The United States Securities and Exchange Commission issued a rule proposal that would enact new climate-related disclosure requirements on public companies, requiring disclosure of greenhouse gas emissions and the business
Continue Reading The SEC, Climate Change, and Disclosure: A Brave New World
Our partner, Patrick Egan, authored an excellent opinion for the Philadelphia Inquirer on the death penalty and moratoriums. See https://www.inquirer.com/opinion/commentary/death-penalty-moratorium-pennsylvania-governor-wolf-capital-punishment-20210201.html.
Continue Reading Patrick Egan Authors Insightful Piece on Death Penalty Moratoriums
The United States Department of Labor (“DOL”) has had a very active summer regulating the securities industry. Yes, you heard it right, the DOL has made certain pronouncements that have
Continue Reading The DOL: The New Securities Regulator?
By Jesse Fishman and Laura Holm
In Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, companies are required to disclose any material changes to risk factors that were included in their most recent
Continue Reading Risk Factor Considerations in the time of COVID-19
As proxy season approaches for a number of public companies, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and certain state authorities have taken steps to revise their current corporation laws or
Continue Reading SEC and States Provide Relief for Upcoming Proxy Season Due to COVID-19
We wanted to invite everyone to attend the below webinar:
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Continue Reading Josh Horn and Ernie Badway Host Webinar on Business Continuity Plans with NSCP
A few weeks ago as this crisis began to take shape, we indicated it would be a good idea to dust off the old business interruption policies. In response to
Continue Reading Business Interruption Insurance Redux
With the chaos of the past week– and it is going to get worse before better– firms should check on their insurance coverage.
Most firms should check to see if
Continue Reading Business Interruption Insurance Applies to Securities Firms: Start By Calling Counsel
We wanted to announce that Ernie Badway has taken over the authorship of Chapter 7, Proxy Regulation, in Lexis-Nexis Matthew Bender’s Federal Securities Exchange Act of 1934 treatise: https://store.lexisnexis.com/products/federal-securities-exchange-act-of-1934-skuusSku10509. His
Continue Reading Ernie Badway to Author Chapter on Proxy Regulation for Lexis-Nexis
For those interested in a description of the DOJ’s new corporate resolution policy, we strongly urge you to review our partner, Matt Lee’s, recent posting on this topic. See https://www.foxrothschild.com/white-collar-compliance-defense/publications/the-justice-departments-new-corporate-resolution-policy-an-end-to-piling-on/.
Continue Reading Matt Lee Authors Excellent Post on the DOJ’s New Corporate Resolution Policy