On September 16, the Securities and Exchange Commission proposed to rescind Rule 14a-8, the SEC rule that lets a shareholder holding as little as $2,000 of stock place a proposal in a company’s proxy statement, at the company’s expense, for
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Skadden Discusses New SEC Framework for Trading Tokenized Stocks
On September 17, 2026, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) took a significant step toward integrating tokenized securities into the U.S. equities market by issuing the long-awaited “Innovation Exemption.” The exemption creates a temporary framework that allows certain tokenized
Sports Financial Indexes: When Your Favorite Team Becomes a Ticker
This week, professional sports crossed a threshold it had never crossed before. CME Group, the world’s largest derivatives exchange, began listing futures contracts on all 32 National Hockey League (NHL) teams.[1] These are not bets on who wins a
Latham Discusses SEC Proposal to Rescind Political Contribution Rule for Investment Advisers
On September 3, 2026, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued a proposal (the Proposal) to rescind Rule 206(4)-5, commonly referred to as the Pay-to-Play Rule (the Rule), in its entirety, eliminating the two-year time-out on compensated advisory services to
Does Loss of Natural Assets Raise Public Borrowing Costs?
Forests, fisheries, freshwater, and biodiversity are not only environmental resources. They also support economic activity and growth. When these natural assets deteriorate, the consequences can ripple through the economy and potentially affect the cost of government financing.
Governments are central
Sullivan & Cromwell Discusses California Bill on Lawyers’ Use of Generative AI
On August 31, 2026, the California Legislature unanimously passed Senate Bill 574, a “first-in-the-nation” law that would establish statutory requirements governing the use of generative artificial intelligence by attorneys, arbitrators, judicial officers, and alternative dispute resolution providers.[1] The bill
Wachtell Lipton Discusses SEC Enforcement Division’s Signal of Faster Investigations
Gladstone Place Discusses Where AI Is Adding Value in Investor Relations
AI is having a clear impact on investor relations as corporate issuers tap AI for stress-testing messaging and benchmarking shareholder proposals, while taking a gradual approach before handing over IR to HAL.
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Guilt and Shame, from Homer to Corporate America
In the Iliad and the Odyssey, heroes are only what society says they are. What constrains the likes of Achilles and Odysseus, then, is not fear of the gods or some codified prohibitions, but models of honor and the gaze
Weil Discusses How New SEC Staff Guidance May Ease Constraints on Shareholder Engagement for Schedule 13G Filers
On September 2, 2026, the staff of the SEC’s Division of Corporation Finance issued three new interpretations addressing when a shareholder reporting beneficial ownership on Schedule 13G may engage with an issuer or with participants in a proxy contest without