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In new Compliance and Disclosure Interpretations (see CDIs 256.35 and 256.36) and a related no-action letter (Latham & Watkins LLP, March 12, 2025), the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Division of...more
On March 12, 2025, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)’s Division of Corporation Finance (SEC Staff) published new and revised Compliance and Disclosure Interpretations (C&DIs) regarding private offering...more
Fabry-Pérot Interferometer, SA is a highly successful non-US company known to the world as FPI. FPI is considering doing a debt or equity offering in the United States. What are the key legal issues it, and its underwriters...more
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On March 30, 2022, the commissioners of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) approved much-anticipated proposed rules relating to special purpose acquisition companies (“SPACs”). ...more
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Rule proposals, if adopted, would more closely align de-SPAC mergers with traditional IPOs with respect to disclosure requirements, marketing practices, and gatekeeper obligations. Proposed Rules would significantly...more
The Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) announced a proposed rule on March 21st that would mandate that domestic or foreign registrants include certain climate-related information in registration statements and...more
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The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently published extensive rules to modernize the private placement framework of the federal securities laws. On March 15, 2021, the Final Rules became effective. The SEC goal...more
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The rise of special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) as a popular alternative structure for taking a company public in the past year has caused increased regulatory scrutiny surrounding the SPAC structure. On May 24,...more
On March 15, 2021, several previously-announced amendments to the Securities and Exchange Commission’s exempt offering rules took effect. The rule changes, which were first announced in November 2020, are designed, in the...more
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The SEC has proposed amendments that would mandate electronic filing of Form 144 (currently it may be filed either by mail or electronically), eliminate the requirement to file a Form 144 with respect to sales of securities...more
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