Webinar | January 15, 2024Register here.

During this session, Mayer Brown panelists, Brian Hirshberg, Jason W. Parsont, Thomas Kollar, and Gilat Abraham Zaefen will discuss US SEC disclosure priorities and other recent developments for foreign private issuers (FPIs) that should be priorities as they draft their annual reports.  Topics will include:

• Artificial Intelligence
• Cybersecurity

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The Securities and Exchange Commission’s Office of the Investor Advocate recently released its Report on Activities for the Fiscal Year 2024 to Congress.  The Securities Exchange Act of 1934 requires the Investor Advocate to file two reports annually with Congress.  The Office is mandated to assist retail investors, identify problems that investors may have, analyze…

On November 14, 2024, the Practising Law Institute’s 56th Annual Institute on Securities Regulation featured a panel discussion that provided valuable insights into the initial public offering (IPO) landscape for 2025. 

The IPO Market

The outlook for IPOs in 2025 appears generally positive, with several key indicators suggesting a robust environment for equity issuance.  IPO…

Priorities Include Artificial Intelligence and Other Emerging Technologies, Complex Products, Reg BI, Cybersecurity, Outsourcing, Private Funds and Compliance with New and Amended SEC Rules

On October 21, 2024, the Division of Examinations (the “Division”) of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) released its examination priorities for fiscal year 2025 (which started October 1, 2024).…

On October 16, 2024, the New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS) issued an industry letter, Cybersecurity Risks Arising from Artificial Intelligence and Strategies to Combat Related Risks, providing guidance on the cybersecurity risks associated with the use of artificial intelligence (AI) and strategies for entities regulated by DFS (“Covered Entities”) to mitigate these risks.…

The Securities and Exchange Commission recently announced that it will host a compliance outreach program on November 7, 2024 (see the program’s agenda) on Advisers Act and Investment Company Act related topics.  The agenda covers a broad array of issues from exam priorities and enforcement activities to areas that have been the topic of…

The Director of the SEC’s Division of Corporation Finance (the “Division”), Erik Gerding, shared his views on the state of public company disclosures during 2023 and the SEC Staff’s review priorities for 2024.  The statements were made in April 2024 at the Practicing Law Institute’s 2024 The SEC Speaks Conference and were recently published in…