On May 30 the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission issued interpretive guidance on the SEC’s new conflict minerals rules. The guidance, which is consistent with the discussio...
Regulation FD, adopted by the SEC in 2000, prohibits “selective disclosure” by requiring public companies to disclose material information through broadly accessible channels. Thirtee...
On January 11, 2013, the SEC approved the NYSE and Nasdaq listing standards, as amended, to implement the SEC’s requirement that national securities exchanges prohibit the listing of an...
Rule 10b5-1 plans are back in the news. These plans are widely used by officers and directors of public companies to sell stock according to the parameters of the affirmative defense to i...
On August 22, 2012, the SEC issued final rules to implement Section 1502 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, which requires companies that file Exchange Act ...
On September 25, 2012, both the NYSE and Nasdaq proposed listing standards to implement the SEC’s requirements regarding the independence of compensation committees and their advisers. ...
Many companies voluntarily impose a “blackout period” beginning around the time a quarter ends and continuing through the quarter’s earnings announcement or subsequent 10-Q or 10-K ...
On August 29, 2012, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) issued a proposal to permit widespread advertising and other forms of “general solicitation” in private offering...
On August 22, 2012, the SEC staff released Frequently Asked Questions (“FAQs”) about certain JOBS Act provisions that address the conduct of research analysts and the publication of r...
The SEC voted today to implement the Dodd-Frank Act’s reporting requirements relating to “conflict minerals” – cassiterite, columbite-tantalite, gold, wolframite and other mineral...
