On November 13th, the SEC’s Division of Corporation Finance published a set of anticipated questions and answers for issuers following the recent government shutdown. During the shutdown, issuers filed over 900 registration statements; the Division currently is working to clear the backlog of filings. The Division’s guidance is intended to provide transparency and address many of the questions that issuers may have concerning pending filings with the SEC. Continue reading "SEC Updates Guidance Regarding Government Shutdown" »

On October 31st, the SEC issued an order granting temporary exemptive relief from certain compliance dates for Rules 600(b)(89)(i)(F), 610, and 612, all adopted under Regulation National Market System (Regulation NMS). Due to recent events, the SEC deemed exemptive relief from the November 3, 2025, compliance date necessary in order to facilitate orderly market functions. Continue reading "SEC Issues Exemptive Order for Compliance Rules..." »

With the filing deadlines for November approaching, and with filers acclimating to the SEC’s EDGAR Next requirements, we strongly encourage users to submit filings prior to their deadlines to avoid any last-minute complications. November is a historically busy filing month. Given the high amount of traffic on the EDGAR System and the newness of EDGAR Next, filing as early as possible should facilitate a smoother process. Continue reading "Upcoming EDGAR Filing Deadlines" »

On September 30th, the SEC announced that it is extending the compliance date for the amendments to the rules under the Securities Exchange Act that require the disclosure of order executions in national market system (NMS) stocks. The compliance date has been extended from December 14, 2025, to August 1, 2026. Continue reading "SEC Extends Compliance Date for Disclosure of..." »

The SEC has announced updates to technical specifications related to XBRL and XML that correspond to EDGAR Release 25.3, which will be released October 13, 2025. Continue reading "EDGAR Release 25.3" »

On October 1, 2025, fee rates applicable to most securities transactions will be set at $138.10 per million dollars pursuant to the Order Making Fiscal Year 2026 Annual Adjustments to Registration Fee Rates. This represents a decrease from $153.10 per million dollars during the previous fiscal year. The new fee rate will be applied to the registration of securities under Section 6(b) of the Securities Act of 1933, the repurchase of securities under Section 13(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and proxy solicitations and specified tender offers under Section 14(g) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Continue reading "New SEC Filing Fee Rate Table Ready for Download" »

On September 17th, the Securities and Exchange Commission and the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission voted to extend the date for investment advisers to comply with the February 2024 amendments to Form PF, the confidential reporting form used by certain private fund advisers. Continue reading "SEC, CFTC Extend Form PF Compliance Date" »

On September 16th, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) staff released proposed technical and other conforming enhancements for the 2026 SEC Reporting Taxonomy and the related release notes for review and comment. The proposed taxonomy improvements mainly include deprecations of elements because of infrequent use in practice or superseded guidance. Continue reading "FASB Publishes Technical and Other Conforming..." »

On September 12th, the SEC published draft updates to the upcoming 2026 XBRL taxonomies for public comment. The Draft 2026 Release Notes provide more information related to specific changes in the 2026 update for all XBRL taxonomies currently supported by the EDGAR system. Continue reading "SEC Publishes 2026 Draft Taxonomies for Review..." »

On September 8th, the SEC announced that it is amending rules to require electronic filing or submission of certain forms and other filings or submissions that are required to be filed with or submitted to the SEC under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules and regulations under the Exchange Act. Continue reading "SEC Amends Rules Regarding Electronic..." »

Version 6.2a of GoFiler will be released later today to facilitate the transition to EDGAR Next. This release contains all of the necessary functionality to submit filings to EDGAR Next and will automatically switch to EDGAR Next mode tonight at 10:01pm Eastern. Continue reading "GoFiler 6.2a Will Be Available for Download..." »

On September 15, 2025, enrollment in EDGAR Next becomes required in order to continue filing to the EDGAR system. Currently users can enroll their CIKs in EDGAR Next with only their current EDGAR information. Open enrollment in EDGAR Next ends on December 19, 2025. Continue reading "EDGAR Next Reminders" »