10/2/2026 11:45:37 PM SEC's CBIZ Order: Section 5 Enforcement and Meaningful Cooperation Credit By Melissa Hodgman Timothy Howard On September 28, 2026, the SEC filed settled charges against CBIZ for Section 5 violations related to the issuance of common shares in...
9/18/2026 8:36:37 PM Hitting the 'Del' button: SEC Proposes to Rescind Rule 14a-8 and Fundamentally Reallocate Authority Over Shareholder Proposals By Erik Gerding Melissa Hodgman Elizabeth Bieber The SEC proposed rescinding Rule 14a-8, eliminating the federal framework through which shareholders may have a proposal included in a...
9/17/2026 8:30:37 PM EXAMS to IAs and BDs: “Talk to Us Before We Write About You” By Melissa Hodgman David Nicolardi The SEC's Division of Examinations (EXAMS) is the primary point of contact between the SEC and most investment advisers (IAs) and...
9/4/2026 3:01:37 PM SEC Returns to Its Accounting Enforcement Roots: New Financial Reporting and Accounting Unit Signals Focus on Disclosure Integrity, Accounting Fraud, and Audit Oversight By Melissa Hodgman Timothy Howard Executive Summary The SEC's creation of a dedicated Financial Reporting and Accounting Unit (FRAU) is more than an internal...
7/23/2026 7:42:38 PM Takeaways from the Freshfields Mexico City Forum By Ethan Klingsberg Noiana Marigo Timothy Howard Alessio Evangelista Stephanie Brown Cripps Paul Humphreys Christine Wilson Melissa Hodgman Erik Gerding +6 more... Show less Thank you to the more than 100 attendees who filled the room at the Freshfields Mexico City Forum. The event brought together Freshfields...
7/2/2026 6:03:38 PM CFDs, Prediction Markets, and the SEC’s Expanding Regulatory Perimeter By Melissa Hodgman Nicholas Caselli Timothy Howard The SEC’s action against Netrios and Red Acre reads, on its surface, like a traditional offshore derivatives case. In reality, it...
6/15/2026 9:39:37 PM Sticking to the Schedule: What the SEC’s Proposed Rescission of its Climate-Related Disclosure Rules Signals for Future Disclosure Rulemaking Beyond Climate By Erik Gerding Melissa Hodgman Ginger Hervey On May 29, 2026, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC, or the Commission) voted to propose the rescission of its March...
5/29/2026 3:31:07 PM Reg BI in the Real World: What the David Lerner Case Actually Tells You By Melissa Hodgman If you want a clear picture of where Reg BI is right now, the David Lerner Associates case is it. This isn’t a “new rule” story...
5/11/2026 9:15:37 PM From the Freshfields SEC Desk: SEC Proposes to Let Companies Report Twice a Year — What Public Companies Need to Know By Erik Gerding Michael Levitt Daniel Fox On May 5, 2026, the SEC proposed a rule that would permit (but not require) public companies to report their financial results twice a...
4/17/2026 8:36:07 PM SEC Halves Tender Offer Period for Negotiated All-Cash Deals from 20 to 10 Business Days—A Potential Game-Changer for M&A Execution By Erik Gerding Melissa Hodgman Michael Levitt On April 16, 2026, the SEC’s Division of Corporation Finance (the “Division”), in a move intended to “address market inefficiencies,...
3/6/2026 11:03:47 PM SEC Exempts Certain Officers and Directors of FPIs from Six Jurisdictions from Section 16(a) Reporting By Erik Gerding David Boles Melissa Hodgman On March 5, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission used its exemptive authority under the Holding Foreign Insiders Accountable Act...
12/16/2025 7:07:39 PM Proxy Advisors Under Pressure: What the December 11 Executive Order Could Mean for SEC Rulemaking and the 2026 Proxy Season By Erik Gerding Elizabeth Bieber Melissa Hodgman David Nicolardi Ginger Hervey +2 more... Show less On December 11, the White House issued an Executive Order that targets proxy advisory firms, including ISS and Glass Lewis, for...
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 This blog was originally posted on December 12, 2025 and updated on December 16, 2025. In a frosty start to the holiday season, Foreign...
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...