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Dec
22
2021
SEC Adopts New Rules Requiring Universal Proxy Cards in Contested Director Elections Foley & Lardner LLP
Dec
15
2023
SEC Adopts New Securities Lending Reporting Rule Proskauer Rose LLP
May
18
2023
SEC Adopts New Share Repurchase Disclosure Rules Mintz
Oct
26
2023
SEC Adopts New Short Position Reporting Rules For Institutional Investment Managers Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Dec
15
2023
SEC Adopts New Short Sale Disclosure Rule Proskauer Rose LLP
Jan
26
2024
SEC Adopts New SPAC Rules Proskauer Rose LLP
Jun
28
2019
SEC Adopts New Standard Of Conduct For Broker-Dealers And New Guidance On Investment Advisers' Duties Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Mar
13
2020
SEC Adopts New Variable Contract Summary Prospectus Rule Vedder Price
Aug
31
2022
SEC Adopts Pay for Performance Rules Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
Sep
26
2022
SEC Adopts Pay Versus Performance Compensation Disclosure Requirements Mintz
Aug
26
2022
SEC Adopts Pay Versus Performance Disclosure Effective for 2023 Proxy Season Jones Walker LLP
Jun
30
2023
SEC Adopts Pay Versus Performance Disclosure Rules Winstead
Jul
27
2010
SEC Adopts Pay-to-Play Restrictions (Rule 206(4)-5) Foley Hoag LLP
Sep
20
2012
SEC Adopts Payment Disclosure Rules for Resource Extraction Issuers Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Aug
24
2023
SEC Adopts Private Fund Adviser Rules Proskauer Rose LLP
Sep
19
2012
SEC Adopts Proposed Rules to Eliminate General Solicitation Ban Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Aug
8
2015
SEC Adopts Registration Rules for Security-Based Swap Dealers and Major Security-Based Swap Participants Katten
Mar
26
2015
SEC Adopts Regulation A+: New Registration Option For Small and Mid-Sized Companies Mintz
Sep
5
2014
SEC Adopts Regulation AB II: Disclosure and Reporting Requirements for Asset-backed Securities Katten
Jun
6
2019
SEC Adopts Regulation Best Interest Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
Nov
21
2014
SEC Adopts Regulation Systems Compliance and Integrity Rules Katten
Jan
13
2012
SEC Adopts Revised Net Worth Standard for Accredited Investors Hunton Andrews Kurth
Nov
18
2020
SEC Adopts Rule Amendments Aimed at Expanding Access to Capital Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Aug
27
2020
SEC Adopts Rule Amendments Designed to Expand Access to Private Investment Opportunities Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
Jul
29
2020
SEC Adopts Rule Amendments Regarding Proxy Voting Advice Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Nov
16
2020
SEC Adopts Rule Amendments to Improve Exempt Offering Framework Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Feb
1
2021
SEC Adopts Rule Amendments to Permit Electronic Signatures to Authenticate SEC Filings Vedder Price
Nov
19
2020
SEC Adopts Rule Changes to Promote Capital Investment and Harmonize Private Placement Framework K&L Gates
Sep
26
2013
SEC Adopts Rule Disqualifying Bad Actors from Participation in Rule 506 Offerings Poyner Spruill LLP
Jun
23
2016
SEC Adopts Rule Permitting Use of Form 10-K Summary Hunton Andrews Kurth
Mar
17
2017
SEC Adopts Rule Requiring Hyperlinks to Exhibits and HTML Formatting Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Mar
10
2017
SEC Adopts Rule Requiring Hyperlinks to Exhibits Incorporated by Reference in SEC Filings Katten
Jun
9
2019
SEC Adopts Rules and Interpretations To Enhance Protections and Preserve Choice for Retail Investors Katten
Sep
4
2012
SEC Adopts Rules Concerning Conflict Minerals Disclosures ArentFox Schiff LLP
Jul
11
2011
SEC Adopts Rules Exempting Venture Capital Fund Advisers from SEC Registration and Setting Forth Reporting Regime Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
 

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