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Public Chatter provides practical guidance—and the latest developments—to those grappling with public company securities law and corporate governance issues, through content developed from an in-house perspective.

PCAOB’s Proposal Would Shed Additional Sunlight on Auditor Firmwide and Engagement Practices
Earlier this month, the PCAOB proposed rules requiring enhanced and standardized disclosure relating to public companies, with the intent of providing investors and other

FTC Bans Employee Noncompete Agreements; Challenges Expected
Here's the teaser from this Client Update: "On April 23, 2024, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission voted 3-2 to ban the use of nearly all noncompete agreements in America's for-profit businesses (with only a few narrow exceptions).

Climate Disclosure: The Latest Maneuvering

The Corp Fin Staff Speaks on Cyber and AI Disclosures: 5 Things
A few weeks ago, PLI held its annual "SEC Speaks" in DC and this year was more interesting than usual given all the rulemaking the SEC has done recently.

Shareholder Proposals: Climate is Still a Big Target
This Reuters article draws on these stats provided by Ceres that re

SCOTUS on MD&A: “Pure Omissions” Not Actionable Under Rule 10b-5
The Supreme Court speaks on MD&A! Last Friday, SCOTUS delivered an opinion that addressed MD&A - in Macquarie Infrastructure Corp. v.

SEC Enforcement: 5 Takeaways from "SEC Speaks"
Here's a Client Update that lists five takeaways from the SEC Enforcement Staff at the recent PLI "SEC Speaks" conference. Here's an excerpt with one of those takeaways:

The SEC Stays Its Own Climate Rules! 4 Things to Note

8 Things to Know Right Now
Here's our latest edition of our monthly feature – a quick snapshot of recent developments:

The SEC's Climate Rules Become Effective May 28th
Barring an administrative stay, the SEC's climate rules will become effective on May 28th because the rules were published

SEC's Climate Rule Litigation: The Zig and the Zag
There seems to be a development in the litigation filed over the SEC's new climate rules every few days. So we've spared you the daily update. But it seems to be worth blogging once that there is such a thing happening just so you have one more thing to feel like you're missing out on.

The SEC’s Climate Rules: Item 1502(b)’s Material Impacts on Strategy, Business Model and Outlook
This is the second in a series of blogs we will be posting breaking down the SEC's new climate disclosure rules (here's the first blog).

Whistle While You Work: DOJ Announces Whistleblower Rewards Program
Here's the intro from this "White Collar Briefly" blog penned by Colin Ceriello (see the blog for a series of "Key Highlights" from the speech):

Federal Lawsuit Over SEC's Climate Rules Consolidated in the 8th Circuit
Following up on this blog about the SEC's new climate rules being temporarily stayed by the 5th U.S.

The SEC’s Climate Rules: Item 1502(a)’s Climate-Related Risks
This is the first in a series of blogs we will be posting breaking down the SEC's new climate disclosure rules.