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While visiting Texas, Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Atkins addressed corporate law matters and disclosure reform issues.  Here, we address the Chair’s comments related to disclosure reform.  Chair Atkins once again emphasized the need to return to principles of financial materiality when considering disclosure requirements.  He noted as well that disclosure requirements should be tailored…

Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Paul Atkins testified before the House Financial Services Committee and the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs last week, presenting a comprehensive overview and update of the SEC’s priorities and initiatives. Consistent with his various remarks since the start of his tenure, Atkins’ remarks centered on capital formation…

On January 13, 2026, Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Atkins released a statement relating to a comprehensive review of Regulation S-K.  In the Chair’s statement, he notes that he has asked the Staff of the Division of Corporation Finance to “engage in a comprehensive review of Regulation S-K.”  The Chair notes that the first step…

Although it may seem early, it is already time to start preparing for the 2026 annual report and proxy season.  While many disclosure requirements remain consistent from prior years, there has been a significant shift in the focus of, and discourse relating to, the priorities of the Securities and Exchange Commission.  Practitioners started to see…

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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 August 26, 2025, the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Office of the Inspector General (“OIG”) issued a report entitled “Improved Documentation and Guidance Can Help Strengthen Corporation Finance’s Disclosure Review Program.”  By way of background, the Disclosure Review Program (the “DRP”) forms the backbone of the Division of Corporation Finance’s work, and consists of the…

On September 4, 2025, the Securities and Exchange Commission’s spring 2025 rulemaking agenda (the “Agenda”) was made publicly available (see here).  Chairman Paul Atkins previewed the Agenda, which widely diverges from the Commission’s fall 2024 rulemaking agenda, in a simultaneously-released statement (the “Statement”), declaring that “[t]he items on the agenda represent the Commission’s renewed…

On July 1, 2025, the staff of the Division of Corporation Finance at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) issued another in a series of statements regarding crypto assets. This particular statement, titled “Crypto Asset Exchange-Traded Products,” (the “Statement”) details how certain disclosure requirements under the federal securities laws apply to offerings and…

Pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act, the Investor Advocate is required to file two reports annually with the Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Financial Services of the House of Representatives, which include the mid-year Report on Objectives for the forthcoming fiscal year and end of year…