SEC Taking a Closer Look at Rule 10b5-1 Trading Plans on the Rulemaking and Enforcement Fronts: What Companies and Their Insiders Need to Know Now

In remarks delivered June 7, 2021 to the Wall Street Journal’s CFO Network Summit, SEC Chair Gary Gensler (available here) (“Gensler June 7 Remarks”) highlighted areas of concern raised by the use of Rule 10b5-1 trading plans by insiders and companies alike, and signaled the possibility that regulatory solutions to these concerns loom on the near horizon. Chair Gensler made the same points in a public statement delivered a few days later at a meeting of the SEC’s Investor Advisory Committee...
By: Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP

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