11/18/2025 12:46:34 AM SEC Staff Reshapes Shareholder Proposal Landscape with Narrowed No-Action Path By Erik Gerding Elizabeth Bieber The SEC Division of Corporation Finance issued a pivotal Staff Statement today that could reshape how public companies approach...
11/14/2025 2:28:28 PM Issuer Action Guide: SEC Post-Shutdown Guidance By Melissa Hodgman Erik Gerding Michael Levitt Narrative Overview On November 13, 2025, the SEC issued post-shutdown guidance to help issuers navigate filings that became effective by...
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...