Securities & Capital Markets

Read about the executive compensation recovery “clawback” listing standards proposed by the NYSE and Nasdaq, the consequences for failing to meet these requirements, and the steps affected issuers should take to ensure compliance by the December 1 deadline.

Read about the proposal by NYSE and Nasdaq to delay the effective date of the SEC’s clawback listing standards to October 2, 2023.

Read about the SEC’s final rules requiring increased quantitative data and expanded narrative disclosure regarding share repurchases by an issuer.

The FDIC has updated its Frequently Asked Questions related to the failure of Silicon Valley Bank following the government’s decision to invoke the systemic risk exception to protect all depositors by making them whole.

Resources and insights to help clients and companies navigate the evolving situation.

In this alert, we discuss a joint press release issued by the FDIC, the Federal Reserve, and the Department of the Treasury, on March 12, 2023, announcing that the Federal Reserve has invoked the systemic risk exception, thereby protecting all depositors of Silicon Valley Bank.

Read about the SEC’s recently adopted rules to require reporting companies to disclose the so-called Pay Versus Performance relationship between a company’s financial performance and executive compensation that was “actually paid” by the company over a five-year period.

Bill Hicks was a guest on Between the Biotech Waves with Nessan Bermingham.

This article discusses the LA Superior Court’s April 1, 2022 ruling in Crest v. Padilla, which challenged the constitutionality of a California statute requiring certain publicly traded companies to include members from underrepresented communities on their boards.

In this webinar, former Massachusetts Governor Bill Weld, and Members Megan Gates and Jacob Hupart, examine key takeaways from the SEC’s proposed climate-related disclosures rule.

This alert outlines key aspects of the SEC’s new proposed rules on climate disclosures, entitled “The Enhancement and Standardization of Climate-Related Disclosures for Investors.”

Public and private life science companies have multiple options available for capital-raising. Here are a few to be considered.

This advisory outlines the SEC’s new proposed cybersecurity disclosure rules and discusses how the changes will impact public companies and their boards.  

Read about key regulatory and other developments, including board diversity and other ESG matters, which public companies need to consider as they prepare for their fiscal year-end SEC filings and 2022 annual shareholder meetings.

Read about how institutional investors, proxy advisors, society, and asset managers are using their voting power to influence companies to adopt Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) governance factors and goals.

This advisory provides some background on Governor Baker’s COVID executive order, issued in March 2020, and outlines what its expiration will mean for Massachusetts public companies planning shareholder meetings.