As detailed in our Sunday post, the SEC announced its Spring 2021 Reg-Flex Agenda, reflecting substantial changes from the Fall 2020 agenda that include revisiting a number of recently adopted rules, which SEC Commissioners Hester Peirce and Elad Roisman, in their responsive statement: “Moving Forward or Falling Back? Statement on Chair Gensler’s Regulatory Agenda,” characterized as inconsistent with “normal practice” and a threat to the SEC’s “reputation as a steady regulatory hand.”
In addition to SEC staff, the Society has devoted significant time, effort, and other resources over the past several years engaging in, and responding to, many of these rulemakings, including those below:
As reported in last week’s Society Alert, the Society also recently filed a comment letter in response to the reopening of the comment period for the SEC’s proposed universal proxy card rule.
See also these SEC agenda-relevant prior Society Alert reports: Rule 10b5-1: “SEC to Pursue Rule 10b5-1 Plan Reforms,” “SEC’s Gensler: Climate & Human Capital Disclosure Proposals in the Works,” “SEC Exams of ESG Investing Reveal Concerning Practices,” and “SEC Corp Fin Acting Director Addresses SPAC/De-SPAC Securities Liability”; Cooley’s post; Covington’s memo; and these articles: “SEC Considers Changes to Trump-Era Rules” (WSJ) and “Investor groups file complaint to vacate SEC shareholder proposal rules” (Pensions & Investments).
This post first appeared in the weekly Society Alert!