The SEC has stated that a ruling would help it determine the relevance of future rulemaking.
By Betty Huber and Austin Pierce
On July 23, 2025 the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC or Commission) submitted a status report ordered by the Eighth Circuit in April 2025 on the Commission’s plans with respect to the pending litigation challenging the SEC’s final climate disclosure rules (the Rules).
As a reminder, the SEC approved the Rules — which require companies to disclose
The court’s decision is the latest development in the litigation over the SEC’s final rules, which have faced numerous legal challenges since their adoption.
By Paul A. Davies, Sarah E. Fortt, and Betty M. Huber
On March 15, 2024, the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit granted an administrative stay of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s recently finalized climate disclosure rules, in response to a March 8 request.[1] Petitioners had requested the stay in light
The amendments aim to modernize the Names Rule and promote investor protection objectives by ensuring that a fund’s portfolio of holdings aligns with its name.
By Laura N. Ferrell, Sarah E. Fortt, Betty M. Huber, Paul A. Davies, Nicola Higgs, Anne Mainwaring, Karmpreet (Preeti) Grewal, Austin J. Pierce, and Deric Behar
The US Securities and Exchange Commission has adopted amendments to Rule 35d-1 under the Investment Company Act governing naming conventions for
By Paul Davies, Sarah Fortt, Betty M. Huber, Karmpreet Grewal, and Austin Pierce
On January 4, 2023, the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs released the Fall 2022 Regulatory Flexibility Agenda. The agenda includes several updates to the Securities and Exchange Commission’s plans for various ESG-related actions.
A summary of primary ESG-related actions is provided below, though (as indicated by the various delays from the previous agenda) these timelines are estimates from the commission and do
By: Kelly Richardson, Buck Endemann and Achraf Farraj
On August 22, 2012, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) adopted a final rule implementing the conflict minerals provision of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (the Dodd-Frank Act).[1] The final rule and its adopting release clarify several issues raised by the SEC’s proposed rule, published in the Federal Register on December 23, 2010. Significantly, the final rule differs from the proposed rule in one key