The January issue of our monthly newsletter Horizon is now available.
Learn more about an array of developments in sustainability law – among them:
Foreign private issuers (FPIs) have recently faced scrutiny from regulators in the United States. As discussed in a previous Market Edge blog, US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman Paul Atkins has questioned some of the accommodations currently provided
Under the current administration, the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has advanced significant organizational and procedural changes in its Division of Enforcement, which will impact how investigations are supervised and how defense counsel approach the Wells process.
Notable
On January 13, 2026, the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced plans to conduct a comprehensive review of Regulation S-K, the central framework governing non-financial statement disclosure requirements for public companies. In a statement, SEC Chairman Paul
Now that 2026 has begun, US public companies with a December 31 fiscal year-end will be working to prepare their annual reports on Form 10-K for filing with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
Companies are encouraged not only
United States District Judge Christopher Cooper has rejected a post-Jarkesy challenge to the US Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) authority to impose industry bars through administrative proceedings. In Michael Sztrom and David Sztrom v. SEC, District Judge Cooper held that
Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) and Glass, Lewis & Co. (Glass Lewis), two major proxy advisory firms in the United States, have updated their benchmark proxy voting guidelines for the 2026 proxy season.
These firms provide institutional investors with voting recommendations
President Donald Trump has issued an Executive Order 14366, “Protecting American Investors from Foreign-Owned and Politically-Motivated Proxy Advisors,” which could significantly impact the policies and practices of Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) and Glass, Lewis & Co. (Glass Lewis), two
For more than five decades, a significant advantage of “Foreign Private Issuer” (FPI) status was the exemption from the beneficial ownership reporting requirements and short-swing profit rules of Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (Exchange Act). That
The December issue of our monthly newsletter Horizon looks at five long-term trends in sustainability business law – the evolving crosscurrents and maturing expectations that will shape what’s next for business in 2026: