The SEC filed an enforcement action against a company for disclosing the risk that it “could” have a data privacy breach when it knew it already had experienced a breach. The action a...
Nasdaq’s new board diversity rules, approved by the SEC on August 6, will require listed companies to have diverse board members or explain why they do not. In addition, the rules will ...
On April 2nd, the SEC approved NYSE rule changes that will relax current requirements to obtain shareholder approval prior to certain equity issuances. The changes will facilitate capital...
On March 5, the SEC announced charges against AT&T for violating Regulation FD (Fair Disclosure), the agency’s marquee rule forbidding companies from “selectively disclosing” materi...
On December 28, the NYSE proposed rules that would relax its current requirements to obtain shareholder approval prior to certain equity issuances. The proposal, if approved, would more c...
This week, the SEC proposed to amend Rule 144 to revise the holding period determination for securities acquired upon conversion or exchange of certain types of convertible securities. Th...
On December 22, the Securities and Exchange Commission approved for the second time the NYSE’s proposed rule change that would permit companies to raise capital in a direct listing by s...
After almost a decade of attempting to issue similar rules, on December 16 the SEC adopted amendments that would require resource extraction companies to disclose payments made to foreign...
On December 2, 2020, the U.S. House of Representatives passed by unanimous consent the Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act, which would require the United States Securities and Exch...
