1/24/2025 5:53:41 PM Following Monday’s Inauguration, Leadership of Banking Agencies Under Trump Is Uncertain By Melissa Hall Although the Trump administration has announced a number of cabinet and agency leadership nominees, there has been a curiously...
1/14/2025 11:32:01 PM Potential Pitfalls for Foreign Micro-Cap Companies Seeking U.S. Listing By Jane Tam Over the past 12 months, Nasdaq and the NYSE have adopted restrictions on smaller initial public offerings due to concerns over...
7/24/2024 11:58:10 PM Nasdaq Proposes to Amend Rule to Limit the Ability of Its Hearings Panel to Give SPACs Additional Time to Complete a Business Combination By Giovanni Caruso On July 15, 2024, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) published a Nasdaq rule proposal that would amend its rules to...
5/30/2024 12:29:15 AM SEC Director of Corporate Finance Issues Guidance on Disclosure of Cybersecurity Incidents By Giovanni Caruso In late 2023, Form 8-K was amended to include new Item 1.05, which requires public companies to disclose any cybersecurity incident a...
5/21/2024 5:53:51 PM SEC Issues Exemptive Order Providing Additional Time for Former Clients of BF Borgers to File 10-Q By Giovanni Caruso On May 3, 2024, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) entered an order instituting settled administrative and...
3/15/2024 11:10:47 PM SEC Fines an Advisory Firm $950,000 for Failing to Timely File a Schedule 13D By Giovanni Caruso In March 2024, an advisory firm settled charges with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) that it failed to file a Schedule...
3/8/2024 5:28:39 PM SEC Charges a Former CEO with Making False Statements Through an Anonymous Social Media Account By Giovanni Caruso Late last month, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) charged the CEO of a public company with making false and misleading...
2/12/2024 2:05:57 PM Many are still not aware of the new requirements under the Corporate Transparency Act By Giovanni Caruso A recent Wall Street Journal Article...
1/31/2024 9:34:33 PM SEC Makes Clear It Is Serious About SPAC IPO Disclosures By Giovanni Caruso A requirement of the special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) structure is that the management team of a SPAC cannot have...
1/26/2024 5:34:57 PM New SPAC Rules Adopted by the SEC By Giovanni Caruso On January 24, 2024, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted some of the rules relating to special purpose acquisition...
12/15/2023 6:11:52 PM Director of the Division of Corporation Finance publishes Speech relating to Cybersecurity Disclosures By Giovanni Caruso On December 14, 2023, the Director of the Division of Corporate Finance published a speech (speech:...
12/1/2023 5:52:20 PM Effectiveness of Share Repurchase Disclosure Modernization Rule Delayed By Giovanni Caruso On November 22, 2023, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) postponed the effectiveness of the Share Repurchase Disclosure...