News & Analysis as of

Reporting Requirements Rulemaking Process Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)

Mayer Brown Free Writings + Perspectives

Fifth Circuit Remands SEC Securities Lending and Short Sale Rules for Further Economic Analysis

On August 25, 2025, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued an opinion in National Association of Private Fund Managers v. SEC addressing Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC or the “Commission”)...more

Proskauer Rose LLP

SEC Releases Statement on Short Sale and Securities Lending Rules Following Remand by 5th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals

Proskauer Rose LLP on

A three judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit recently remanded two rules adopted by the SEC in 2023 for further consideration – Rule 13f‑2 (the short sale rule) and Rule 10c1‑a (the securities...more

Fenwick & West LLP

Securities Law Update - September 2025

Fenwick & West LLP on

Welcome to the latest edition of Fenwick’s Securities Law Update. This issue contains updates and important reminders on...more

Proskauer Rose LLP

SEC Releases Unsurprising But Ambitious Spring 2025 Regulatory Agenda

Proskauer Rose LLP on

This week, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) published its semiannual Regulatory Flexibility Agenda (“Reg Flex Agenda”), detailing its short-term and long-term rulemaking priorities for the year. The SEC is...more

Baker Donelson

Fifth Circuit Sends Back SEC's Securities Lending and Short Sale Rules for Agency to Consider Cumulative Economic Impact

Baker Donelson on

In a decision that could reshape how securities lending and short sale market transactions are disclosed, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (the Court) returned two key Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

SEC Short Interest and Securities Lending Reporting Rules Remanded

On August 25, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit remanded two rules adopted by the Gensler-era SEC: the Securities Lending Reporting Rule and the Short Interest Reporting Rules (the Rules). While the...more

Cooley LLP

SEC Executive Compensation Roundtable Comment Letter Roundup

Cooley LLP on

As described in this June 27 alert, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on June 26 hosted a roundtable meeting to discuss potential updates to the existing executive compensation disclosure requirements and solicited...more

Mintz - Energy & Sustainability Viewpoints

Sustainable Energy & Infrastructure Litigation Updates — August 2025

There was a noteworthy development in the ongoing legal challenge to the SEC’s mandatory climate disclosure law (dating from the Biden administration), which is currently pending in the Eighth Circuit. Following the decision...more

Cooley LLP

Corp Fin Revises Two (And Withdraws One) Legal Proceeding Disclosure CDIs

Cooley LLP on

A few weeks ago, Corp Fin revised two – and withdrew one – of the Legal Proceedings CDIs under Item 103 of Regulation S-K. These CDI changes are catching up to the reorg of Item 103 that the SEC made five years ago when the...more

Stikeman Elliott LLP

SEC Considers Amendments to “Foreign Private Issuer” Definition

Stikeman Elliott LLP on

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) recently published a concept release (the “Concept Release”) in which it solicits comments on potential revisions to the “foreign private issuer” (“FPI”) definition. The SEC...more

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer

US Securities and Exchange Commission “Concept Release” on the definition of “Foreign Private Issuer”: The revisions could have...

On June 4, 2025, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued a “Concept Release” that will be of significant interest to our “foreign private issuer” (“FPI”) clients, their shareholders, and our investment banking...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

SEC Seeks Feedback on "Foreign Private Issuer" Definition and Accommodations

On June 4, 2025, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued a concept release, soliciting public comment on the definition of "foreign private issuer."...more

Carlton Fields

SEC Solicits Public Comment on Definition of “Foreign Private Issuer”

Carlton Fields on

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) published a concept release on June 4, 2025, seeking feedback on whether the SEC should amend the definition of “foreign private issuer” (FPI). In the release, the SEC asks whether...more

Cozen O'Connor

SEC Invites Feedback to Foreign Private Issuer Eligibility Rules

Cozen O'Connor on

On June 4, 2025, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued a Concept Release, seeking public feedback on whether the nearly half-a-century-old definition of foreign private issuer (FPI) and the reporting...more

Cooley LLP

SEC Issues Concept Release on Foreign Private Issuer Eligibility

Cooley LLP on

On June 4, 2025, following observation of the significant increase in the foreign private issuer (FPI) population between 2003 and 2023, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) published a concept release soliciting...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

SEC to Consider Changes to “Foreign Private Issuer” Eligibility Criteria

On June 4, 2025, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) published a concept release soliciting public comment on potential changes to the definition of “foreign private issuer” (“FPI”)....more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

SEC Requests Public Comment on the Definition of Foreign Private Issuer

On June 4, 2025, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued a concept release soliciting public input on whether the definition of foreign private issuer (FPI) should be amended, particularly given the significant...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

SEC Solicits Public Input on Definition of Foreign Private Issuer

On June 4, 2025, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission announced that it published a concept release to solicit public comment on the definition of foreign private issuer (FPI). FPIs benefit from a number of...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

SEC extends security-based swap reporting requirements safe harbor to 2029

On April 17, 2025, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) extended the expiration date of a no-action statement (Compliance Statement) regarding compliance with reporting rules for security-based swap data repositories...more

Vedder Price

SEC Grants One-Year Exemption from New Short Sale Reporting Requirements

Vedder Price on

On February 7, 2025, the SEC issued a one-year exemption from compliance with new Rule 13f‑2 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and related reporting on new Form SHO. The SEC adopted Rule 13f-2 and the Form SHO...more

Allen Matkins

SEC Abandons Defense Of Brobdingnagian Climate Change Disclosure Rule

Allen Matkins on

Three years ago, the Securities and Exchange Commission issued a nearly 500 page rule proposal that would require registrants to provide certain climate-related information in their registration statements and annual...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Writing on a New SLATE – DWT's FINRA Expertise

The SEC's Rule 10c-1a now mandates the reporting of securities loans, marking a significant regulatory shift. Potential challenges in implementing SLATE, including the need for possible adjustments to data dissemination...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

K&L Gates LLP

EDGAR Next: The Next Era in Filing

K&L Gates LLP on

Introduction - On 27 September 2024, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted “EDGAR Next,” a collection of rule and form amendments intended to improve access to, and management of, accounts on the SEC’s filing...more

Ropes & Gray LLP

Ropes & Gray’s Investment Management Update December 2024 – January 2025

Ropes & Gray LLP on

On February 7, 2025, the SEC issued an order postponing compliance requirements with Rule 13f-2 under the Securities Exchange Act and reporting requirements on Form SHO. As a result, initial Form SHO reports from...more

72 Results
 / 
View per page
Page: of 3

"My best business intelligence, in one easy email…"

Your first step to building a free, personalized, morning email brief covering pertinent authors and topics on JD Supra:
*By using the service, you signify your acceptance of JD Supra's Privacy Policy.
- hide
- hide