) and 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (“Exchange...more

Proposed SEC Cybersecurity Rules Require Public Companies to Act Now

Woods Rogers on 3/25/2022

This month, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed new cybersecurity disclosure rules for publicly traded companies. The comment period is ongoing, but the take-away for public companies is immediate: a public...more

ESG Disclosure Trends in SEC Filings

White & Case LLP on 8/17/2020

These are unprecedented times, and companies are facing important issues as they navigate the current economic, political, and social climate. The COVID-19 pandemic and Black Lives Matter movement have put the spotlight on...more

SEC Issues Streamlined Guidance for Confidential Treatment Requests

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer on 1/3/2020

On Dec. 19, 2019, the Division of Corporation Finance of the SEC updated its guidance with respect to the SEC’s procedures for confidential treatment applications (CTAs). In April 2019, the SEC adopted a streamlined procedure...more

SEC Sees Fewer Filed Cases in 2017, But Signals Aggressive Enforcement Ahead in Financial Reporting, Cybersecurity and Other Key...

Fenwick & West LLP on 11/27/2017

After a record-breaking fiscal year 2016, the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Enforcement Division had a somewhat quieter year, at least in terms of the number of actions filed. The Enforcement Division released its...more

"SEC Disclosure Brexit Trends"

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 10/4/2016

Three months after the United Kingdom voted to exit the European Union, the timing and scope of Brexit remain unclear. Until such details are determined with specificity, there is and will continue to be increased economic...more

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