Daily Compliance News: August 5, 2025, The Staying Focused Edition
Five Tips for a New Public Company Director
Everything Compliance: Shout Outs and Rants: Episode 156
Daily Compliance News: June 17, 2025, The JBS Goes Public Edition
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?
PODCAST: Williams Mullen's Raising Capital 101: A Securities Podcast - What Are the Differences Between Private & Public Offerings?
“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”
On March 24, 2025, the rule and form amendments to EDGAR that were adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on September 27, 2024 became effective and the EDGAR Next dashboard went live. These amendments are...more
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has officially launched EDGAR Next, its latest initiative to upgrade the Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval (EDGAR) system. This new platform went live on...more
Yesterday, March 27, 2025, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) notified the US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit that the SEC wishes to withdraw its defense of its landmark Climate Disclosure Rules (Climate...more
On October 10, 2023, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) adopted changes to Schedules 13D and 13G relating to beneficial ownership reports (the “Amendments”). The Amendments are intended to modernize the...more
On October 10, 2023, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) adopted final rules amending Schedules 13D and 13G under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) to update reporting rules...more
On July 26, 2023, the SEC adopted new cybersecurity rules, which have two top-line impacts. First, registrants must disclose material cybersecurity incidents promptly on Form 8-K. Second, registrants must disclose new...more
As we have noted in our previous report, environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues have garnered significant attention from a variety of stakeholders, resulting in increased reporting by many companies. While much of...more
ESG is understood to be an acronym for “environmental, social and governance,” but the term can be challenging because it’s used to describe similar but distinct communities of practice, including corporate social...more
查看中文 - This January 2023 update provides an overview of key regulatory developments in the past three months relevant to companies listed, or planning to list, on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (HKEx) and their...more
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) Division of Corporation Finance recently released updates to several Compliance & Disclosure Interpretations (C&DIs) related to the SEC’s recently adopted rules directing...more
Recent Trends Show Increased Focus on Allegations of "Greenwashing" Over the past few years, regulators, businesses, and the market in general have become increasingly focused on environmental, social, and governance (“ESG”)...more
The SEC’s Division of Corporation Finance, or CorpFin, has released an updated financial reporting manual (FRM). In keeping with prior convention, updates as of Dec. 31, 2022, are marked with a “Last updated: 12/31/2022”...more
On December 14, 2022, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) adopted new rules (i) implementing additional conditions for insiders to rely on the affirmative defense for Rule 10b5-1 trading plans (“10b5-1 plans”)...more
On Tuesday, the SEC’s Division of Corporation Finance posted updated Compliance and Disclosure Interpretations (C&DIs) regarding Non-GAAP Financial Measures. A summary of the specific changes is set out below, followed by...more
Today, there seems to be a constant stream of changing rules and regulations for companies to keep up with. This dynamic regulatory environment can be increasingly difficult for emerging companies to navigate, particularly...more
In a recent interview with CNBC, FINRA Chair Eileen Murray forcefully made the case for increased government regulation of environmental, social and governance (ESG) disclosures by public companies. Citing concerns with the...more
In a move we expect will pave the road for an increase in proxy contests, on November 17, 2021, the Securities and Exchange Commission adopted new Rule 14a-19 and amendments to existing rules under the Securities Exchange Act...more
There has been significant discussion lately about the need to restrict or improve the disclosure of trades made by corporate executives under 10b5-1 plans. In late 2019, I co-authored a series for Corporate Counsel...more
On March 20, 2019, the Securities and Exchange Commission issued a release (the Release) adopting amendments to Regulation S-K in an effort to modernize and simplify disclosure requirements. The rule changes became effective...more
Public companies will soon be required to include an active hyperlink to each exhibit to all registration statements filed under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and all periodic and current reports filed under the...more
The SEC recently released an order approving new Nasdaq listing standard 5250(b)(3), which will require a public issuer to disclose cash and non-cash remuneration (e.g., health insurance, indemnification) that a third party...more