Author: Jonathan B. Abram

Jon helps clients fund their growth through debt and equity offerings in public and private capital markets.

SEC Issues Guidance on COVID-19 Disclosures and Other Matters

SEC Issues Guidance on COVID-19 Disclosures and Other Matters

On March 25, the SEC issued CF Disclosure Guidance Topic No. 9 that provides the Division of Corporation Finance’s current views regarding disclosure and other securities law obligations that companies should consider with respect to COVID-19 and related business and market disruptions. In the guidance, the SEC recognizes that it may be difficult to assess or predict with precision the broad effects of COVID-19 on...

Federal Reserve Announces Sweeping Actions

Federal Reserve Announces Sweeping Actions

Prior to the open of markets in the U.S. on March 23, the Federal Reserve announced that it is committed to using its full range of tools to address the coronavirus pandemic. The steps announced by the Federal Reserve are described in this eUpdate.

SEC Charges TherapeuticsMD with Regulation FD Violations

SEC Charges TherapeuticsMD with Regulation FD Violations

Last week, the SEC issued a reminder that Regulation FD remains a vital element of the federal securities regulations. In the first enforcement action regarding Regulation FD since 2013, the SEC charged TherapeuticsMD Inc., a pharmaceutical company, with violations of Regulation FD based on its sharing of material, nonpublic information with sell-side research analysts without also disclosing the same information to the public. The SEC’s...

SEC Endorses Use of Conditional Offers to Buy Shares in IPOs

SEC Endorses Use of Conditional Offers to Buy Shares in IPOs

The SEC recently issued a no-action letter to Morgan Stanley that will streamline the process for its wealth management clients to participate in IPOs. The SEC said it would not object to Morgan Stanley’s proposed use of conditional offers to buy shares (“COBs”) prior to the effectiveness of IPO registration statements under specific conditions. The no-action request and the SEC’s letter confirm that COBs, if...

A Call to Action: Leading Executives issue “Commonsense Principles of Corporate Governance”

A Call to Action: Leading Executives issue “Commonsense Principles of Corporate Governance”

Citing the importance of publicly owned companies to the U.S. economy, a group of thirteen leading executives issued a set of principles, on July 21, 2016, outlining their vision for the critical elements of good corporate governance.  The report, entitled, Commonsense Principles of Corporate Governance, was signed by a diverse group of executives ranging from Jamie Dimon, JP Morgan Chase; Warren Buffett, Berkshire Hathaway, Inc.;...