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The SEC staff recently issued a report, as mandated under the JOBS Act, on its review of the disclosure provisions under Regulation S-K. Chair White and Commissioner Gallagher had previo...
A preliminary agreement reached between the European Parliament and EU Member States will require audit firms to rotate every 10 years, with extensions for up to 14 additional years if th...
The SEC Staff has denied Apple’s request to exclude a shareholder proposal on the basis that Rule 14a-8 does not permit a “proxy,” in this case, John Chevedden, to submit a proposal...
Davis Polk has prepared a set of flowcharts designed to assist banking entities in identifying permissible and impermissible proprietary trading activities under the final regulations imp...
On Friday, just ahead of the expiration of the CFTC’s exemptive order delaying the applicability of some CFTC swap regulations for non-U.S. swap dealers and foreign branches of U.S. swa...
SEC Rules and Regulations
Regulators Adopt Final Regulations Implementing the Volcker Rule
SEC Releases Rule 506 “Bad Actor” Guidance
IM Guidance Update Cautions Against Use of F...
Many comment letters on the proposed SEC pay ratio rules recommend that the Commission exclude non-U.S. employees from the calculation altogether, but some letters also seek clarification...
Commissioner Gallagher recently echoed Chair White’s comments regarding the possibility of modifying public company disclosure requirements, which we previously discussed here, noting t...
The SEC has approved the amendment to Nasdaq’s compensation committee independence requirements, as proposed, which we previously announced in this client newsflash. Companies are requi...
Today the public comment period ended for two proposals by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board that we believe could dramatically increase the scope, length, cost and complexity...