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Securities Law Update – June 18, 2026

By: Amanda L. Rose, David A. Bell, Ran Ben-Tzur, Wendy Grasso, Lilyanna Peyser, Merritt Steele

Welcome to the latest edition of Fenwick’s Securities Law Update. This issue contains updates and important reminders on the following topics:

  • SEC proposing rules on registered offering reform, filer status and emerging growth company reforms, and optional semiannual reporting.
  • SEC soliciting public comments on modernizing the IPO process, including reassessing gun-jumping rules and alternative methods for taking a company public, and the agency’s draft strategic plan.
  • Fenwick partnering with TheCorporateCounsel.net to survey how tech and life sciences companies are thinking about optional semiannual reporting and Nasdaq's planned move to 23×5 trading hours.
  • SEC proposing rules to rescind climate-related disclosure rules.
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