With the 2020 proxy and annual reporting season upon us, this Legal Update provides 10 tips for companies to consider when drafting annual reports on Form 10-K and proxy statements for filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission.
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On November 18, 2019, Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) Commissioner Robert Jackson sent a letter to Representative Carolyn Maloney attributing the lack of public disclosure regarding the political spending habits of public companies to the influence of institutional investors. Commissioner Jackson publicly supported imposing corporate political spending disclosure requirements on public companies prior to…
Yesterday, the Division of Corporation Finance (CorpFin) of the SEC released CF Disclosure Guidance: Topic No. 8, Intellectual Property and Technology Risks Associated with International Business Operations (Guidance). The Guidance aims to assist public companies in evaluating intellectual property (IP) and technology risks related to their international operations, assessing their materiality, and drafting useful disclosures,…
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The Institute on Securities Regulation brings together the nation’s leading securities and corporate legal experts to deliver practical information, insights and real-world strategies and solutions to the challenges facing you and your clients today. Mayer Brown along with the Practicing Law Institute…
This Lexis Practice Advisor® Market Trends article discusses the Securities and Exchange Commission’s pay ratio rulemaking, which was mandated by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, and provides recent pay ratio disclosure examples.
On September 17, 2019, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed rules to update the statistical disclosures that bank and savings and loan registrants provide to investors. The proposed rules would rescind Industry Guide 3, Statistical Disclosure by Bank Holding Companies (Guide 3), codify certain Guide 3 disclosures into a new Subpart 1400 of Regulation…
In this Lexis Practice Advisor® Practice Note, we discuss the amendments proposed by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on May 3, 2019 in connection with financial statement disclosures on business acquisitions and dispositions as required by Regulation S-X’s (17 C.F.R. §§ 210.1-01 – 12-29) Rule 3-05 (Financial Statements of Businesses Acquired or…
On August 8, 2019, the US Securities and Exchange Commission proposed amendments to Regulation S-K that are intended to modernize business, legal proceedings and risk factor disclosures. According to the SEC, the proposed amendments are designed to update rules to account for developments since they were first adopted or last amended and to improve the…
Recently, the Securities and Exchange Commission Office of the Investor Advocate released its report on objectives for fiscal year 2020. The Investor Advocate intends to focus on the SEC’s disclosure effectiveness initiative, including amendments to Regulation S-K, updates to industry-specific disclosure requirements, etc. The Investor Advocate will also focus on monitoring rulemaking developments related to…
This Lexis Practice Advisor® market trends article identifies disclosures related to U.S. Tariff Policies that offer more detailed discussions on the actual and potential effects for the particular registrants and concludes with recommendations on how to enhance disclosures relating to the effects of U.S. Tariff Policies. The company name, its industry, and the type of…
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