SEC Publishes Policy Statement Regarding Mandatory Arbitration Provisions

The Wall Street Lawyer's October 2025 Issue republished a Fried Frank client memo coauthored by partners Andrew B. Barkan and Joshua Wechsler, co-heads of the firm's Capital Markets Practice, Peter L. Simmons, co-head of the firm's Securities and Shareholder Litigation Practice, partners Samuel P. Groner, Michael P. Sternheim and Katherine St. Romain, and associate Daniel Liberman discussing the Securities and Exchange Commission's recently enacted policy statement, which clarifies that including mandatory arbitration provisions in a company's organizational documents will not delay its registration statement.

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