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The corporate world may be anticipating its biggest change since the SEC Act of 1934.

Last week, I attended a conference organized by the illustrious Broc Romanek of TheCorporateCounsel.net, whose blog and website provide untold amounts of useful, practical and timely guidance to securities practitioners.

The SEC has submitted a rule proposal titled "Executive Compensation Disclosure Reform" to the White House's Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, signaling imminent changes to executive compensation disclosure requirements. This development follows SEC Chairman Paul Atkins' earlier indication of broader reform plans, including potential simplification of pay-versus-performance disclosure and revisions to perquisite reporting.

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has formally initiated the process of withdrawing its 2024 climate-risk disclosure regulation (“The Enhancement and Standardization of Climate-Related Disclosures...

The SEC's final Conflict Minerals rule has a number of undefined terms and ambiguous provisions that require difficult interpretations of the rule's applicability.

Capital Markets Compass covers the latest developments in the capital markets, public company, and corporate governance worlds

It was announced earlier this week that an "all-star" commission is assembling to consider and recommend changes to the US Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and other restrictions applicable to companies that raise money in the US capital markets.

The information is expected to be published on an aggregate basis in the first quarter of 2022.

On July 21, 2010, President Obama signed the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act into law, implementing the most comprehensive reform of the U.S. financial regulatory framework in generations.

It's Friday and time for another overview of developments in the field of business and human rights that we've been monitoring.

The A&M Distress Alert assesses performance and balance sheet robustness of European businesses, aiming to identify those that are in financial distress or may soon be heading in that direction.

On November 14, 2016, the ECB published for consultation draft Guidance on the fit and proper assessment of members of management bodies of significant banks.

On 12 July 2013, the European Commission adopted (i) a delegated regulation specifying the fees to be charged to trade repositories by ESMA; and (ii) a delegated regulation to include the central banks and debt management offices of Japan and the United States in the list of exempted entities under Article 1(4) of EMIR.

On 3 December 2015, the European Commission published a proposal for a directive which would repeal and codify the following...

On June 15, the European Union announced that it had reached a "political understanding" on many of the substantive components of a new conflict minerals regulation.

On 9 April 2014, the European Commission published a proposal to amend the Shareholder Rights Directive.

WLG colleagues in the ESG Group met on February 25 to discuss ESG practices and regulatory updates, sharing updates from across jurisdictions.