September 25, 2020
On August 26, 2020, the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) approved the New York Stock Exchange’s (“NYSE”) plan for a new type of direct listing. Previously, companies could only use the direct ...
September 18, 2020
One SPACs (special purpose acquisition or "blank cheque" companies) have recently regained prominence in the US, with H1 2020 seeing record-breaking levels of activity, both in terms of value (Bill Ackman's $4bn ...
September 15, 2020
At an open meeting last month, the SEC voted (three to two) to adopt amendments, substantially as proposed, to modernize the Reg S-K disclosure requirements related to the descriptions of business, legal proceedings and ...
September 11, 2020
Bass, Berry & Sims’ Securities Law Exchange blog surveyed the risk factor disclosures of 75 calendar year-end NYSE- and Nasdaq-listed companies included in Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q (Form 10-Qs) filed for the first ...
September 08, 2020
There were 76 transactions filed with the SEC last week. Congratulations to all of the corporations and law firms that selected our transactions services, including Mdc Partners Inc w/ Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton ...
September 04, 2020
In observance of Labor Day, the SEC is closed Monday, September 7, 2020. No filings can be received. Files submitted after 5:30 pm ET, Friday, September 4, 2020 will receive a filing date of Tuesday, September 8, 2020 ...
September 03, 2020
In the decade since Dodd-Frank put Say on Pay in place, we have watched proxy statements go from a regulatory compliance exercise to a strategic communications initiative. Companies increasingly see their proxy ...
September 03, 2020
In my last blog, I talked about five things issuers should be doing over the summer to prepare for their first ESEF Inline XBRL (iXBRL) filing. A big part of that preparation depends on choosing a vendor who will ...
September 03, 2020
Phil Fitz-Gerald, Director of the Financial Reporting Lab at the Financial Reporting Council (FRC), the United Kingdom’s regulator of financial reporting, met with Toppan Merrill to discuss XBRL insights.
August 31, 2020
There were 71 transactions filed with the SEC last week. Congratulations to all of the corporations and law firms that selected our transactions services, including First Bancshares Inc /Ms/ w/ Alston & Bird LLP, ...
August 27, 2020
There have been some great examples of successful SPAC transactions and more on the way, and the SPACraze has reached 2019 Direct Listing fever pitch levels. More importantly, there is a huge amount of SPAC sponsor ...
August 24, 2020
There were 55 transactions filed with the SEC last week. Congratulations to all of the corporations and law firms that selected our transactions services, including Starboard Value Acquisition Corp. w/ Akin Gump Strauss ...
August 20, 2020
Business continuity, risk management, employee health and safety, diversity, and human capital management are ESG issues that have become priorities in recent weeks and months, and in 2020, such issues are frequently ...
August 17, 2020
There were 75 transactions filed with the SEC last week. Congratulations to all of the corporations and law firms that selected our transactions services, including Bridgewater Bancshares Inc w/ Barack Ferrazzano ...
August 14, 2020
It has been three proxy seasons since the CEO pay ratio became the mandatory disclosure for most U.S. public companies. The CEO pay ratio rules allow a registrant to use the same median employee for comparison purposes ...
August 10, 2020
There were 78 transactions filed with the SEC last week. Congratulations to all of the corporations and law firms that selected our transactions services, including Entasis Therapeutics Holdings Inc. w/ Covington & ...
August 05, 2020
The board must stay on top of a CEO’s illness. It is difficult for a public company to know whether and when to disclose that the CEO (or another executive) is seriously ill, because no US security law or case creates ...
August 03, 2020
There were 53 transactions filed with the SEC last week. Congratulations to all of the corporations and law firms that selected our transactions services, including Escalate Wealth Reit I w/ Corporate Law Solutions, PC, ...
July 30, 2020
Companies that are accelerated filers have a number of things to consider this month as In-line XBRL Is now required. First — don’t forget that the in-line XBRL tagging requirements (including for cover pages) have now ...
