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Troutman Pepper | USA | 14 Apr 2020
SEC Grants Additional COVID-19 Relief to Business Development Companies
On April 8, the SEC issued an order granting relief to business development companies (BDCs) by permitting BDCs to issue and sell senior securities…
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP | USA | 5 Mar 2020
The SEC Announces Conditional Regulatory Relief for Companies Affected by the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
On March 4, 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued an exemptive order to assist publicly traded companies that have significant…
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP | USA | 2 Mar 2020
Annual Meeting Filing and Disclosure Requirements
When finalizing proxy materials for annual shareholder meetings, companies should consider the following U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)…
Bass Berry & Sims PLC | USA | 18 Feb 2020
SEC Staff Comments on Chegg’s Data Breach Disclosure and Response; A Real Life Example
One thing I appreciate about the SEC comment letter process is that it gives real life examples to what is often discussed hypothetically. Take, for…
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP | USA | 22 Apr 2019
SEC Proposes Securities Offering Reforms for Business Development Companies and Registered Closed-End Investment Companies
On March 20, 2019, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) voted to propose a series of rule and form amendments, as directed by Congress under…
Steptoe & Johnson LLP | USA | 3 Apr 2019
Supreme Court Rules in Lorenzo v. SEC
On March 27, 2019, the US Supreme Court's decision in Lorenzo v. Securities and Exchange Commission resolved the issue of whether a securities fraud…
Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP | USA | 3 Apr 2019
Confidential Treatment Process Gets Easier
The SEC has approved rule changes that significantly simplify the process for public companies to redact confidential information from the exhibits…
Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP | USA | 1 Apr 2019
SEC Proposes Streamlining Offering Rules for Closed-End Funds and BDCs While Also Proposing New Reporting Obligations
In March 2019, the SEC, at the direction of Congress, proposed rules (the “Proposed Rules”) to modify the registration, communications, and offering…
K&L Gates LLP | USA | 29 Mar 2019
Offering Reforms or Burdensome Regulations? It Depends!
On March 20, 2019, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) proposed several rules (the “Proposed Rules”) that would modify the registration…
Mayer Brown | USA | 28 Mar 2019
Mitigating the Impact of a Material Weakness on the Election of Directors
Where companies have disclosed repeated or ongoing material weaknesses in internal controls over financial reporting, or where a company’s first…
