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Foley Hoag LLP - Public Companies & the Law

SEC Signals Potential Shift in Disclosure Requirements

Recent developments at the SEC highlight the Commission’s focus on reducing disclosure burdens for companies and encouraging public capital formation. SEC Executive Compensation Roundtable - Executive compensation...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

SPAC (Re-)Attack: Top Considerations for Issuers Considering a De-SPAC Transaction

Continued volatility in the equity capital markets has revived what was thought to be a zombie after 2022 – the SPAC. There is an old investment banking mantra that they can do an IPO in a down market or an up market, but not...more

Foley Hoag LLP - Public Companies & the Law

SEC Issues New C&DIs re: Compensation Clawback Disclosures and De-SPACs

On April 11, 2025, the Division of Corporation Finance issued new compliance and disclosure interpretations (C&DIs), six of which relate to executive compensation clawback disclosures and one of which relates to the...more

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So You Went Public via a Reverse Merger? Are You a Shell Company?

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In recent years, a variety of alternative paths to public ownership and trading liquidity have emerged. The reverse merger is among one of the oldest alternatives to a conventional IPO for a private company seeking to become...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

Mayer Brown Free Writings + Perspectives

SEC Updates Guidance on the Use of Lock-Up Agreements in Rule 145(a) Transactions

On March 6, 2025, for the first time since 2008, the staff (the “Staff”) of the Securities and Exchange Commission updated its guidance on the use of lock-up agreements in connection with Rule 145(a) transactions (i.e.,...more

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SEC Expands Accommodations for Reviewing Nonpublic Registration Statements

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On March 3, the US Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) Division of Corporation Finance announced that it is expanding the accommodations available to issuers submitting nonpublic draft registration statements for staff...more

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SEC Staff Expands Confidential Review Accommodations for Certain Issuers and Transactions

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On March 3, 2025, the Division of Corporation Finance (the “Division”) of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) issued new guidance, effective immediately, significantly expanding the ability of companies to...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

SEC Expands Accommodations for its Confidential Registration Statement Review Process, Increasing Flexibility for Issuers

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On March 3, the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued guidance expanding its policies related to its confidential Draft Registration Statement (DRS) review process to all registration statements made...more

Mayer Brown Free Writings + Perspectives

SEC Expands Accommodations for Issuers Submitting Draft Registration Statements

On March 3, 2025, the Staff of the Division of Corporation Finance of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) announced a new policy, with immediate effect, expanding the accommodations available for issuers that...more

Paul Hastings LLP

SEC Staff Extends Accommodations to File Confidential Draft Registration Statements: A Small Gift for Certain Issuers Under...

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On March 3, 2025, the Staff of the SEC Division of Corporation Finance expanded the categories of issuer that may submit draft registration statements confidentially for review by the SEC, effective immediately. Confidential...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

SEC Staff Expands Accommodations for Nonpublic Review of Draft Registration Statements

On March 3, 2025, the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) Division of Corporation Finance (Division) announced an expansion of the nonpublic review process for draft registration statements. This expansion aims to...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

SEC Expands Confidential Registration Statement Filing Process

The SEC announced that companies can now submit registration statements for confidential review before public filing in connection with most registered offerings. This expansion builds on the confidential filing process that...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

SEC Staff Expands Confidential Submission Options for Issuers

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The SEC Staff has expanded the ability of issuers to make confidential submission of draft registration statements and clarified the procedures for making confidential submissions. This new policy takes effect immediately....more

Mayer Brown Free Writings + Perspectives

Additional SEC Staff Accommodations for Confidential Submissions of Registration Statements

Yesterday, the Staff of the Division of Corporation Finance of the Securities and Exchange Commission announced a new policy permitting confidential submission of registration statements in additional circumstances in order...more

Mayer Brown Free Writings + Perspectives

The State of Disclosure Review

The Director of the SEC’s Division of Corporation Finance (the “Division”), Erik Gerding, shared his views on the state of public company disclosures during 2023 and the SEC Staff’s review priorities for 2024.  The statements...more

Harris Beach Murtha PLLC

SEC’s First Quarter Rules: SPAC IPOs and Climate Disclosure Mandates

In January and March 2024, respectively, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued final rules concerning special purpose acquisition companies and mandatory climate-related disclosure. Each rulemaking was the...more

Saul Ewing LLP

Public Companies Quarterly Update (Q1 2024)

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Welcome to Saul Ewing’s Public Companies Quarterly Update series. Our intent is to, on a quarterly basis, highlight important legal developments of which we think public companies should be aware. This edition is related to...more

DarrowEverett LLP

SEC’s New Rules Give SPACs, Target Companies Much to Consider

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On January 24, 2024, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) adopted new final rules relating to special purpose acquisition companies (“SPACs”). The new rules affect both initial public offerings (“IPOs”) for...more

Foley Hoag LLP - White Collar Law &...

SEC to Continue Aggressive Enforcement Efforts in 2024 After Record-Setting 2023

This is the fourth in our 2024 Year in Preview series examining important trends in white collar law and investigations in the coming year. We will be posting further installments in the series throughout the next several...more

Proskauer - Regulatory & Compliance

SEC Adopts New SPAC Rules

On January 24, 2024, the SEC adopted new rules that apply to SPAC transactions and the adopted rules largely track the agency’s proposals with some notable exceptions. The new rules will become effective 125 days after...more

Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP

Nutter Securities Enforcement Update: January 1, 2024

The Nutter Securities Enforcement Update is a periodic summary of noteworthy recent securities enforcement activity, settlements, decisions, and charges....more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Revised Proposed Reforms to UK Listing Rules Confirm a Lighter Touch Regime and Set Out a Transition Road Map

As part of the wider review of the UK’s capital markets regulatory landscape, in May 2023, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published Consultation Paper CP23/10, which set out proposed reforms for companies with listed...more

White & Case LLP

Fall 2023 Reg Flex Agenda: Climate Rules Pushed to April 2024

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On December 6, 2023, the SEC's Fall 2023 Reg Flex Agenda was released, setting out the short- and long-term regulatory actions that the SEC plans to take. Of particular note, the expected adoption of final climate disclosure...more

A&O Shearman

Investment Adviser Fined $1.4 Million For Failure To Disclose SPAC Conflicts

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On May 31, 2023, the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) fined a New York investment adviser (Investment Adviser) $1.4 million for allegedly failing to disclose conflicts of interest regarding special...more

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