The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently published its Fall 2024 Reg-Flex Agenda. The SEC updated the anticipated timing of the following rules:

Note that the SEC developed the Fall 2024 Reg-Flex Agenda prior to the U.S. presidential election. Given the new presidential administration and turnover at the SEC, we expect the Spring 2025 agenda to be significantly different. In particular, the SEC may decide not to release its proposed rule on board diversity after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit struck down the Nasdaq board diversity disclosure rules, holding that the SEC lacked the statutory authority under the Exchange Act to approve the rules.