Blogs
By Cooley LLP
May 15, 2020
1. COVID-Related Disclosure It is critical to provide investors with as much detail as possible regarding the ongoing and expected impact of COVID-19 on the company’s business. This can be a challenge for companies in ...
May 14, 2020
Toppan Merrill is often asked by regulators worldwide to comment on specific proposed rules. The content below is in response to FERC Docket No. RM19-12-000. Toppan Merrill supports and applauds the FERC’s proposal to ...
May 08, 2020
The U.S. SEC Staff published FAQs this week outlining several questions relating to the SEC’s March 25th Order extending filing relief for public companies unable to meet a filing deadline because of circumstances ...
April 29, 2020
Among the numerous considerations related to upcoming annual stockholder meetings being hosted solely using remote (virtual) communication as a result of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, one question that ...
April 24, 2020
The SEC recently amended the definition for Accelerated and Large Accelerated Filers. This SEC update also resulted in a new checkbox for the cover of Forms 20-F, 40-F and 10-K. The objective of the new checkbox is to ...
April 23, 2020
Among the numerous considerations related to upcoming annual stockholder meetings being hosted solely using remote (virtual) communication as a result of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, one question that ...
April 21, 2020
With the Bridge Apollo Release now complete, we took the opportunity to have a Q&A interview with Chase Bongirno, Principal Product Manager – Toppan Merrill Bridge, for Q&A interview. During that interview he ...
April 17, 2020
Settlements cut errant issuers down to size. The SEC closed its 2019 fiscal year with a frenzy of settlements, ending eight enforcement actions with public companies that agreed to pay penalties totaling $116.9 million ...
April 16, 2020
Regulations can be a bit of a dirty word in the financial industry — or, at least, the word comes with significant negative undertones that suggest added complexity, time, cost and other burdens. In the case of the ESEF ...
April 15, 2020
On April 10, 2020, the Division of Corporation (the “Staff”) published a statement addressing logistical difficulties in satisfying the requirement to file Securities Act of 1933 Form 144 (the “Statement”).[1] Noting ...
April 10, 2020
Dimensions spoke with Scott Bauguess, who spent 12 years at the SEC, most recently as the Deputy Director and Deputy Chief Economist in the SEC’s Division of Economic and Risk Analysis (DERA), for insight into the SEC’s ...
April 09, 2020
On March 4, The SEC provided guidance to assist issuers, shareholders, and other market participants affected by COVID-19 with meeting their obligations under the federal proxy rules.[1] Recently, on April 7, sections ...
April 03, 2020
For Form 10-K filers, the March 12th amendments to the “accelerated filer” definition made sense and helped better coordinate the “smaller reporting company” definition with the “accelerated filer” definition. The ...
April 02, 2020
COVID-19 has injected significant uncertainty into our daily lives and enormous volatility into our markets. In the last two weeks alone, many major domestic and international indices have experienced their largest ...
April 01, 2020
The Securities and Exchange Commission and its staff recognizes that the COVID-19 public health crisis has presented challenges for some entities and individuals who require initial access to file in EDGAR; in ...
By Akerman LLP
March 31, 2020
On March 12, 2020, the Commission adopted amendments to the accelerated filer and large accelerated filer definitions to more appropriately tailor the types of issuers that are included in the definitions.
March 30, 2020
Under the leadership of U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Jay Clayton, the SEC’s Division of Enforcement has made the protection of Main Street investors its overarching priority. On March 23, 2020, ...
By Mayer Brown
March 27, 2020
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) recently announced that it will not take final action before April 24, 2020, regarding the following five proposed actions, which have comment periods expiring in March, ...
March 25, 2020
Division of Corporation Finance Issues Related Disclosure and Other Guidance. ... SEC Continues to Closely Monitor Impact of Coronavirus on Investors and Capital Markets: Today, the Securities and Exchange Commission ...
March 17, 2020
On March 13, 2020, the SEC Divisions of Corporate Finance and Investment Management announced guidance for issuers holding their Annual meetings and the effect of COVID-19. In light of the current outbreak, some ...