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SEC Issues Concept Release on the Definition of Foreign Private Issuer

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On June 4, 2025, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) published a concept release (“Concept Release”) soliciting public comments on the definition of a foreign private issuer (“FPI”). FPIs are subject to disclosure...more

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SEC Considers Modification of Foreign Private Issuer Criteria: May Result in Fewer Foreign Companies Qualifying as FPIs

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On June 4, 2025, the SEC released a Concept Release seeking public comment on potential changes to the definition of foreign private issuer (“FPI”), which changes may have the effect of reducing the number of foreign...more

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SEC Extends Comment Period on Proposed Rules Requiring Robust Climate-Related Disclosures

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On May 9, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) announced that it will extend the public comment period on its proposed rules on climate-related disclosures by public companies. The comment period was scheduled...more

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Governance Disclosure and the SEC’s Proposed Climate Rules

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On March 21, 2022, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) proposed rule amendments (the “Proposed Rules”) that would require most US public companies and foreign private issuers to include certain climate-related...more

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ESG on Earth Day: Climate Risk is Financial Risk

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Today marks the 52nd Earth Day celebration, initially commenced in 1970 as citizens around the nation, and the world, gathered to demand stronger protection for the environment: cleaner water, air and land. As in 1970, the...more

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The SEC Warns Registrants – ESG is No Longer a Slogan on the Gym Wall

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If ESG were merely a slogan on the proverbial gym wall, companies are about to be held accountable for their public promises of climate change and sustainability focused ambitions.  Last month the Securities and Exchange...more

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SEC Proposes New Rules for Climate-Related Disclosures

On March 21, 2022, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) voted 3-1 to propose long-anticipated rules mandating climate-related disclosures in companies’ annual reports and registration statements. The proposed rules...more

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SEC Issues Groundbreaking Climate Disclosure Proposal

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Yesterday, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC or Commission) proposed groundbreaking rules intended to enhance and standardize climate-related disclosure requirements for public companies. The SEC’s climate...more

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SEC Proposes Changes to Beneficial Ownership Reporting

On February 10, 2022, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) voted 3-1 to approve proposed changes to public company beneficial ownership reporting requirements. The SEC has long considered such changes to the...more

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Blog: SEC revisits 2015 Dodd-Frank clawback proposal—opens public comment period

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It’s time to dig back into your mental archives for 2015. That’s when the SEC, by a vote of three to two, initially proposed rules to implement Section 954 of Dodd-Frank, the clawback provision. But the proposal was...more

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Nasdaq Amends Proposed Rule on Board Diversity to Provide Compliance Flexibility

On December 1, 2020, Nasdaq filed a proposed rule with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) that would require certain Nasdaq-listed companies to have at least two diverse directors (according to self-reported...more

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SEC Proposes Resource Extraction Payments Disclosure Rules

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At the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (the “Commission”) open meeting on December 18, 2019, the Commissioners proposed rules to require resource extraction issuers to file an annual Form SD that includes information...more

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SEC Proposes Amendments to Shareholder Proposal Rule

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On November 5, 2019, the SEC issued a release proposing amendments to Rule 14a-8 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, which is the rule that governs the process through which shareholders may submit proposals to be...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

SEC Proposes Amendments to Rules Governing Proxy Advisors and Proxy Voting Advice

On November 5, 2019, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed amendments to its rules governing proxy solicitations. If adopted in their current form, these proposals could significantly affect interactions...more

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SEC Requests Comments on New Listing Requirements for Nasdaq Offerings Under Tier 2 of Regulation A

In April, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) announced that it is soliciting comments on a proposed rule change submitted by The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (the “Nasdaq”) that will impose additional requirements...more

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