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Statement by SEC Chairman on the Simultaneous Consideration of Settlement Offers and Related Waiver Requests
By David Breyer, Jennifer Zepralka
On September 26, 2025, Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman Paul Atkins announced that the SEC will reinstate its former practice of allowing a party subject to a pending enforcement…
Sidley Austin Blog
Congress Must Resolve PSLRA Issue For Section 11 Litigants
Uncertainty in Section 11 securities litigation has grown following the Supreme Court’s Slack v. Pirani decision and ambiguities in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act (PSLRA). The PSLRA grants judgment reduction credits…
The D&O Diary
Guest Post: Legal Shopping Spree Continues in Internal Affairs Disputes: Key Case Developments
Richard Zelichov Melanie Walker Litigation parties have long sought to maneuver their cases into forums they believe to be more favorable to their positions or interests. In the following guest…
The Capital Commitment
SEC Guidance on the Government Shutdown
By Louis Rambo, Nathan Schuur, Robert Sutton, Frank Zarb
As of 12:01 am on October 1, 2025, congressionally appropriated funding lapsed for most operations of the United States government. Though the government has shut down, business continues, and market…
The CLS Blue Sky Blog
Shadow SEC Statement No. 7: Too Much, Too Fast
By John Coates, John C. Coffee Jr., James D. Cox, Merritt B. Fox, Joel Seligman
We concur with the view of SEC Chair Paul Atkins that the SEC has a three-fold mission as enunciated by Congress in the Securities Exchange Act: Protecting investors, furthering capital…
SEC Actions
This Week In Securities Litigation (Week of September 29, 2025)
The Commission filed three new actions last week. One centered on an account take over, a second on free riding and a third on false statements. In addition, the agency…
Cleary M&A and Corporate Governance Watch
To Arbitrate or Not to Arbitrate: The SEC Now Allows Companies to Choose
By Roger A. Cooper, Samuel Levander, Shuangjun Wang, Nina E. Bell
On September 17, 2025, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the Commission) voted 3-1 to issue a policy statement clarifying that the presence of a mandatory arbitration provision for investor claims…
The D&O Diary
Failure to Launch
Sarah Abrams Securities class action lawsuits in the U.S. are very much subject to the rules of civil procedure regarding class action certification. In the following guest post, Sarah Abrams,…
The Securities Law Blog
Jon Kroeper Named Deputy Director of the Division of Trading and Markets
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that Jon Kroeper has been named deputy director of the agency’s Division of Trading and Markets, effective Sept. 29. Mr. Kroeper twice served…
Consumer Finance Monitor
New SEC Policy Statement Allows Companies Seeking to Register Securities to Include a Mandatory Arbitration Provision in Their Corporate Governance Documents
By Mark J. Levin, Alan S. Kaplinsky
Citing a host of recent U.S. Supreme Court rulings interpreting the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA), the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has “determined that the presence of an issuer-investor mandatory…