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The OTCQX, owned by OTC Markets, Inc., announced last week that they are increasing their listing and governance requirements effective January 1.

On January 22, 2018, the SEC announced civil charges against six certified public accountants for their role in an alleged scheme to misappropriate confidential information from the Public Company Accounting ...

This newsletter roundup covers critical regulatory developments affecting public companies, including the SEC's new enforcement unit targeting financial fraud, analysis of semiannual reporting proposal comments, FinCEN's permanent removal of beneficial ownership reporting requirements, and Glass Lewis insights on shareholder proposals. The comprehensive update spans August 1-14, 2026, providing essential guidance for corporate compliance and governance professionals.

On September 6, 2013, the Securities and Exchange Commission issued a cease-and-desist order settling charges that Lawrence Polizzotto, the former head of investor relations at First Solar, Inc., a solar energy company, violated Regulation FD.

Kelley Drye submitted a comment addressing X Corp.'s petition to modify the FTC's 2022 Decision and Order, raising fundamental questions about the Commission's decades-old approach to order duration.

The rollout of the New York Nonprofit Revitalization Act of 2013 is causing challenges for many New York charities as the compliance date approaches.

On November 15, 2007, the Securities and Exchange Commission adopted rules to modernize and improve the capital-raising, reporting and disclosure requirements for smaller companies in response to recommendations made by the SEC's Advisory Committee on Smaller Public Companies in its final report.

SEC Chairman Paul Atkins has outlined a three-pillar initiative to modernize the IPO process and make public markets more accessible to companies. The reforms focus on streamlining disclosure requirements, clarifying the division between federal securities regulation and state corporate governance, and establishing litigation alternatives that balance protection against frivolous claims while preserving shareholder rights.

The SEC updated Compliance and Disclosure Interpretations of Regulation S-K to clarify disclosure of "self-identified diversity characteristics" required under Item 401

SEC Division of Investment Management Director Dalia Blass expressed support for Regulation Best Interest (Reg BI) and discussed the recently proposed disclosure framework ...

Despite SEC Chair Gary Gensler's recent statement that formal rules related to Environmental Social Governance (ESG) may slip to next year, the SEC recently began sending out letters prompting public companies to review...

We are proud to announce the publication of our 2017 Corporate Governance & Executive Compensation Survey of the 100 largest U.S. public companies.

Readers of this space will know that the California's board diversity statutes apply to "publicly held corporations" and that California's corporate disclosure law applies...

On October 3, 2017, the National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD) published the NACD Blue Ribbon Commission Report on Culture as a Corporate Asset ...

The Corporate Board, one of the leading journals of corporate governance, recently published one of our articles, entitled "Tips and Traps in Corporate Liability Coverage."

In a recent letter, the Chamber commented to the SEC's Advisory Committee on Small and Emerging Companies about the Committee's consideration of the factors affecting the trend of companies...

On October 26, 2016, the US Securities and Exchange Commission voted to propose amendments to the proxy rules to require parties in a contested election to use universal proxy cards that would include the names of all board of director nominees.