Emily Roberts

SPACs remain in the SEC’s crosshairs with this comprehensive rule proposal that expands the scope of underwriter liability, amends the scope of a safe harbor for financial projections a...

Proposed rules would require cybersecurity incident and risk management disclosures and may compound compliance costs and enforcement risks.

A new SEC proposal would shorten the securities settlement cycle to one business day for most transactions.

The SEC proposes disclosure of additional metrics beyond total shareholder return (TSR) for this unfinished Dodd-Frank rulemaking.

The SEC finalized rules to implement the Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act. The law was enacted in 2020 in response to the inability of the PCAOB to inspect the audits of China-ba...

The new rule may make it easier for dissidents to persuade shareholders to vote for a few nominees opposed by management in order to “send a message.”

On November 4, 2021, ISS proposed for comment potential U.S. voting policies. Of particular note are proposed policies where ISS will hold directors accountable at U.S. companies with mul...

The SEC signaled increased unwillingness to allow companies to exclude shareholder proposals from proxy statements.

The SEC’s renewed request for comments on its clawback rule suggests an aggressive approach to recovery of incentive-based compensation.

A proposed NYSE amendment would eliminate the requirement to include abstentions as “votes cast” against a company’s proposal. Instead, companies would be able to follow their own gov...