The SEC has proposed updated rules for the business description, legal proceedings and risk factor disclosure that U.S. companies make in registration statements, annual reports and quart...
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission and the U.K. Financial Conduct Authority issued a joint statement Monday saying that so-called m...
The SEC is taking another potential step to ease the reporting burden on smaller companies. Under a rule change proposed May 9, companies with less than $100 million in revenues would not...
On May 3, the SEC proposed changes to the financial disclosure rules for acquisitions and dispositions of businesses, taking a significant step toward easing the reporting burden. The pro...
On April 12, 2019, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit held that the district court abused its discretion by failing to consider a forum selection clause in a foreig...
Following the recent action to modernize and simplify public company disclosure, the SEC issued guidance on the new rules and procedures for filing redacted material contracts. Companies ...
On March 20, the SEC adopted rules pursuant to the FAST Act to modernize and simplify disclosure for public companies. This is an incremental yet welcome step in furtherance of the SEC’...
Yesterday the Securities and Exchange Commission proposed a broad expansion of the popular “testing the waters” provisions to all companies, including seasoned reporting companies, sm...
Due to the government shutdown, SEC staff members will not consider requests for acceleration or qualification of registration or offering statements until further notice. Companies may, ...
The SEC will be closed for the holidays on December 24 and 25. In addition, in the event of a government shutdown, the SEC said it would “remain fully operational for a limited number o...
