This memorandum highlights some considerations for the preparation of your 2015 annual report on Form 20-F. As in previous years, we discuss both disclosure developments as well as contin...
Yesterday, conference committee members for the House and Senate agreed on a five-year transportation bill. While this type of legislation is rarely of interest to participants in the cap...
On October 30, the SEC voted 3-1 to adopt final rules to permit eligible companies to offer and sell securities through crowdfunding—a relatively new and evolving Internet-based method ...
On October 30, the SEC voted 3-1 to propose amendments to Securities Act Rule 147 and Rule 504 of Regulation D. The proposed rule amendments are intended to modernize and expand the capit...
Following is the Davis Polk visual memorandum analyzing the Federal Reserve’s proposed rule on total loss-absorbing capacity (TLAC) and eligible long-term debt (LTD) requirements for (i...
The New York Stock Exchange has amended its rules regarding the public release of material information, which will become operative on September 28. Most significantly, the amendments to ...
In the ongoing challenge to the SEC’s conflict minerals rule, the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals, in a 2-1 decision, issued an opinion on August 18 upholding its April 2014 finding that ...
On July 1, the SEC issued a concept release, a forerunner to a potential rulemaking proposal, seeking public comment on whether to expand disclosure requirements about audit committees. T...
U.S. companies with foreign subsidiaries and other affiliates are required to report detailed information to the Bureau of Economic Analysis by May 29 or June 30, depending on the number ...
On March 25, 2015, the SEC adopted amendments to Regulation A, a Securities Act exemption forofferings by nonpublic US and Canadian companies. The final rules (colloquially called “Regu...
