Gibson Dunn’s summary of director education opportunities has been updated as of January 2023. A copy is available at this link. Boards of Directors of public companies comment that this list is a useful resource as they look for high quality education opportunities. Read More »
Topic: Corporate Governance
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Now Available: SEC Desktop Calendar for 2023
To continue assisting US companies with planning for SEC reporting and capital markets transactions into 2023, we offer our annual SEC Desktop Calendar. This calendar provides both the filing deadlines for key SEC reports and the dates on which financial statements in prospectuses and proxy statements must be updated before use (a/k/a financial staleness deadlines). Read More »
Updated Summary of Select Director Education Opportunities Available
Gibson Dunn’s summary of director education opportunities has been updated as of July 2022 and is available at the link below. Boards of Directors of public companies find this a useful resource as they look for high quality education opportunities. Read More »
Long-Awaited SEC Rule Proposal on Climate Change Disclosure
Overview
On March 21, 2022, the Securities and Exchange Commission approved a rule proposal for new climate change disclosure requirements for both U.S. public companies and foreign private issuers. Read More »
SEC Proposes Rules on Cybersecurity Disclosure
On March 9, 2022, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC” or “Commission”) held a virtual open meeting where it considered a rule proposal for new cybersecurity disclosure requirements for public companies, primarily consisting of: (i) current reporting of material cybersecurity incidents and (ii) periodic reporting of material updates to cybersecurity incidents, the company’s cybersecurity risk management, strategy, and governance practices, and the board of directors’ cybersecurity expertise, if any. Read More »
SEC Proposes Rule to Amend Beneficial Ownership Reporting
On February 10, 2022, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) announced a proposed rule to modernize the rules governing beneficial ownership reporting Read More »
Updated Summary of Select Director Education Opportunities Available
Gibson Dunn’s summary of director education opportunities has been updated as of February 2022 and is available at the link below. Boards of Directors of public companies find this a useful resource as they look for high quality education opportunities. Read More »
Now Available: Considerations for Preparing Your 2021 Form 10-K
As we do each year, we offer our observations on new developments and recommended practices for calendar-year filers to consider in preparing their Form 10-K. This alert reviews the recent amendments to Regulation S-K adopted by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) and discusses how public companies are reacting to these new requirements. Read More »
SEC Proposes Rules on Insider Trading, Rule 10b5-1 and Share Repurchases
On December 15, 2021, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC” or “Commission”) held a virtual open meeting where it considered four rule proposals, including two that are particularly pertinent to all public companies: (i) amendments regarding Rule 10b5-1 insider trading plans and related disclosures and (ii) new share repurchase disclosures rules. Read More »
ISS Proposes and Opens Comment on Draft 2022 Voting Policy Updates
Yesterday, the proxy advisory firm Institutional Shareholder Services (“ISS”) proposed and published for comment voting policy changes for the 2022 proxy season. There are five proposed updates that would apply to U.S. companies, including two related to “Say on Climate” proposals and a third related to climate issues. Read More »