In the January Public Company Watch, we cover key issues impacting public companies, including navigating the 2023 20-F season, updated SEC guidance related to confidential treatment applications, the Delaware Court of Chancery upholding the rejection of advance notice and striking down certain bylaw amendments, a NYSE rule change that will make it easier for passive substantial shareholders to invest in NYSE-listed companies, the FTC’s and DOJ’s updated merger guidelines, and the Biden Administration expanding OFAC’s “secondary sanctions” authority targeting persons supporting Russia’s military-industrial base.