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Each proxy season brings new disclosure priorities and investor expectations, and 2027 will be no exception. The SEC is rethinking the shareholder proposal process, proposing optional semiannual reporting and broader scaled disclosure, and starting a wider review of Regulation S-K. Boards…
Effective on October 2, 2026, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) modified its quorum requirement, as set forth in SEC Organizational Rule 41 (“Rule 41”). The rule remains unchanged in that it continues to provide that three commissioners constitute a quorum for the Commission, and if the number of commissioners in office is two…
Earlier this week, the Securities and Exchange Commission continued to implement its capital-formation agenda by publishing a number of notices aimed at modernizing the definition of “accredited investor,” including introducing the possibility of a long-discussed accredited investor exam.
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On September 30, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission” or the “SEC”) published a number of notices aimed at modernizing the definition of “accredited investor,” including the possibility of a long-discussed accredited investor exam.
In their proposals, the Commission cited various potential benefits to issuers of expanding the pool of accredited investors, including “greater…
On September 17, 2026, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) issued an order (Release No. 34-106402; File No. 4-927) granting five-year, temporary exemptive relief allowing (1) qualifying tokenized securities venues that provide innovative automated market makers (“AMMs”) and liquidity pools (together referred to as “AMM Liquidity Pools”) to facilitate trading of National Market System…
On September 17, 2026, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission” or the “SEC”) issued an exemptive order to be known as the “Innovation Exemption.” This Innovation Exemption grants temporary, conditional exemptive relief under Section 36(a)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), for the onchain trading of tokenized National…
On September 8, 2026, the staff (the “Staff”) of the Division of Corporation Finance of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) announced that the SEC is expanding its nonpublic draft registration statement review accommodations to issuers of asset-backed securities (“ABS Issuers”) that file on Forms SF-1 and SF-3. The new accommodations for ABS Issuers:…
On August 18, 2026, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission” or the “SEC”) published proposed rules, titled “Regulation Crypto Assets” (“Reg Crypto Assets”), which would establish a framework to raise capital and disclosure requirements involving certain crypto asset-related investment contracts. The proposed rules represent the next phase in the Commission’s ongoing effort to regulate…
This week, the Securities and Exchange Commission’s 2026 rulemaking agenda (the “Unified Agenda”) was made publicly available (see here). The Unified Agenda sets out the SEC’s rulemaking priorities for the next year, with general timeframes (but these timeframes are guidelines, and should not be considered definite indicators of when rulemakings will happen). The current…
On May 19, 2026, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) published two rulemaking proposals, each of which would substantially revise the requirements of the U.S. federal securities laws applicable to public companies. These proposals mark the next step in SEC Chair Paul Atkins’ mission to grow the U.S. capital markets and “make IPOs…
