Webinar | November 10, 2025
12:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. EDT
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The proxy and annual reporting season may seem a long way off. However, in light of the amount of work and planning that goes into the proxy statement, annual report, and annual meeting of shareholders, this is the ideal time to…
On September 7, 2025, the North American Securities Administrators Association (NASAA) approved amendments to its Statement of Policy Regarding Real Estate Investment Trusts (the “REIT Guidelines”), which were last amended in 2007. The proposed amendments were last put forth for public comment by NASAA on March 25, 2025.
The REIT Guidelines contain requirements for non-traded…
Webinar | September 10, 2025
1:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. EDT
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Join Solebury and Mayer Brown for a webinar on legal, regulatory, and strategic issues arising in connection with offering related communications, especially in connection with an IPO or a de-SPAC transaction. Panelists will offer practical guidance for remaining compliant with securities…
If you are involved in issuing or trading securities, you are familiar with CUSIP numbers, the nine-digit alphanumeric codes that identify specific securities in the United States and Canada. What you may not know is that sometimes you will need a temporary CUSIP number (also known as a contra CUSIP) in connection with a reopening…
On June 12, 2025, Representative Troy Downing (R-MT) introduced H.R. 3959, the “Protecting Private Job Creators Act.” The bipartisan bill, co-sponsored by Representative Cleo Fields (D-LA), would categorically exempt quotations of all fixed-income securities from the disclosure and information-review obligations of Rule 15c2‑11 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
On March 27, 2025, the US Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (the “Committee”) convened in an open session to consider the nomination of Paul Atkins as Chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). In addition to his prepared opening remarks, Mr. Atkins fielded questions from the Committee in connection with his…
On March 20, 2025, the SEC’s Staff of the Division of Corporation Finance (the “Division”) issued a statement providing its views that crypto mining activities (as defined in its statement) do not involve the offer and sale of securities within the meaning of Section 2(a)(1) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities…
This Legal Update summarizes the US Securities and Exchange Commission’s 2025 calendar year filing deadlines and financial statement staleness dates.
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The Director of the SEC’s Division of Corporation Finance (the “Division”), Erik Gerding, shared his views on the state of public company disclosures during 2023 and the SEC Staff’s review priorities for 2024. The statements were made in April 2024 at the Practicing Law Institute’s 2024 The SEC Speaks Conference and were recently published in…
