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SEC Soliciting Comments On Potential Deregulation Of Public Company Disclosures

Last month, Chairman Paul Atkins announced plans for SEC staff to "engage in a comprehensive review" of Regulation S-K, in order to "focus on eliciting disclosure of material information and avoid compelling the disclosure...

United States Commercial

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Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

Looking To The 2026 Proxy Season: Key Corporate Governance, Engagement, Disclosure And Annual Meeting Topics

This Alert outlines key corporate governance, disclosure and shareholder engagement topics for public companies preparing for their 2026 annual meetings.

United States Commercial

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Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP

A Turning Point For Proxy Advisors: JPMorgan's AI Pivot Amid Intensifying Regulatory Scrutiny

The asset management division of JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPMorgan) has announced a significant shift in its approach to proxy analysis. Beginning with the 2026 proxy season, JPMorgan will discontinue...

United States Commercial

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Winston & Strawn LLP

A Year With "Good Company": Hypothetical Scenarios, Real ALSP Solutions

When planning for 2026, many organizations anticipate growth, new offerings, and operational shifts. To explore how legal needs can evolve alongside these changes, this piece walks through a year with "Good Company,"...

United States Commercial

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Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

At Securities Regulation Institute, SEC Commissioner And Staff Encourage Dialogue With The Agency

United States Commercial

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Goodwin Procter LLP

Ninth Circuit Enjoins California Corporate Climate Risk Disclosure Law, But The Waiting Game Continues

United States Commercial

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Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom

Delaware Supreme Court Reverses Controversial Moelis Decision

United States Commercial

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Delaware Supreme Court Reins In Moelis – On Procedure, Not Policy

United States Commercial

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Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

SEC Reshapes Shareholder Proposal Review: A New Approach For The 2026 Proxy Season

United States Commercial

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Holland & Knight

President Trump Issues Executive Order Focused On Proxy Advisors

United States Commercial

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Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Delaware Supreme Court Rejects Total Rescission Of Musk Pay

United States Commercial

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Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Words And Actions – SEC Chairs' Role In Public Disclosure Reform

United States Commercial

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Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Audit Reform – Government Abandons Plans To Consult On Reforms

United States Commercial

KL

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

SEC Staff Issues, Revises, And Withdraws Compliance And Disclosure Interpretations On A Variety Of Subjects

United States Commercial

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Arnold & Porter

Food Venture Financing News – Weekly Issue No. 264

United States Commercial

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Davis Wright Tremaine

Back To School 2025: Title IX Updates And How ADR Can Help Universities Resolve Disputes (Podcast)

United States Litigation

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JAMS

Signed, Sealed, But Not Delivered? Don't Wonder About Taxes Under New Postal Service Rules

United States Tax

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Nossaman LLP

Federal Circuit: Priority Document That 'Broadly Outlines' Possible Structures Fails To Provide Adequate Written Description Support For Subgenus Of Linkers In Antibody-Drug Conjugate

United States IP

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Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Artificial Intelligence In ADR: A Neutral's Evolving Perspective

United States Technology

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JAMS

Foreign Private Issuers And Section 16: Understanding Your Equity Compensation Plan

On December 18, 2025, President Trump signed the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026, which includes the "Holding Foreign Insiders Accountable Act," requiring officers...

United States Commercial

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Simpson Thacher & Bartlett

SEC Investment Management Director Questions 'Vote-All' Proxy Practices And Adviser Reliance On Proxy Advisors

Rule 206(4)-6 under the Investment Advisers Act requires a registered investment adviser with proxy voting authority to adopt policies and procedures reasonably designed to ensure that proxies...

United States Commercial

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Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

AI Risk Meets Cyber Governance: NIST's Draft Cyber AI Profile

On December 16, 2025, the National Institute of Standards and Technology ("NIST"), a non-regulatory federal agency within the U.S. Department of Commerce that promotes innovation through technical standards setting...

United States Technology

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Goodwin Procter LLP

Quick Takes From SRI 2026

At this year's SRI, a few themes popped up in panels across a range of topics: disclosure trends; governance priorities; and frequently discussed interpretive questions.

United States Commercial

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Goodwin Procter LLP

Revitalizing U.S. Capital Markets: The Case For State-Led Reform

United States Commercial

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Foley & Lardner

How Wall Street Is Using Sustainability To Fight Money Laundering

United States Commercial

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Ankura Consulting Group LLC

SEC Dismisses SolarWinds Lawsuit: What CISOs Need To Know

United States Technology

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McDermott Will & Schulte

Innovating With Confidence: From Idea To Impact In 2026

United States Commercial

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Fennemore

SEC Updates Proxy Rules And Schedules C&DIs

United States Commercial

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Jones Walker

Appeals Court Reverses $100M D&O Coverage Dispute In Securities Litigation

United States Commercial

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Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Foreign Private Issuer Officers And Directors Required To File With The SEC Under Section 16(a) Of The Securities Exchange Act Of 1934: March 2026

United States Commercial

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McDermott Will & Schulte

2026 Proxy Season Update: Key Regulatory And Market Developments

United States Commercial

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Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Regulation A And The Public-Market Evolution Of Space Companies

United States Commercial

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Bevilacqua

The Shareholder Proposal Process: A New Survey Provides Insights

United States Commercial

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Mayer Brown

Foreign Private Issuer Officers And Directors Required To File With The SEC Under Section 16(a) Of The Securities Exchange Act Of 1934: March 2026

On December 18, 2025, the Holding Foreign Insiders Accountable Act (the Act) was enacted as part of the 2026 National Defense Authorization Act.

United States Commercial

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McDermott Will & Schulte

2026 Proxy Season Update: Key Regulatory And Market Developments

As public companies prepare for the 2026 proxy and annual reporting season, significant regulatory and market developments are shaping disclosure practices, governance and investor engagement.

United States Commercial

KM

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Regulation A And The Public-Market Evolution Of Space Companies

The commercial space sector has entered a new phase of capital formation. While many headline companies continue to raise hundreds of millions of dollars privately...

United States Commercial

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Bevilacqua

The Shareholder Proposal Process: A New Survey Provides Insights

A new large-scale survey released just last week by the John L. Weinberg Center for Corporate Governance at the University of Delaware offers important insights into the shareholder proposal process...

United States Commercial

MB

Mayer Brown

Directors And Executive Officers Of Foreign Private Issuers Now Subject To Section 16 Reporting Requirements

United States Commercial

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Goodwin Procter LLP

SEC Chairman Issues Statement On Reforming Regulation S-K

For decades, Regulation S-K has governed non-financial statement disclosure requirements for public company registration statements, periodic reports, and proxy statements.

United States Commercial

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Arnold & Porter

Anatomy Of A Persuasive Closing Argument

You've spent days, or weeks, in trial, and now it's time for closing argument.

United States Litigation

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Steptoe LLP

Simpson Thacher Sustainability And ESG: Regulatory Update – January 2026

An Alert discussing developments relating to California climate disclosure laws (discussed below) was published on December 10.

Worldwide Environment

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Simpson Thacher & Bartlett

Need To Know For 2026: 10 Tips For The Form 10-K

This Alert highlights the latest trends and considerations for issuers preparing to file their Form 10-K in 2026 for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2025, including:

United States Commercial

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Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP

The Activist Agenda

Worldwide Commercial

KL

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

2026 Annual Report And Proxy Season: E&S Matters, Executive Compensation, And Governance

United States Commercial

MB

Mayer Brown

Delaware Courts In 2025: A Year Of Course Correction

United States Commercial

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Pierson Ferdinand LLP

Asia Private Capital: Fourth-quarter Data And Trends

Worldwide Commercial

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Preparing For Your 2025 Form 10-K And 2026 Proxy Season

United States Commercial

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K&L Gates LLP

How To Buyout A Business Partner (Part 3)

United States Commercial

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Amini & Conant

How Fractional Corporate Secretaries Strengthen Modern Governance

United States Commercial

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Outside GC

Delaware Supreme Court Reinstates Elon Musk's 2018 Tesla Incentive Package

United States Commercial

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Stites & Harbison PLLC

2026 SEC And Corporate Governance Update

United States Commercial

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Kutak Rock LLP

Section 16 Obligations Expand To Apply To Foreign Private Issuers

United States Commercial

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Winston & Strawn LLP

Ninth Circuit's January 9, 2026, Hearing On SB 261 May Define The Constitutional Limits Of Climate-Risk Disclosure

United States Commercial

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FBT Gibbons

2025 Delaware Year In Review

United States Commercial

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Holland & Knight

Holding Foreign Insiders Accountable Act Subjects Officers And Directors Of Foreign Private Issuers To Section 16 Reporting Requirements

United States Commercial

AP

Arnold & Porter

Delaware Supreme Court Reverses Recission Of Musk's 2018 Equity Award, But Leaves Unanswered Questions Relevant For The "DExit" Movement

United States Commercial

NM

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Foreign Private Issuers: New Insider Reporting Obligations Take Effect In March 2026

United States Commercial

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Dechert

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