24 Jul, 2024 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...
12 Jul, 2024 SEC Issues Guidance on Material Cybersecurity Incidents By Giovanni Caruso In a continuing effort to regularize the disclosures provided by companies under new Item 1.05 of Form 8-K, the U.S Securities and...
30 May, 2024 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...
21 May, 2024 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...
08 Apr, 2024 SEC Issues a Stay on the Newly Adopted Climate-Related Disclosure Rules By Giovanni Caruso On April 4, 2024, the SEC issued an order staying the newly adopted climate-related disclosure rules (see the fact sheet here) pending...
19 Mar, 2024 The Fifth Circuit Grants an Emergency Stay of the SEC's Newly Adopted Climate-Related Disclosure Rules By Giovanni Caruso Earlier this month, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted rules related to climate-related disclosures (see the fact...
15 Mar, 2024 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...
08 Mar, 2024 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...
15 Dec, 2023 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:...
01 Dec, 2023 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...
22 Nov, 2023 SEC clarifies limits of discretionary authority for proxies in connection with a stockholder vote By Giovanni Caruso In two compliance and disclosure interpretations (Proxy Rules and Schedules 14A/14C 139.08 and 139.09) the SEC clarified the limits of...
09 Nov, 2023 Reminder that Clawback Policies Are Required to Be Adopted No Later than Dec. 1, 2023 By Giovanni Caruso By Dec. 1, 2023, all publicly listed companies must adopt clawback policies that comply with listing standards adopted by the exchanges....