Governance & Compliance Insider https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html SEC Issues Guidance on COVID-19 Disclosures and Other Matters SEC Staff Offers Relief From Manual Signature Requirements Amid Coronavirus Concerns SEC Updates Accredited Investor and Qualified Institutional Investor Definitions Hyperlinks Proposed for SEC Filings Guidance Provided by SEC on Abbreviated Debt Tender Offers SEC Adopts Use of Exhibit Hyperlinks in Filings All Issuers Eligible to Confidentially Submit Draft IPO Registration Statements SEC Announces Reduction in Securities Registration Fees for Public Companies SEC Requires Electronic Submission of “Glossy” Annual Reports Some Thoughts on Preparing Forward-Looking Statements During the COVID-19 Pandemic SEC Chairman Issues Public Statement Encouraging Public Companies to Make Prompt COVID-19 Disclosure; No Action on Certain Proposed Rule Making until May 1 The SEC Amends Policy on Economic Projections, and Issues Final Rules and Additional Guidance for SPACs and Shell Companies SPAC Talk: Important Considerations for Private Companies Evaluating a SPAC Going-Public Transaction It’s Really Time to Talk Diversity in D and O Questionnaires (with Updated Sample Question and Summary of Nasdaq’s Proposed Rules) Federal Reserve Announces Sweeping Actions What Counts as a “Perk” During the COVID-19 Pandemic? SEC Takes Targeted Action to Assist Funds and Advisers, Permits Virtual Board Meetings and Provides Conditional Relief from Certain Filing Procedures New SEC Proposed Amendments Seek to Improve and Harmonize Private Offering Exemptions SEC Amends Definition of Accelerated and Large Accelerated Filer SEC Expects that Upcoming Earnings Reports and Related Investor and Analyst Calls Will Not be Routine, Should Be Forward-Looking SEC Updates Guidance on Shareholder Meetings Affected by COVID-19 Governance and Disclosure Considerations from the SEC’s Climate Change Comment Letters SEC Staff Releases FAQs on Regulation S-K Amendments SEC Amends Insider Trading Safe Harbor and Requires New Disclosures to Address Insider Trading Risks SEC Updates Requirements for Business, Legal Proceedings and Risk Factor Disclosures SEC Clarifies the Compliance Deadline for New Mining Disclosure Rules SEC Creates New File Transfer System for Supplemental Materials and Rule 83 Confidential Treatment Requests SEC Extends Filing Relief for Companies Affected by COVID-19 SEC Adopts Temporary Amendments to Regulation Crowdfunding to Provide Relief to Smaller Companies Affected by COVID-19 SEC Releases FAQs Relating to Use of Form S-3 Registration Statement in Light of COVID-19 Order Washington State to Require Gender Diversity on Public Company Boards or Board Diversity Disclosure Early Compliance with MD&A Amendments Possible for Upcoming 10-Ks SEC Adopts Amendments to Improve Financial Disclosures About Acquisitions and Dispositions of Businesses SEC Provides Filing Relief for Companies Affected by Coronavirus SEC Reminds Companies of Disclosure Obligations Relating to Coronavirus SEC Amends Schedule 13D/G Requirements Inflation Reduction Act: New Excise Tax Discourages Stock Repurchase Transactions Reminder of the SEC’s Shareholder Proposal Amendments Effective for 2022 Annual Meetings SEC Approves Nasdaq Board Diversity Listing Rules SEC Updates Guidance on Expiring Confidential Treatment Orders SEC Supplements COVID-19 Disclosure Guidance Ahead of Second Quarter Reports Proposed SEC Exemption for Certain Finders SEC’s Prescribed Clawback Policy – Effective Date Postponed and Approved by SEC! State Street Calls for Board and Workforce Diversity Data It’s Time to Talk Diversity in D and O Questionnaires (with Sample Question) SEC Provides Guidance on the Use of Metrics in MD&A; Also Proposes Amendments to Simplify and Modernize MD&A and Related Financial Disclosures NASDAQ and NYSE Provide Temporary Relief from Certain Continued Listing Requirements Universal Proxy Card Requirement Impact of COVID-19: SEC Issues Guidance on Conduct of Annual Meetings SEC Seeks to Encourage Registered Debt Offerings by Amending Financial Statement Requirements