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April 10, 2025
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SEC Staff Issues Guidance Exempting Covered Stablecoins from Registration Requirements
On April 4, 2025, the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Division of Corporation Finance issued a staff statement that certain USD-pegged stablecoins do
not qualify as securities under federal law. The announcement defines a narrow category of “Covered Stablecoins” exempt from registration requirements.
not qualify as securities under federal law. The announcement defines a narrow category of “Covered Stablecoins” exempt from registration requirements.
April 7, 2025
|2 min read
SEC Withdraws Defense of Climate Disclosure Rules
On March 27, 2025, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission voted to end its defense of its final rules requiring disclosure of climate-related risks,
greenhouse gas emissions, and their impact on business operations.
greenhouse gas emissions, and their impact on business operations.
April 3, 2025
|2 min read
SEC Staff Issues New Guidance Making Capital Raising Easier for Non-WKSI Form S-3 Issuers
On March 20, 2025, the staff of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (the SEC) Division of Corporation Finance issued new guidance that permits
Form S-3 registration statements that are not automatically effective upon filing, typically used by issuers that are not well-known seasoned issuers (WKSIs),
to be declared effective after the issuer files its Annual Report on Form 10-K but before filing the proxy statement containing information require...Read more
Form S-3 registration statements that are not automatically effective upon filing, typically used by issuers that are not well-known seasoned issuers (WKSIs),
to be declared effective after the issuer files its Annual Report on Form 10-K but before filing the proxy statement containing information require...Read more
September 18, 2024
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SEC Approves New PCAOB Quality Control Standards
The Securities and Exchange Commission recently approved the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board’s new quality control standard, which will
require all registered public accounting firms to identify specific risks to their practices and design a quality control system to monitor and resolve ineffective
controls.
require all registered public accounting firms to identify specific risks to their practices and design a quality control system to monitor and resolve ineffective
controls.