Securities Alert – SEC Proposed Rule Amendments to Modernize Beneficial Ownership Reporting
This proposal represents the most significant alterations to the rules governing beneficial ownership reporting since their adoption.
Securities Alert – SEC Adopts Amendments to Update Electronic Filing Requirements
The SEC recently announced amendments to update electronic filing requirements through the EDGAR system for certain documents that previously were permitted to be filed or submitted in paper format.
Energy Alert – Regulation of the Upstream Oil and Gas Industry in Texas
Overview and key developments in regulation of the upstream oil and gas industry in Texas.
Employment Alert – Supreme Court Concludes Prejudice Showing is Not Required to Establish Waiver
Don’t “waive” goodbye to your right to enforce arbitration agreements.
Cybersecurity Alert – New Cyber Law, Pending Details: Critical Infrastructure Must Report Cyber Breaches, Ransom Payments
President Biden’s recent signature of a new cyber incident reporting law made headlines.
Securities Alert – SEC Adopts Universal Proxy Cards
On November 17, 2021, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted new Rule 14a-19 and amendments to existing rules affecting the procedure for director elections.
Employment Alert – Court Expands Burk Tort to Include Claims of Wrongful Discharge for Opposing Violations of the Governor’s Executive Orders
The Oklahoma Supreme Court recently broke new ground on the Burk public policy tort claim. Burk wrongful discharge claims may now be based on allegations that an employer wrongfully terminated an employee for opposing an employer’s violation of an executive order issued by the Governor.
Employment Alert – A Federal District Court Calls Timeout — CMS’s Interim Final Rule Subject to a Nationwide Injunction
Less than a month ago, CMS issued its Interim Final Rule, which requires all staff to be vaccinated against COVID-19. But, as with OSHA's ETS, litigation challenging the CMS Rule ramped up over the last month. That litigation came to a head this week with two federal district court rulings.