10/13/2025 6:00:36 PM From the Freshfields SEC Desk: 14a-8 Bypass: SEC Chairman Offers Companies Way to Short Circuit Shareholder Proposals By Erik Gerding Elizabeth Bieber In an October 9, 2025 speech, SEC Chairman Paul Atkins sent a clear signal that SEC Staff would grant broad No-Action Letter relief to...
10/9/2025 11:47:42 PM SEC Moves to Ease IPOs and Other Registered Offerings During Shutdown By Erik Gerding Melissa Hodgman Michael Levitt On October 9, 2025, the SEC’s Division of Corporation Finance issued updated guidance on the Division’s operations during the ongoing...
10/2/2025 4:10:00 PM Compliance in a Global AI Market: Examining the Overlaps Between California’s SB 53 and the EU AI Act By Beth George Brock Dahl Christine Chong Vera Ibes Joseph Mason Madeline Cimino +3 more... Show less On September 29, Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law Senate Bill 53, the “Transparency in Frontier Artificial Intelligence Act”...
10/1/2025 3:09:46 PM Government Shutdown & the SEC Practical Advice for Public Companies By Erik Gerding Melissa Hodgman Yesterday, before the federal government shutdown took effect, the SEC’s Division of Corporation Finance (the Division) confirmed in...
8/7/2025 1:30:39 PM 13D Monitor’s 10 Questions with Leza Bieber By Elizabeth Bieber The original article was published in 13D Monitor’s The Activist Report – August Issue in August 2025. Leza Bieber is a corporate partner...
8/5/2025 8:06:51 PM Unpacking the DOJ’s Latest DEI Memo: More Bark than Bite? By Austin Evers Jennifer Loeb Elizabeth Bieber Grace Brody Ginger Hervey +2 more... Show less Introduction Ever since the President issued his executive order targeting Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) practices, there has...
8/2/2025 1:01:04 AM Letting the (Uni)cat out of Bag? Sanctions Enforcement Is No Secret Under the Trump Administration By Nabeel Yousef Timothy Howard Stephanie Brown Cripps Kimberly Zelnick Noah Lipkowitz Adam Silow Sumaya Daghestani Graham Hardig +5 more... Show less On June 16, 2025, US federal agencies announced resolutions relating to Texas-based catalyst company Unicat Catalyst Technologies, LLC...
7/2/2025 4:49:35 PM Shapeshifting DEI Whistleblowers: What to Know and Expect in 2025 By Elizabeth Bieber Austin Evers Jennifer Loeb Young Park Ginger Hervey +2 more... Show less The landscape for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) in the United States has shifted dramatically in 2025. What was once viewed as a...
6/26/2025 2:26:42 PM Trends and Updates from the 2025 Proxy Season By Pamela Marcogliese Elizabeth Bieber Shira Oyserman Abbey MacDonald Heather Brookfield Andrew Dockham Austin Evers Beth George Sarah Ghulamhussain David Livshiz Sean Quinn +8 more... Show less The Freshfields’ team reviewed trends and developments for the 2025 proxy season, summarizing the key takeaways and guidance across the...
6/9/2025 7:29:02 PM SEC Revisits Foreign Private Issuer Eligibility By Erik Gerding Michael Levitt Melissa Hodgman Taryn Zucker David Boles Chris DeCresce Arun Balasubramanian Howie Farn +5 more... Show less I. Executive Summary On June 4, 2025, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) published a Concept Release on Foreign Private Issuer...
5/20/2025 7:10:23 PM Takeaways from the 11th Annual Spring Forum on M&A and the Boardroom By Ethan Klingsberg Thank you to the in-person attendees who packed the “sold-out” venue and the hundreds who joined virtually at the 11th Annual Spring...
5/20/2025 5:48:08 PM New York Limits Derivative Suits against Non-U.S. Companies By Boris Feldman Meredith Kotler Nicholas Caselli Stockholders of non-U.S. companies often must satisfy pre-suit requirements before filing a derivative action. New York law does not...