3/11/2025 4:52:23 PM SEC Expansion of Availability of Confidential Submissions of Registration Statements Could Help Life Sciences Companies Raise Capital By Rob Freedman In an attempt to facilitate capital raising, the SEC announced that it was expanding the ability of issuers to submit draft registration...
2/27/2025 7:42:38 PM 2025 Life Sciences M&A Trends in Earnouts and Antitrust By Rob Freedman Life sciences M&A comes with unique challenges that require thoughtful and creative structuring. Bridging valuation gaps between buyers...
2/13/2025 3:20:05 PM The Life Sciences IPO Market Is Off to a Solid Start in 2025 - Is Your Company Ready? By Rob Freedman Various biotech companies have completed or launched their IPOs so far in 2025. As of early February, five sizeable life sciences...
1/17/2025 8:43:36 PM Study Suggests That Investors View ESG as a Luxury Item By Wendy Grasso Stanford Business recently posted an interesting article describing the results of a three-year study conducted to analyze American...
1/7/2025 9:49:08 PM 2025 Reporting Season: Upcoming Disclosure Requirements for Your Form 10-K and Proxy Statement By Ran Ben-Tzur Amanda Rose David Bell Wendy Grasso Merritt Steele +2 more... Show less The following new disclosure will be required in companies’ upcoming Forms 10-K (FY 2024) and/or proxy statements: Upcoming Disclosure...
1/6/2025 11:17:29 PM Annual Evergreen Increases: Reminders for Your Form S-8 By Merritt Steele As we start the new year, many public companies are in the middle of preparing their annual reports on Form 10-K and registration...
12/20/2024 7:23:21 PM With Govt. Shutdown Looming, Today is Key Deadline To Request SEC Accelerate Effectiveness of Registration Statements By Merritt Steele The United States is facing another potential government shutdown going into this weekend. In such an event, the Division of Corporate...
12/18/2024 4:14:47 PM SEC Charges Retailer with Failing to Disclose Aircraft Perks By David Bell Ran Ben-Tzur Amanda Rose Michael Knobler Elizabeth Gartland Merritt Steele +3 more... Show less On December 17, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission announced it settled charges against fashion retailer Express, Inc. for...
12/18/2024 1:55:38 PM SEC Publishes Updated Fall 2024 Reg-Flex Agenda By Merritt Steele The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently published its Fall 2024 Reg-Flex Agenda. The SEC updated the anticipated...
12/3/2024 7:43:40 PM Is the SEC Cracking Down on Life Science Companies Misleading Investors? By Merritt Steele On December 3, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission settled charges against biotherapeutics company Kiromic BioPharma, Inc., its...
11/27/2024 12:00:10 AM New Structured Data Requirement for Schedules 13D/13G Takes Effect Dec. 18 By Merritt Steele Beginning December 18, Schedules 13D and 13G must be filed using an XML-based language. Filers will have the option of (1) using a...
10/2/2024 2:00:00 PM SEC Charges Biotech Co. with Misleading IPO Investors By Merritt Steele On September 13, the SEC charged Zymergen Inc., a biotechnology company, with misleading IPO investors about the company’s market...