In the August edition of our Public Company Watch, we cover key issues impacting public companies, including the SEC’s enhanced disclosure requirements regarding cybersecurity risk management, strategy, governance and incident reporting; two recent decisions in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York considering whether crypto-assets are securities; shareholder activism developments; and regulatory updates involving amendments to the Delaware General Corporation Law, Nasdaq rule changes related to reverse stock splits, the new draft Merger Guidelines issued by the FTC and DOJ, and new sustainability and climate-related disclosure standards.