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SEC Publishes Its 2026 Rulemaking Agenda
The SEC’s 2026 rulemaking agenda and statement of regulatory priorities recently went public as part of the federal governments overall 2026 Regulatory Plan. The agenda lists 38 potential SEC rulemakings and reflects Chairman Atkins’s broadly deregulatory orientation, with proposals…
SEC Modernizes Debt Tender Offer Rules with New Exemptive Order
The SEC has issued a significant exemptive order modernizing and expanding the ability of issuers to conduct tender offers for their non-convertible debt securities over an abbreviated period of five business days. This new exemptive order expressly supersedes previous guidance…
Shareholder Activism Approaching the 2026 Midpoint: Trends, Lessons, and What to Expect for the Rest of the Season
As the 2026 proxy season approaches its midpoint, the early data confirm rather than reverse the structural shifts that defined 2025. Shareholder activism remains a feature of the public markets that virtually every issuer must confront, whatever its size,…
SEC Proposes to Rescind Its Climate Disclosure Rules
On May 29, 2026, the SEC formally proposed to rescind its 2024 climate disclosure rules in full. The Commission adopted those rules on March 6, 2024, and they would have reached nearly every public company, mandating detailed disclosure about greenhouse…
The SEC’s Draft Strategic Plan: A Roadmap for Modernized Disclosure and Capital Formation
On June 2, 2026, the SEC published a Draft Strategic Plan for fiscal years 2026 through 2030 and opened it for public comment through July 2, 2026. A strategic plan does not change any rule on its own, but it…
SEC Officer Definitions: A Quick Reference
Federal securities law does not use a single, uniform definition of “officer.” Instead, several overlapping definitions determine who qualifies as an officer for different regulatory purposes, each carrying its own set of individual-specific disclosure consequences. For public companies and their…
Section 16(a) Reporting: SEC Expands Exemptive Relief to Additional Foreign Private Issuer Jurisdictions
On May 20, 2026, the Securities and Exchange Commission issued a new exemptive order (Release No. 34-105517) adding Australia, India, and Singapore to the list of “Qualifying Jurisdictions.” Directors and officers of foreign private issuers (“FPIs”) incorporated in these jurisdictions…
SEC Proposes Simplified Filer Status Framework and Expanded Disclosure Relief
On May 19, 2026, the SEC proposed amendments that would collapse the current five overlapping filer categories into just two (large accelerated filer and non-accelerated filer) and raise the large accelerated filer public float threshold from $700 million to $2…
SEC Proposes Registered Offering Reform: Shelf Access Immediately After IPO and Regardless of Size of Public Float, Expanded WKSI-Like Benefits, and Form S-1 Modernization
On May 19, 2026, the SEC proposed amendments in a “Registered Offering Reform” package that would make it significantly easier for public companies to raise capital through registered offerings of securities. The proposed rules would broaden Form S‑3 shelf eligibility…