SEC Amends Regulation S-T to Permit Electronic Signatures
By EsqSocial Corporation 21/12/20
On November 17, 2020, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) announced it had adopted amendments to Regulation S-T and other rules to permit the use of electronic signatures for SEC filings (the “Amendments”). Under the Amendments, companies may use an electronic signature provider, such as DocuSign or Adobe Sign, to obtain signatures for documents that they file with the SEC, and avoid having to obtain and retain paper originals of the signature pages. However, companies must...
By: Foley & Lardner LLP