Tag: Resource extraction disclsoure rules

SEC proposes new accredited investor definition and new rules for disclosure of payments by resource extraction issuers (updated)

At an open meeting this morning, the SEC proposed changes to the definition of “accredited investor,” as well as new rules relating to disclosure of payments by resource extraction issuers. As discussed below, Commissioners Robert Jackson and Allison Lee dissented on both of these proposals. Notably, the responses of all the Commissioners to these proposals highlighted their sharply divergent views on the role of government and the fundamental purposes of the securities laws.  Both proposals will be open for comment for 60 days.

Time to say goodbye to the Dodd-Frank Resource Extraction Disclosure Rules? (updated)

by Cydney Posner In an opinion piece in the WSJ, House Majority Leader, Kevin  McCarthy, said that the House will soon be taking “the ax” to the SEC’s rules on Disclosure of Payments by Resource Extraction Issuers, mandated under Dodd-Frank, which, he argued,  added “an unreasonable compliance burden on American energy […]