United States
Goodwin Procter LLP
The current economic climate has been challenging for privately held companies seeking to raise growth capital. Several factors have contributed to the recent contraction in fundraising...
Kutak Rock LLP
Ready or not, here comes the Corporate Transparency Act ("CTA")! On New Year's Day, January 1, 2024, an estimated 32.6 million private companies will also "welcome in" the new reporting requirements of the CTA.
Miller & Chevalier Chartered
Being asked to join the board of a portfolio company may initially seem an honor, but PE investment professionals and operating partners need to go into the role with their eyes open.
Goodwin Procter LLP
On September 29, the Supreme Court agreed to hear a case that could significantly affect the scope of corporate liability under the securities laws. Lower courts disagree on whether the SEC-required...
Squire Patton Boggs LLP
This report provides a snapshot of the U.S. Executive Branch priorities via daily schedules and the prior day's press releases.
Milbank LLP
August 30 – ReOrbit Oy, a Finland-based software-enabled satellite developer, announced that it raised $7.4m in a seed funding round led by Inventure VC...
Farrell Fritz, P.C.
In my experience, most operating agreements of New York LLCs include a provision barring amendments unless made in writing and executed...
Cooley LLP
Corp Fin has posted some new CDIs on pay versus performance. In August last year, the SEC finally adopted a new rule requiring disclosure of information reflecting the relationship between...
Selendy Gay Elsberg
Recidivist companies hoping to earn a declination after voluntarily self-disclosing corporate wrongdoing must measure up to uncertain standards that promise uncertain rewards.
Winston & Strawn LLP
On September 27, 2023, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced civil penalties against several officers, directors...
Perkins Coie LLP
Senior Division of Enforcement officials from various U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) offices spoke with SEC alumni...
Proskauer Rose LLP
After an unprecedented post-COVID boom, M&A activity has slowed in recent months, with overall global M&A value down as much 44% in the first five months of 2023, according to a recent report by Bain & Company.
Goodwin Procter LLP
Title I of the JOBS Act, which was effective as of April 5, 2012 (JOBS Act), created a new category of issuers called "emerging growth companies, or EGCs" whose financial reporting and disclosure requirements...
Mayer Brown
On September 27, 2023, the staff of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's Division of Corporation Finance released nine new Compliance and Disclosure Interpretations.
Goodwin Procter LLP
On September 20, 2023, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") voted, by a 4-1 vote, to adopt certain amendments (the "final rule" or the "amendments") to Rule 35d-1 (the "Names Rule")...
Liskow & Lewis
While these FAQs do not supplement or modify any obligations under the statute or regulations...
Holland & Knight
In a growing trend, states are enacting laws modeled after the federal Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) Act, which requires parties to proposed transactions that satisfy certain reporting thresholds to first provide information...
Cooley LLP
Just over a month ago, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted new rules for venture capital (VC) and other private fund advisers under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (Advisers Act).
Worldwide
Reed Smith
We recently gathered regulatory attorneys from across Reed Smith's global team to provide a high-level rundown of the key regulatory trends...
Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
In August 2023, S&P Global announced that it would be changing its approach to its ESG Scores on corporate sustainability performance, citing inconsistent company disclosures.