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Five Tips for a New Public Company Director
Everything Compliance: Shout Outs and Rants: Episode 156
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Everything Compliance: Episode 155, To Tesla and Beyond Edition
Everything Compliance: Shout Outs and Rants - Episode 155
Compliance into the Weeds: Of Wal-Mart, Tariffs and Stakeholder Capitalism
Daily Compliance News: May 15, 2025, The Downfall in Davos Edition
Daily Compliance News: March 28, 2025, The Cave or Go To Trial Edition
FCPA Compliance Report: Celebrating the 2025 World’s Most Ethical Companies: Highlights with Erica Salmon Byrne
The SEC's Reach Beyond Publicly Traded Companies
PODCAST: Williams Mullen's Raising Capital 101: A Securities Podcast - What is a Public Offering?
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“Monsters, Inc.” y el buen gobierno corporativo
Meeting the Proposed SEC Climate Disclosure Requirements
The Justice Insiders Podcast - Human Beings: Cybersecurity's Most Fragile Attack Surface
JONES DAY TALKS®: Court Grants Stay on SEC’s Climate Disclosure Rule, but Companies Should Continue Preparations
Equity Award Delegations for Publicly Traded Companies — The Consumer Finance Podcast
SEC’s New Cyber Rules for Publicly Traded Companies — The Consumer Finance Podcast
PLI's inSecurities Podcast - Commissioner Uyeda on “the Perils of Regulation by Theory and Hypothesis”
The Canadian securities regulators have implemented blanket orders increasing the capital-raising limit under the listed issuer financing exemption (the LIFE Exemption), which permits qualified issuers to offer equity...more
On May 14, 2025, the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) announced Coordinated Blanket Order 45-935 – Exemption from Certain Conditions of the Listed Issuer Financing Exemption (Blanket Order) aimed at enhancing...more
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
Our Investment Funds Team reviews the Securities and Exchange Commission’s enhanced options for companies filing draft registration statements for nonpublic review....more
The Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) Small Business Capital Formation Advisory Committee will meet on February 25, 2025 to discuss capital-raising challenges for emerging fund managers and smaller public companies...more
The idea that investors might choose to consider certain environmental, social, and governance factors when deciding whether to buy shares of a company—a concept commonly known as ESG—continues to gain popularity with...more
On May 3, 2023, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), in a 3-to-2 vote, adopted1 amendments significantly increasing disclosure requirements for public companies and certain investment companies with respect to...more
On May 25, 2022, the SEC proposed amendments to Rule 35d-1, the fund “Names Rule,” (Names Rule Amendments) and, separately, proposed amendments to several rules and forms that would require additional disclosure for funds and...more
Climate and ESG have become key topics of conversation at the SEC. The Commission’s publication of proposed rules for public companies which would require that certain climate related information be disclosed by issuers...more
The Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) yesterday proposed amendments to rules and forms relating to ESG disclosures for investment advisors and investment companies. Specifically, the proposed changes seek to...more
The fund and asset management industry has been more focused on environmental, social and governance (“ESG”) issues in the last two years than it has been in, perhaps, the last decade....more
On December 15, the same day it proposed amendments to Rule 10b5-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (Exchange Act) that may blunt the use of the affirmative defense for insider trading, the Securities and Exchange...more
As more ESG-linked funds flood the financial markets, increased scrutiny around ESG reporting will be necessary to enhance transparency....more
In a speech last week before the Principles for Responsible Investment’s “Climate and Global Financial Markets” Webinar, the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) Chair Gary Gensler made another case for mandatory...more
ESG-focused investment funds raised a record amount last year – estimated at more than $50 billion in new investor money. This trend is expected to not only continue but accelerate over the next few years. ...more
In our previous alert, we described the sustainability reporting ecosystem shaping the disclosure parameters and approaches to voluntary disclosure given the lack of regulatory mandates on disclosure. ...more
This update provides an overview of recent developments that will affect preparation of annual results and annual reports for companies listed on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (HKEX). In particular, it covers...more
On May 3, 2019, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") proposed amendments to its rules governing disclosure of financial statements by public companies or in initial public offerings ("IPOs") in connection with...more
With 2018 now in the rearview mirror, we summarize several of the encouraging regulatory developments for business development companies (“BDCs”) that occurred during 2018. ...more