June 27, 2024
The US Supreme Court curbed the Securities and Exchange Commission’s ability to press complaints before in-house judges, saying defendants have a constitutional right to make their case to a federal jury when the agency is seeking financial penalties. The 6-3 …
March 6, 2024
The Securities and Exchange Commission will force companies to disclose their greenhouse gas emissions for the first time, but watered down a key requirement after heavy lobbying from industry groups. After receiving thousands of comment letters and numerous litigation threats, …
January 24, 2024
Wall Street’s main regulator on Wednesday is set to demand more investor protections for deals involving special purpose acquisition companies, tightening rules on a once-popular pathway for taking firms public. After surging during the Covid-19 pandemic as an alternative to …
December 29, 2023
The Securities and Exchange Commission’s failure to complete an ambitious climate-related agenda in 2023 is making environmental activists nervous. Less than a year before a US presidential election that could scuttle the regulator’s environmental, social and governance efforts, the SEC …
June 15, 2023
Wall Street’s main regulator is moving to introduce new rules for brokerages using artificial intelligence to interact with clients. The US Securities and Exchange Commission said Tuesday that a long contemplated plan to rein in conflicts of interest associated with …
January 30, 2023
US regulators are investigating Elon Musk’s role in shaping Tesla Inc.’s self-driving car claims, the latest effort by watchdogs to scrutinize the actions of the world’s second-richest person. The review is part of an ongoing Securities and Exchange Commission probe …
June 17, 2022
Nasdaq Inc. is pushing back against the US Securities and Exchange Commission’s plans to make publicly traded companies reveal detailed information about their greenhouse gas pollution. The stock-exchange operator urged the SEC to shelve its plans to require businesses to …