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Friend me? SEC approves communication through social media

  • Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 30 2013

As we highlighted at the end of last year, the SEC issued a Wells notice to Netflix Inc. regarding a post by Netflix CEO Reed Hasting on his personal

SEC guidance on common financial reporting issues facing smaller reporting companies

  • Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 3 2013

The SEC recently posted to its website a slide deck (PDF) from a staff presentation at the Forums on Auditing in the Small Business Environment. The

Exchange Act reports must now disclose certain transactions and activities related to Iran

  • Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP
  • -
  • Iran, USA
  • -
  • February 25 2013

Section 13(r) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 requires any issuer obligated to file periodic reports with the Securities and Exchange

NASDAQ's final rules on independence regarding compensation committees

  • Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • January 28 2013

The Securities and Exchange Commission recently approved the NASDAQ Listing Rules (.PDF) to comply with the SEC's Rule 10C-1 under the Securities

Say-on-pay and say-on-frequency votes for smaller reporting companies

  • Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • January 24 2013

About two years ago, the Securities and Exchange Commission adopted rules implementing provisions of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer

Compensation consultant conflict disclosure

  • Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • December 14 2012

A public company preparing, or beginning to prepare, the proxy statement for its 2013 annual shareholders’ meeting should be aware (or be reminded) of a new disclosure requirement adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission last June

Are Facebook posts fair disclosure?

  • Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • December 6 2012

Netflix and its CEO Reed Hastings received a Wells notice from the SEC on December 5 relating to a social media post that Mr. Hastings made on his Facebook page back in July

Over the cliff - increasing disclosure of the fiscal cliff

  • Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • November 30 2012

Much has been recently written regarding the impending “fiscal cliff” facing the U.S. economy if the President and Congress do not act before the end of the year to strike a deal

Time to consider application of the conflict minerals rule

  • Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • November 26 2012

The Securities and Exchange Commission’s Conflict Minerals Rule, Rule 13p-1 (.PDF), mandated by Section 1502 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, which added Section 13(p) to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, was adopted on August 22, 2012, and became effective November 13, 2012

NASDAQ's proposed rules regarding compensation committees

  • Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • October 29 2012

The Securities and Exchange Commission recently published the proposed NASDAQ listing rules to comply with the SEC's Rule 10C-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended