12/12/2025 6:47:36 PM Baby it’s Cold Outside: Legislation Extends the Application of Section 16(a) to Foreign Private Issuers and Their Insiders By Erik Gerding Melissa Hodgman Shira Oyserman In a frosty start to the holiday season, Foreign Private Issuers (“FPIs”) and their insiders are poised to lose a decades-old exemption...
11/24/2025 9:52:26 PM 2026 SEC Exam Priorities and Implications for Investment Advisers and Investment Funds By Timothy Clark Melissa Hodgman Ivet Bell David Nicolardi +1 more... Show less On November 17, the SEC’s Division of Exams released its Exam Priorities for Fiscal Year 2026. See...
11/24/2025 2:03:22 PM SEC Seeks Dismissal of Cybersecurity Disclosure Case Against SolarWinds and its Chief Information Security Officer By Melissa Hodgman Erik Gerding Michael Levitt The SEC announced that it was seeking dismissal of the federal court action against SolarWinds Corp. and its now chief information...
11/18/2025 12:46:34 AM SEC Staff Reshapes Shareholder Proposal Landscape with Narrowed No-Action Path By Erik Gerding Elizabeth Bieber The SEC Division of Corporation Finance issued a pivotal Staff Statement today that could reshape how public companies approach...
11/14/2025 2:28:28 PM Issuer Action Guide: SEC Post-Shutdown Guidance By Melissa Hodgman Erik Gerding Michael Levitt Narrative Overview On November 13, 2025, the SEC issued post-shutdown guidance to help issuers navigate filings that became effective by...
11/5/2025 2:38:24 PM SEC Ramps Up Scrutiny of Foreign Private Issuers Amid Renewed Cross-Border Enforcement Push By Melissa Hodgman Erik Gerding The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has signaled that it will continue its focus on foreign private issuers and...
10/13/2025 6:00:36 PM From the Freshfields SEC Desk: 14a-8 Bypass: SEC Chairman Offers Companies Way to Short Circuit Shareholder Proposals By Erik Gerding Elizabeth Bieber In an October 9, 2025 speech, SEC Chairman Paul Atkins sent a clear signal that SEC Staff would grant broad No-Action Letter relief to...
10/9/2025 11:47:42 PM SEC Moves to Ease IPOs and Other Registered Offerings During Shutdown By Erik Gerding Melissa Hodgman Michael Levitt On October 9, 2025, the SEC’s Division of Corporation Finance issued updated guidance on the Division’s operations during the ongoing...
10/1/2025 3:09:46 PM Government Shutdown & the SEC Practical Advice for Public Companies By Erik Gerding Melissa Hodgman Yesterday, before the federal government shutdown took effect, the SEC’s Division of Corporation Finance (the Division) confirmed in...
9/30/2025 5:14:59 PM From the Freshfields SEC Desk: One Green Light for Mandatory Arbitration from the SEC By Erik Gerding Melissa Hodgman On September 17, 2025, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission took a significant step to reverse course on a decades-old policy...
9/25/2025 2:32:07 PM Practical Compliance Takeaways for Private Fund Managers in Light of Recent SEC Enforcement Action Alleging Overcharging Fees and Conflicts of Interest By David Nicolardi Yuanmeng He Introduction Last month, the SEC settled an Enforcement action, TZP Associates, LLC, IA Rel. No 6908 (Aug. 15, 2025), that alleged an...
8/14/2025 7:13:20 PM Opening the 401(k) Gates: The Potential Promise and Perils of Alternative Investments in Retirement Plans By Timothy Clark Melissa Hodgman David Nicolardi Executive Summary On August 7, 2025, President Trump signed an executive order, “Democratizing Access to Alternative Assets for 401(k)...
8/8/2025 5:40:40 PM Executive Order Targets “Politicized” Financial Services By Austin Evers Andrew Dockham Melissa Hodgman David Sewell Alison Hashmall Jennifer Loeb Nina Frant Nariné Atamian +5 more... Show less On Thursday, August 7, 2025, President Trump issued a new Executive Order (EO), “Guaranteeing Fair Banking for All Americans,” that...
7/18/2025 9:13:38 PM Trump Administration: Regulatory Framework for Digital Assets Begins to Emerge as House Sends Stablecoin Legislation to President and Passes Market Infrastructure Bill By David Sewell Alison Hashmall Melissa Hodgman Chris DeCresce Brock Dahl Austin Evers Andrew Dockham Nariné Atamian Abby Shamray +6 more... Show less After a rocky start to its highly-anticipated “Crypto Week,” the House of Representatives voted 308–122 to adopt the Guiding and...
7/10/2025 8:52:48 PM D.C. Circuit Reins in SEC Authority: Proxy Voting Advice No Longer a Solicitation Under the Exchange Act By Melissa Hodgman Elizabeth Bieber Erik Gerding David Nicolardi +1 more... Show less Executive Summary In a pivotal decision issued on July 1, 2025, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit ruled that proxy voting...
7/2/2025 6:34:41 PM Supreme Court to Decide Key Case on Private Shareholder Lawsuits Against Registered Investment Funds By Erik Gerding Melissa Hodgman David Nicolardi Introduction On June 30, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court granted cert to hear a case that could significantly impact how registered...