On October 21, 2024, the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) Division of Examinations published its annual examination priorities for 2025, which focus on certain “practices, products, and services that the Division believes present potentially heightened risks to investors or the integrity of the U.S. capital markets.”
Read MoreLatham & Watkins presented a webcast in May 2024 with updates on legislative and regulatory issues around artificial intelligence.
Read MoreLatham & Watkins just published the 2024 edition of the Latham Global IPO Guide, covering the US portion of global IPOs.
Read MoreLatham & Watkins just released a summary of the key executive compensation-related reminders and considerations that public companies should continue to prioritize early in 2024 and in preparation for the 2024 proxy season.
Read MoreLatham’s ESG Practice released an article discussing ESG-related challenges for 2024 and why business leaders continue to focus on how ESG issues impact their bottom line. The article highlights the top developments and trends that are likely to define ESG in 2024.
Read MoreLatham & Watkins, in collaboration with KPMG, just released 2024 guides to the financial statements required for US securities offerings.
Read MoreA recent bill signed into law in early October 2023 is designed to increase transparency in the state’s venture capital industry, and signals California’s continued attention to diversity matters.
Read MoreLatham & Watkin’s recent client alert informs public companies about ESG updates, including developments around the climate disclosure landscape, risk factor disclosure, and diversity related efforts.
Read MoreLatham & Watkins’ recent client alert addresses new auditing standards proposed by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB), the nonprofit corporation established by Congress to oversee the audit of public companies.
Read MoreThe US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has initiated a review of its 2012 “Guides for the Use of Environmental Marketing Claims” — commonly known as the Green Guides — and likely will be under pressure to address certain thorny environmental marketing claims that it declined to weigh in on 10 years ago, including provisions on climate change, sustainability, “environmentally preferable,” “eco-friendly,” and “free” of hazardous chemicals claims.
Read MoreLatham & Watkins has released four installments of an ESG Top 10 List and the latest insight looks at ESG developments and trends that are likely to emerge in 2023.
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