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As readers know, in May, the SEC proposed a rule that would provide companies currently subject to the agency’s quarterly reporting requirements with the option to instead file interim reports semiannually. Following the agency’s announcement of the proposed rule, the proposal has been subject to public comment. The comment period is now closed, although apparently some late filed comments are still being made public. What does the commentary show?  The filed comments show that while public reaction to the proposal has varied, the filed comments were almost exclusively negative.

Continue Reading Commentators Respond to SEC’s Semiannual Reporting Proposal

As readers know, the SEC has proposed changes to the public company reporting timing requirements, allowing companies the option to file periodic reports with the SEC on a semiannual rather than a quarterly basis. As discussed below, many commentators have weighed in on this proposal. Among the more interesting and noteworthy comments in favor of more frequent reporting is that the periodic reporting process both imposes institutional discipline and enforces a culture of compliance, as John Jenkins noted in a June 10, 2026, post on TheCorporateCounsel.net blog (here), and as is also discussed further below.

Continue Reading Quarterly Reporting as Corporate Governance and Compliance Process Discipline

As Sarah Abrams noted in a post on this site last September, President Trump, in a social media post, proposed eliminating quarterly report for public companies. On May 5, 2026, the SEC acted on the President’s suggestion and proposed a rule that would provide companies currently subject to the agency’s quarterly reporting requirements with the option to instead file interim reports semiannually. It seems likely that optional semiannual reporting will soon be put into effect. The question is whether this is a good idea or will produce the intended benefits, as discussed below.

Continue Reading SEC Proposes Allowing Optional Semiannual Reporting
Salvatore Graziano

As readers may recall, in September, the SEC announced that it had revised its policy on whether prospective IPO companies may have their registration statement declared effective if the companies have mandatory arbitration bylaws, as discussed in detail here. In the following guest post, Salvatore Graziano, a partner in the Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossman LLC law firm and a member of the firm’s Executive Committee, provides his views on the SEC’s changed policy and suggests the implications the changed policy may have for D&O insurers. My thanks to Sal for allowing me to publish his article on this site. Here is Sal’s article.

Continue Reading Guest Post: Will Allowing Companies to Block Shareholder Suits Create a D&O Mess?
Sarah Abrams

Among one of many changes afoot at the SEC under its current Chair Paul Atkins is Atkins’s proposal calling for the agency to reconsider its rule allowing shareholders to include non-binding shareholder resolutions in corporate proxy materials. In the following guest post, Sarah Abrams, Head of Claims Baleen Specialty, a division of Bowhead Specialty, takes a look at Atkins’s proposal concerning shareholder resolutions and considers the potential impact of a rule change on D&O liability. I would like to thank Sarah for allowing me to publish her article on this site.

Continue Reading Guest Post: Is the SEC Signaling the End of ESG Shareholder Proposals?