On April 7th, the SEC’s Division of Enforcement announced that in fiscal year 2025, it saw a number of significant enforcement actions that furthered its attempt both to protect investors and promote market integrity. Continue reading "SEC Releases Enforcement Results for Fiscal..." »

The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) will host a webinar to discuss 2026 GAAP and SEC reporting taxonomy improvements and an SEC data quality update. The event will take place on Tuesday, April 14, 2026, beginning at 1:00 p.m. Eastern. Continue reading "FASB to Discuss 2026 GAAP and SEC Reporting..." »

On April 1st, the staff of the SEC’s Division of Trading and Markets published a list of answers to frequently asked questions (FAQs) concerning Rule 605 of Regulation NMS. For further details on Rule 605, please see the 2024 Rule 605 Disclosure of Order Execution Information amendments adopting release on the SEC’s site. Continue reading "SEC Provides FAQs Related to Rule 605 of..." »

On March 27th, the SEC approved an amendment to the National Market System (NMS) Plan for the Consolidated Audit Trail (CAT), along with exemptive relief from certain Rule 17a‑1 requirements. These modifications are meant to further the SEC’s aim to streamline CAT operations and reduce financial burdens on the industry while maintaining key regulatory functions. Continue reading "SEC Adopts Cost‑Saving Measures for..." »

On March 27th, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) announced that the eForms system has been updated with Version 2026-04-01 taxonomies, validation rules, and rendering files. Continue reading "FERC Announces Latest eForms Refresh" »

On March 30th, the SEC alerted filers of two separate issues: Continue reading "The SEC Announces Delays with Fee-Bearing..." »

On March 24th, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) announced that it approved the October 2023 rule proposal that would adopt eXtensible Business Reporting Language-Comma-Separated Values (XBRL‑CSV) as the standard for filing the Electric Quarterly Report (EQR). The new system is intended to modernize and simplify data collection, enhance data quality, improve market disclosure practices, and reduce long‑term compliance costs. The new rule is the most substantial update to the EQR system since its inception in 2002, when it was founded with the purpose of improving the efficacy, adaptability, and transparency of reporting for all market participants. Continue reading "FERC Adopts Rule to Modernize EQR Filing System" »

On March 16th, the SEC announced that it is adopting amendments to Volumes I and II of the EDGAR system Filer Manual and related rules and forms. EDGAR Release 26.1 is effective in the EDGAR system as of March 16, 2026. Continue reading "SEC Adopts Updated EDGAR Filer Manual" »

On March 16th, the SEC proposed amendments to update Exchange Act Rule 15c2-11, a rule that regulates certain information gathering and review requirements that brokers and dealers that publish quotations for, or maintain a continuous quoted market in, securities in the over-the-counter (OTC) market. Adopted in 1971, Rule 15c2-11’s framework was designed to prevent certain manipulative and fraudulent trading schemes in the OTC equity markets Continue reading "SEC Proposes Amendments to Rule Regulating..." »

On March 17th, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) announced that due to taxonomy changes adopted in Version 2025-04-01 (pertaining to Order No. 898), it has provided guidance in the latest eForms update to help filers preparing to submit the 2025 FERC Form No. 1. Continue reading "FERC Announces Latest eForms Refresh" »

To help filers navigate recent unexpected changes made by the SEC concerning the EDGAR 26.1 release, more specifically, Section 16 filing, Novaworks has provided a patch for GoFiler version 6.5a. Continue reading "Interim Release of GoFiler (6.5a Patch B)" »

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (FERC) staff will hold its monthly open meeting via webcast on ferc.gov on Thursday, March 19, 2026, at 10:00 a.m. ET. The one-hour meeting is open for the public to attend. Continue reading "FERC to Hold Open Commission Meeting" »

XBRL US’ Data Quality Committee (DQC) will host an online meeting for industry leaders to discuss plans to implement rules and guidance for public companies complying with the SEC’s XBRL requirements. The webinar will take place on Wednesday, March 18th, and will begin at 10:00 a.m. Eastern. Continue reading "XBRL US Staff to Host Data Quality Committee..." »

GoFiler software is applying the Section 16 changes under EDGAR 26.1 slated for March 18th a day early. We have applied a fix for this issue, however, users that wish to file Section 16 now may either: Continue reading "Section 16 Filing Hot Fix Now Available" »