The SEC has announced that Commissioner Mark Uyeda has been designated as Acting Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission. He will serve in this role until Paul Atkins is confirmed by the Senate as the 34th Chair of the Commission. Mark Uyeda was originally sworn into office as an…
Effective January 1, 2025, The Nasdaq Stock Market raised its all-inclusive annual listing fees for companies with equity securities listed on the Nasdaq Global Select, Global and Capital Markets. The full details concerning the fee increases and an explanation of the reasons for the increases can be found in Nasdaq’s…
In an en banc decision filed on December 11, 2024, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit vacated the 2021 approval by the SEC of rules adopted by Nasdaq to promote more diverse board membership at Nasdaq-listed companies. The decision overturned an earlier ruling by a three-judge panel of the Fifth Circuit that had upheld the…