As a follow up to yesterday’s post, our recent Client Alert discusses new guidance from the FBI, DOJ, and SEC on requesting a delay to Form 8-K disclosures for material cybersecurity incidents that pose a substantial risk to national security or public safety.  Our client alert discusses the process the FBI has established to request the delay, the approach the DOJ will take when evaluating whether to authorize the delay, and new Compliance and Disclosure Interpretations (CDIs) issued by the SEC’s Division of Corporation Finance regarding this national security and public safety exception.

Continue Reading New Guidance on Delayed Disclosure of Material Cybersecurity Incidents

In July 2023, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted final rules requiring that public companies report material cybersecurity incidents under new Item 1.05 of Form 8-K, and disclose information regarding their cybersecurity risk management, strategy, and governance in annual reports on Form 10-K. Foreign private issuers are subject to similar disclosure requirements in Forms 6-K and 20-F. Although the final rules were effective this past September, the SEC provided for transition periods for compliance with the new disclosure requirements, which transition periods will end soon.

Continue Reading Reminder: Material Cybersecurity Incident Reporting Required December 18, 2023

On December 6, 2023, SEC Chair Gary Gensler announced the release of the SEC’s Fall 2023 Regulatory Agenda (Regulatory Agenda), which outlines the SEC’s planned regulatory actions over the next 12 months. This latest Regulatory Agenda includes a total of 43 rules, with 14 rules at the proposed rulemaking stage and 29 rules at the final rulemaking stage. While the Regulatory Agenda provides insights into Chair Gensler’s priorities (compiled as of August 2023) and the anticipated timing of proposed and final rules, actual rule adoption or proposal timing may vary significantly, and could come before or after the listed dates.

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Join the Wilson Sonsini AI and Corporate Governance teams and prominent legal scholar and Harvard Law professor, Noah Feldman, for a webinar exploring the key considerations for AI companies and how they are governed. This webinar will be held on Tuesday, December 12, 2023, from 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.

Continue Reading Webinar Alert | AI and Corporate Governance: Challenging Governance and Ethical Issues Raised by Powerful Technology, December 12, 2023

Our latest Client Alert discusses California’s recently enacted Assembly Bill 1305: Voluntary Carbon Market Disclosures Business Regulation Act (AB 1305), which requires compliance by January 1, 2024. In addition, please consider joining our webinar on Thursday, December 7, 2023, at 3:00 p.m. PT, on AB 1305, which will include practical…

Continue Reading Reminder: Compliance with AB 1305 Is Required by January 1, 2024

Our U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filing deadline calendars for 2024 have been posted on our Resources page. These calendars reflect annual and quarterly filing deadlines for large accelerated filers, accelerated filers, and non-accelerated filers with a December 31 fiscal year-end.

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Wilson Sonsini is pleased to offer MCLE Day, a full day of professional education sessions covering a wide range of topics, including the required MCLE categories for most jurisdictions. MCLE Day will be held on Thursday, December 14, 2023, at the Sheraton Palo Alto in Palo Alto, California (details below), and will also be available virtually. Register for this event here.

Continue Reading Event Alert: Wilson Sonsini’s MCLE Day, Thursday, December 14, 2023

On November 16, 2023, Glass Lewis & Co. (Glass Lewis) released its 2024 U.S. Benchmark Policy Guidelines (U.S. Guidelines), effective for shareholder meetings on or after January 1, 2024. The U.S. Guidelines include several key updates, which are summarized below. In addition, Glass Lewis released its 2024 Shareholder Proposals & ESG-Related Issues Benchmark Policy Guidelines (ESG Guidelines), which include an update to Glass Lewis’ overall approach to environmental and social issues, summarized below.

Continue Reading Glass Lewis Issues 2024 Updates to Benchmark Policy Guidelines

On November 22, 2023, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced that it issued an order postponing the effective date of the share repurchase disclosure rule (Repurchase Rule).[1] The Repurchase Rule was discussed in our previous client alert. As a result of the SEC’s order, the Repurchase…

Continue Reading SEC Stays Share Repurchase Disclosure Rule

On November 14, 2023, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), with two Commissioners dissenting, announced settled charges against Charter Communications Inc. (Charter) for violating internal accounting controls requirements relating to its share repurchase programs. Charter will pay a $25 million penalty to settle the SEC’s claims.

Continue Reading Charter Communications Fined $25 Million for Violating Stock Buyback Related Internal Accounting Controls Requirements