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On August 21, 2025, the California Air Resources Board (“CARB”) held its second virtual public workshop on California’s climate reporting laws, Senate Bill 253 (The Climate Corporate Data Accountability Act) and Senate Bill...more
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) voted unanimously on Oct. 10, 2024, to substantially amend the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act (HSR) premerger notification rules, HSR form and instructions, expanding the scope of information and...more
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC), with the concurrence of the Department of Justice, has unanimously adopted sweeping changes to the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act (HSR) rules. ...more
Effective mid-January 2025, the FTC’s new HSR notification process will significantly increase the burden and cost of filing M&A notifications under the HSR Act. On October 10, 2024, the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC)...more
On October 10, 2024, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) and Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) announced a Notice of Final Rulemaking regarding the Hart-Scott-Rodino (“HSR”) Premerger...more
On September 12, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC or Commission) published a final rule, adopting amendments to CFTC Rule 4.7, which provides exemptive relief from certain compliance obligations to registered...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: On January 22, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced that the 2024 threshold for applying the size-of-parties test of the Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) Act will increase from $111.4 million to...more
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in consumer products continue to be in the regulatory and litigation spotlight in 2023. Manufacturers and downstream businesses should be actively preparing to comply with the...more
KEY FACTS OF REAL ESTATE ACQUISITIONS UNDER AUSTRALIAN LAW - The majority of land in Australia consists of freehold title. Registration of ownership of freehold title is recorded using the Torrens system. The Torrens system...more
On December 29, President Biden signed into law the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 (CAA-23) — a $1.7 trillion omnibus spending package that includes notable changes to current antitrust laws and policies. This...more
The LMA and ELFA have jointly published guidance to provide clarity in the market regarding ESG disclosures. The publication of guidance reflects the growing interest in ESG factors and their importance in leveraged...more
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently proposed for comment amendments to Rule 701 and Form S-8 to address the major changes that have taken place in recent years in companies' compensation practices and...more
The White & Case Capital Markets team updates its March 2018 publication on bond repurchases given the current environment where issuers may consider whether, if their bonds are trading at a discount to par, they should...more
On March 12, 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission adopted long-awaited amendments to the accelerated filer and large accelerated filer definitions with the stated goal of “reduc[ing] unnecessary burdens for certain...more
The Securities and Exchange Commission adopted amendments to the accelerated filer and large accelerated filer definitions, which impact the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002....more
SEC/CORPORATE - SEC Proposes Amendments to Financial Disclosure in Regulation S-K and Issues New Guidance - On January 30, the Securities and Exchange Commission voted to propose amendments to certain financial...more
During the previous quarter, the SEC proposed new rulemaking to reduce the number of smaller companies that become subject to enhanced reporting requirements through “accelerated filer” and “large accelerated filer” status....more
A group of 20 education organizations and individuals have sent a letter to the leaders of the House Financial Services Committee and Senate Finance Committee urging Congress to pass legislation that would provide a legal...more
The Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC" or "Commission") recently proposed a number of changes to Regulation S-X and related rules and forms that could significantly streamline the requirements for filing financial...more
As public companies prepare to file their annual reports on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018, they should consider whether they qualify for smaller reporting company (“SRC”) status under the recently amended...more
In June 2018, the Securities and Exchange Commission adopted amendments to the definition of “smaller reporting company.” Under the amendments a company with a public float of less than $250 million qualifies as an SRC....more
The Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act (the "Act") hit national news channels in late May 2018 due to its sweeping relief from provisions of the 2010 Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer...more
Rule 701 Prior to Amendment: Reliance on Securities Act Rule 701, a securities registration exemption for non-reporting issuers with respect to equity awards granted pursuant to a written compensatory plan, required special...more
The SEC has voted to amend the definition of the term “smaller reporting company” as used in its rules and regulations. Under the amended definition, which takes effect on September 10, 2018, SRCs are companies that...more