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SEC Reverses Course on Gensler-Era Rule Proposals – Withdraws Proposed Amendment to its Shareholder Proposal Rule

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In a broad reversal of course on proposed rules issued by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) under the leadership of former SEC Chair Gary Gensler, on June 12, 2025, the SEC issued a notice withdrawing 14 of the...more

Goodwin

What’s Happening at the SEC?

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Hello, this is Dave Lynn, and I’m a partner in Goodwin’s Capital Markets practice and chair of the firm’s Public Company Advisory practice. This is New Directions, a series of discussions about the impact and trajectory of...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Form 20-F for Fiscal Year 2024: What Foreign Private Issuers Should Keep in Mind

There have been a number of notable recent developments in SEC regulation of foreign private issuers (FPIs), including disclosure trends and rule changes that impact the annual report on Form 20-F for fiscal year 2024. In...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

ESG in the United States: A complex landscape

The United States is in the process of transitioning ESG disclosure from voluntary, market-led reporting to a regulatory-driven scheme, principally led by the US Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) anticipated (but...more

Mayer Brown Free Writings + Perspectives

Amendments to Proxy Rules

Yesterday, the Securities and Exchange Commission adopted amendments to the proxy rules.  ...more

Proskauer Rose LLP

SEC Identifies Policies, Procedures and Disclosures Related to Registered Investment Advisers’ Proxy Voting Responsibilities and...

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On August 21, 2019, the Securities and Exchange Commission issued two interpretive releases involving proxy voting and proxy voting advice. In the first release, the SEC provided guidance regarding the responsibilities of...more

Perkins Coie

SEC Issues Guidance and Interpretation Aimed at Proxy Voting

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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) held an open meeting on August 21, 2019, (the Open Meeting) and approved two items: (1) guidance regarding the proxy voting responsibilities of investment advisers under the...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

SEC Guidance Will Impact Roles of Proxy Advisers and Investment Advisers in Proxy Context

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Last week, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) approved interpretative guidance relating to (i) the application of proxy rules to proxy advisory firms and (ii) the fiduciary role of investment advisers within...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

SEC Releases Guidance to Clarify Investment Advisers’ Proxy Voting Responsibilities and Interpretation of Proxy Rules to Voting...

At an open meeting held on August 21, 2019 (the “Meeting”), the Commissioners of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued guidance (the “Guidance”), by a 3-2 vote, to assist investment advisers when conducting...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

SEC Provides Guidance on Investment Advisers’ Proxy Voting Responsibilities, Proxy Voting Advice Rules

On August 21, 2019, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), by a 3-2 vote, issued two separate releases providing interpretive guidance relating to the proxy voting process. One release addresses the proxy voting...more

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