On Tuesday, the Securities and Exchange Commission issued a Section 21(a) report of investigation emphasizing the importance of assessing the likelihood of cyberattacks when designing int...
On September 30, 2018, California Governor Jerry Brown signed a bill, S.B. 826, which will require all NYSE- and Nasdaq-listed public companies with principal executive offices located in...
When it enacted the FAST Act of 2015, Congress ordered the SEC to amend Regulation S-K by June 1, 2016 in order to eliminate provisions that are “duplicative, overlapping, outdated, or ...
The first quarter of 2018 saw continued significant securities-suit filing activity against life sciences companies with more than 10 actions filed, including several filed by some of the...
Nasdaq is proposing to change the requirements in Listing Rule 5635(d) for shareholder approval when a company issues common stock (or securities convertible into or exercisable for commo...
On February 2, the SEC approved the New York Stock Exchange’s proposal to facilitate “direct listings” by companies that do not intend to sell shares in an initial public offering. ...
Starting February 1, a NYSE-listed company must notify NYSE at least ten minutes before making a public announcement, at any time, of a dividend or other stock distribution. This includes...
As part of a series of regular updates on developments in life sciences securities litigation (see Q3 2017 Quarterly Report), this report addresses recent activity in securities actions a...
On Friday, January 19, 2018, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced that “should there be a federal government shutdown after January 19, the SEC will remain open for a ...
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act has now passed both houses of Congress and is expected to soon be signed into law. In this memo we address disclosure considerations for public companies that co...
