On July 23, Judge Robert L. Wilkins of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia rejected a lawsuit brought by the National Association of Manufacturers, the Chamber of Commerc...
Today the SEC adopted amendments to its private offering safe harbors as mandated by the JOBS Act of 2012. These amendments to Rule 506 and Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933 will...
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...
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Insights, The Corporate & Securities Law Advisor, Vol. 27, No. 2
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 December 4, 2012, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) published Compliance and Disclosure Interpretations (“CDIs”) related to the new disclosure requirement...
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 ...
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 ...
Richard Truesdell, Co-Head of Davis Polk’s Global Capital Markets Group, shares his views on the impact of the JOBS Act.
Watch Richard’s interview with Ning Chiu, Counsel in the Capit...
