Adopted in July 2023, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)’s cybersecurity disclosure rules require public companies to report material cybersecurity incidents on Form 8-K and to annually report on their cybersecurity risk management and governance.
However, recent developments – including SEC Chair Paul S. Atkins’s appointment in April 2025
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The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)’s March 27, 2025 decision (the Decision) to withdraw the defense of its landmark climate-related disclosure rules adopted in March of 2024 (the Rules) did not formally pause or terminate the ongoing litigation.
On April 4, 2025, a group of 18 intervening states and the
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On April 10, 2025, the staff of the Division of Corporation Finance of the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued a statement (Staff Statement) expressing its observations regarding certain disclosure requirements under the federal securities laws regarding the offering and registration of securities in the crypto asset markets.
The
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On March 12, 2025, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) published updates to its Compliance and Disclosure Interpretations (C&DIs) related to exempt offerings under the Securities Act of 1933 (Securities Act). These changes include new guidance related to determining accredited investor status, clarifications for existing guidance, and the removal of
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It may now be more difficult to use the exempt solicitation process as a messaging tool. As one of the first acts of the new US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Administration, the staff of the SEC revised certain Compliance and Disclosure Interpretations (C&DIs) related to the use of Notice
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On February 11, 2025, Acting US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman and Commissioner Mark Uyeda announced that he has directed the SEC staff to notify the US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit of the changed circumstances surrounding the SEC’s position on the climate disclosure rules. He has
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