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Category: SEC

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Year in Review: Five Key Themes in Corporate Governance for 2025

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As 2025 entered its waning months, a handful of topics kept resurfacing on this blog. They reflected the ways in which companies were genuinely reshaping how they think about governance, disclosure and risk. Here’s a look back at five of th...

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SEC Committee Push for AI Disclosures Sparks Regulatory Deja Vu

Federal regulators are once again confronting a familiar question: who should regulate transformative technology when it affects the capital markets? We most recently saw it unfold with crypto. Now it’s AI’s turn. Last week, the SEC’s Inves...

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SEC Steps Back on Shareholder Proposals

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For decades, companies have relied on Rule 14a-8 as a stabilizing force in an otherwise unpredictable part of the proxy season, allowing companies to seek informal guidance on excluding shareholder proposals. The Securities and Exchange Com...

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Five SEC Enforcement Trends in 2025

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The Securities and Exchange Commission’s enforcement program has entered a new era in 2025—less Fearless and more Folklore. As Taylor Swift might put it, the agency seems to have settled into its All Too Well phase—more introspective, delib...

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Disclosure Leads List of Risks for Companies During Shutdown

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When the federal government shuts down, attention typically focuses on disrupted public services and impacts on government employees. For instance, staffing shortages have caused longer airport lines and flight delays since the shutdown beg...

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