On March 22, the SEC approved a rule amendment to shorten the standard settlement cycle for most broker-dealer securities transactions to two business days after the trade date (T+2) from...
On February 14, 2017, President Trump approved a joint resolution of Congress repealing the SEC’s rule requiring resource extraction disclosure. The joint resolution was passed pursuant...
Decision restores certainty to out-of-court debt restructurings
In a surprising 2014 decision, the District Court for the Southern District of New York held that the Trust Indenture Act ...
Or, Some Perspective on Indenture Language Restoring the Commercial Understanding of “Make-Whole” Premiums That Prevailed Before Summer 2016
A covenant review service recently procla...
An issuer of high yield bonds won dismissal of claims brought by retail noteholders who claimed that a debt swap of new secured notes for unsecured notes, made available only to instituti...
Spurred by a provision in the Dodd-Frank Act of 2010, in August 2012 the SEC adopted rules requiring companies to disclose payments made to governments in order to further oil, natural ga...
The recent market turmoil has forced VC firms and other private company investors to examine closely the real possibility of seeking financing at a lower valuation – what is often refer...
On December 11, the SEC once again proposed rules to implement Section 1504 of the Dodd-Frank Act relating to resource extraction issuers. Section 1504 generally provides that a U.S. or f...
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...
