Informa Tech, Game Developers Conference (Informa Tech), "Important GDC 2020 Update" on gdconf.com as captured Mar. 2, 2020: "we've made the difficult decision to postpone the Game Developers Conference this March" (Feb. 28, 2020) (Ex. SEC-12-GM-103)
Adobe, Adobe, blog post of Mar. 2, 2020 (as archived Aug. 7, 2020): "we have made the difficult but important decision to make Adobe Summit 2020 an online event this year and cancel the live event in Las Vegas" (Ex. SEC-12-GM-132)
Google, 9to5Google, "Google cancels 'physical' I/O 2020 due to coronavirus concerns" (Mar. 3, 2020), quoting Google's statement; "more than 7,000 attendees" (Ex. SEC-12-GM-028)
Google, Organizer notice (Mar. 3, 2020) (Ex. SEC-12-GM-070)
Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society, Organizer notice (Mar. 5, 2020) (Ex. SEC-12-GM-049)
SXSW, LLC, KUT 90.5 (Austin), "Austin Cancels SXSW Amid COVID-19 Concerns" (Mar. 6, 2020), quoting Mayor Adler, Judge Eckhardt, Dr. Escott and SXSW's statement (text of the page rendered to PDF) (Ex. SEC-12-GM-074)
SXSW, LLC, SXSW, "March 6, 2020: City of Austin Cancels SXSW March Events" (2020 Event Update page): "The City of Austin has cancelled the March dates for SXSW and SXSW EDU. SXSW will faithfully follow the City's directions"; "this is the first time in 34 years that the March event will not take place" (Mar. 6, 2020) (Ex. SEC-12-GM-101)
SXSW, LLC, KUT 90.5 (Austin), "SXSW's Cancellation Is An 'Economic Shock' For Austin" (Mar. 9, 2020): Greyhill Advisors' $355.9 million 2019 impact estimate (text of the page rendered to PDF) (Ex. SEC-12-GM-075)
National Association of Broadcasters, TVNewsCheck, "Avid Cancels NAB Show, Connect 2020" (Mar. 10, 2020), quoting Avid's decision to withdraw from all trade conferences for sixty days (Ex. SEC-12-GM-021)
Entertainment Software Association, Game Developer (Informa), "E3 2020 cancelled due to 'overwhelming' coronavirus concerns" (Mar. 11, 2020), quoting the ESA statement (Ex. SEC-12-GM-025)
National Association of Broadcasters, Organizer notice (Mar. 11, 2020) (Ex. SEC-12-GM-038)
National Association of Broadcasters, Organizer notice (Mar. 11, 2020) (Ex. SEC-12-GM-039)
National Association of Broadcasters, National Association of Broadcasters, NAB Show 2020 site as captured Mar. 15, 2020: "NAB Show will not take place this April in Las Vegas" (Mar. 11, 2020) (Ex. SEC-12-GM-125)
Entertainment Software Association, Entertainment Software Association, E3 site as captured Apr. 1, 2020: "NEWS: E3 2020 CANCELLED DUE TO GROWING CONCERNS OVER COVID-19 VIRUS" (Mar. 11, 2020) (Ex. SEC-12-GM-126)
Microsoft, 9to5Mac, "Microsoft cancels its Build developer conference amid coronavirus outbreak, WWDC should be next" (Mar. 12, 2020) (Ex. SEC-12-GM-022)
National Association of Broadcasters, TVNewsCheck, "TVN Focus On NAB 2020: Post-Cancellation, A 'Fog' For NAB, Vendors" (Mar. 12, 2020): the Mar. 11, 2020 cancellation; 2019 attendance "just over 90,000" (Ex. SEC-12-GM-031)
Apple, 9to5Mac, "Apple announces WWDC 2020 coming in June as an 'online experience'" (Mar. 13, 2020), as captured Mar. 13, 2020 (Ex. SEC-12-GM-029)
NCARB and Prometric (ARE); NCEES (PE, FE, PS, FS), Organizer notice (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. SEC-12-GM-067)
NCARB and Prometric (ARE); NCEES (PE, FE, PS, FS), NCEES, "Latest information on COVID-19 response" page as captured Apr. 7, 2020: "The April 2020 paper-and-pencil exam administration is canceled" (Mar. 13, 2020); Pearson VUE test-center closures; "All NCEES meetings scheduled to take place between March 15 and May 2 are canceled" (Ex. SEC-12-GM-123)
Google Cloud, 9to5Google, "Google delays already-digital Cloud Next '20 conference due to coronavirus" (Mar. 17, 2020), quoting Google Cloud's statement (Ex. SEC-12-GM-023)
NASBA, the AICPA and Prometric, for the fifty-five Boards of Accountancy, Organizer notice (Mar. 17, 2020) (Ex. SEC-12-GM-066)
federal and State courts, Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts, "Federal Judiciary Confronts Coronavirus Spread: Judicial Conference Acts on Court Administration Matters" (Mar. 17, 2020): the Conference "convened by teleconference"; "In-person court training has been cancelled through May 31, 2020" (Ex. SEC-12-GM-122)
NASBA, the AICPA and Prometric, for the fifty-five Boards of Accountancy, Prometric, "Coronavirus (COVID-19) Update" page as captured Mar. 21, 2020: "Prometric has determined it is necessary and appropriate to temporarily close our test centers in the United States and Canada for a period of 30 days, starting March 18"; reopening anticipated Apr. 16, 2020 (Mar. 18, 2020) (Ex. SEC-12-GM-065)
Internal Revenue Service and the Treasury Department (deadline orders); State revenue departments, Internal Revenue Service, IR-2020-58, "Tax Day now July 15: Treasury, IRS extend filing deadline and federal tax payments regardless of amount owed" (Mar. 21, 2020) (Ex. SEC-12-GM-015)
NASBA, the AICPA and Prometric, for the fifty-five Boards of Accountancy, Journal of Accountancy (AICPA), "CPA Exam emergency testing period invoked" (Mar. 27, 2020): Prometric test centers closed; second-quarter window extended to June 30, 2020; as captured Aug. 16, 2020 (Ex. SEC-12-GM-016)
State supreme courts and boards of law examiners; the National Conference of Bar Examiners, American Bar Association, news release, "ABA urges states that cancel bar exams due to COVID-19 to consider emergency diploma privilege or supervised practice" (Chicago, Apr. 7, 2020) (Ex. SEC-12-GM-133)
ReedPop (Reed Exhibitions), Organizer notice (Apr. 14, 2020) (Ex. SEC-12-GM-033)
San Diego Comic Convention (Comic-Con International), Comic-Con International, comic-con.org/cci as captured Apr. 20, 2020: "there will be no Comic-Con in 2020. The event will instead return to the San Diego Convention Center from July 22-25, 2021" (Apr. 17, 2020) (Ex. SEC-12-GM-124)
Cisco, Cisco, Cisco Live US site as captured Apr. 18, 2020: Cisco Live 2020 "relaunched as a complimentary, full-scale digital event," June 2-3, 2020 (Ex. SEC-12-GM-048)
Cisco, Cisco, Cisco Live US page as captured Apr. 24, 2020: "The Cisco Live 2020 digital event will gather the best and the brightest IT heroes... Join us for free - from your home" (Ex. SEC-12-GM-105)
American Institute of CPAs, AICPA, ENGAGE 2020 site as captured Apr. 24, 2020: "We are happy to announce that ENGAGE 2020 will be an online-only event designed in three distinct parts"; "July 20-24, 2020 11am-5pm Eastern daily" (Ex. SEC-12-GM-109)
American Bar Association, LawSites (Robert Ambrogi), "Breaking: ABA Annual Meeting Will Be Virtual" (Apr. 30, 2020), reporting the ABA Board of Governors' decision and quoting the ABA statement (Ex. SEC-12-GM-001)
American Bar Association, American Bar Association, news release, "American Bar Association transitions its 2020 Annual Meeting from in-person to virtual" (Washington, Apr. 30, 2020) (Ex. SEC-12-GM-121)
State Bar of Texas, Texas Bar Blog (State Bar of Texas), "2020 State Bar of Texas Annual Meeting is Canceled" (May 1, 2020) (Ex. SEC-12-GM-005)
State Bar of Texas, State Bar of Texas, Texas Bar Blog, "2020 State Bar of Texas Annual Meeting is Canceled" (May 1, 2020), archived capture of May 3, 2020 (alternate capture of SEC-12-GM-005) (Ex. SEC-12-GM-130)
American Institute of CPAs, AICPA, ENGAGE 2020 site as captured May 2, 2020: "COVID-19 UPDATE: ENGAGE 2020 will be 100% virtual"; "2,000 ATTENDEES 150 SESSIONS" (Ex. SEC-12-GM-036)
American Institute of CPAs, Organizer notice (May 2, 2020) (Ex. SEC-12-GM-037)
NBCUniversal, ViacomCBS, Disney (ABC), Fox, WarnerMedia, MediaPost, "Disney Advertising Sales To Offer Agency-Specific Virtual Upfronts" (May 6, 2020) (text of the page rendered to PDF) (Ex. SEC-12-GM-027)
ReedPop (Reed Exhibitions), ReedPop, BookExpo site as captured May 6, 2020: "BookExpo will return in Spring 2021"; "BookExpo Virtual Education Series" (Ex. SEC-12-GM-118)
ReedPop (Reed Exhibitions), Publishers Weekly, "BookExpo and BookCon Go Virtual This Month" (May 7, 2020) (text of the page rendered to PDF) (Ex. SEC-12-GM-034)
The Florida Bar, The Florida Bar, Florida Bar News, "The Florida Bar's 2020 Annual Convention goes virtual" (May 8/11, 2020) (alternate capture of SEC-12-GM-007): "There will be no in-person events for the 2020 Florida Bar Annual Convention" (May 8, 2020) (Ex. SEC-12-GM-131)
The Florida Bar, The Florida Bar News, "The Florida Bar's 2020 Annual Convention goes virtual" (May 11, 2020), quoting President John Stewart's May 8, 2020 statement (Ex. SEC-12-GM-007)
NBCUniversal, ViacomCBS, Disney (ABC), Fox, WarnerMedia, MediaPost, "This Would Have Been Upfront Week, If Not For COVID" (May 11, 2020) (text of the page rendered to PDF) (Ex. SEC-12-GM-026)
Society for Human Resource Management, SHRM, Annual Conference site as captured May 16, 2020: "COVID-19 has caused the cancellation of SHRM20 in San Diego" (Ex. SEC-12-GM-111)
Internal Revenue Service with its association partners, Internal Revenue Service, IR-2020-100, "IRS Nationwide Tax Forums go virtual in 2020" (May 21, 2020) (Ex. SEC-12-GM-013)
Internal Revenue Service with its association partners, Internal Revenue Service, IR-2020-100, "IRS Nationwide Tax Forums go virtual in 2020" (May 21, 2020) (alternate capture of SEC-12-GM-013): "Those in-person events are canceled"; Commissioner Rettig, "Given restrictions on large gatherings and difficulties with travel" (Ex. SEC-12-GM-119)
American Council of Engineering Companies, ACEC, 2020 Annual Convention and Legislative Summit site as captured May 31, 2020: the Marriott Wardman Park notice; virtual convention; Engineering Excellence Awards Gala postponed (Ex. SEC-12-GM-051)
American Council of Engineering Companies, ACEC, 2020 Annual Convention and Legislative Summit page as captured May 31, 2020 (alternate capture of SEC-12-GM-051): the Marriott Wardman Park notice and the move to a virtual convention (Ex. SEC-12-GM-107)
Informa Tech (Black Hat), Black Hat (Informa Tech), USA 2020 page as captured June 4, 2020 (alternate capture of SEC-12-GM-045): "Black Hat USA 2020 will be entirely virtual this year, held over the same dates, August 1-6" (Ex. SEC-12-GM-108)
International Legal Technology Association, LawSites, "ILTACON 2020 Will Be Entirely Virtual" (June 8, 2020), quoting the ILTACON FAQ (Ex. SEC-12-GM-010)
International Legal Technology Association, Organizer notice (June 8, 2020) (Ex. SEC-12-GM-061)
National Association of Broadcasters, TVNewsCheck, "NAB Show New York To Be All Virtual" (June 9, 2020), reproducing NAB's letter (Ex. SEC-12-GM-032)
The Florida Bar, The Florida Bar, news release, "The Florida Bar to Hold 2020 Annual Convention" (June 15, 2020): "first-ever entirely virtual Annual Convention"; "over 4,000 registrants" (Ex. SEC-12-GM-008)
Informa Tech (Black Hat), Black Hat (Informa Tech), USA 2020 site as captured June 25, 2020: "Black Hat USA 2020 will be entirely virtual this year, held over the same dates, August 1-6" (Ex. SEC-12-GM-045)
ASHRAE, ASHRAE, press release, "ASHRAE's First-Ever Virtual Conference Is Proving to Be a Success" (July 3, 2020): 2,505 registered participants; live event June 29-July 2, 2020 (Ex. SEC-12-GM-018)
American Bar Association, ABA Journal (American Bar Association), "First all-virtual ABA Annual Meeting offers full slate of special events and programs" (July 28, 2020) (Ex. SEC-12-GM-002)
Consumer Technology Association, Organizer notice (July 28, 2020) (Ex. SEC-12-GM-069)
Consumer Technology Association, Consumer Technology Association, ces.tech as captured July 30, 2020: "CES 2021 Moves to an All-Digital Experience"; "Jan 6-9, 2021 ALL-DIGITAL" (July 28, 2020) (Ex. SEC-12-GM-116)
Apple, 9to5Mac, "Tim Cook touts successful all-online WWDC 2020 with 22 million viewers, more" (July 30, 2020), as captured July 31, 2020 (Ex. SEC-12-GM-024)
LRP Media Group, LRP Media Group, HR Technology Conference site as captured Aug. 10, 2020: "in 2020, HR Tech is pivoting into an exciting new virtual experience that is FREE for anyone to attend"; Oct. 27-30, 2020 virtual (Ex. SEC-12-GM-071)
Microsoft, Microsoft, Ignite page as captured Aug. 16, 2020: "Microsoft Ignite will be launched as a complimentary digital event experience this September" (Ex. SEC-12-GM-106)
Stillwell Partners, Stillwell Partners, Advertising Week site as captured Aug. 29, 2020: "AW2020 is a reimagined virtual event for a global audience" (Ex. SEC-12-GM-117)
Salesforce, Salesforce, Dreamforce page as captured Sept. 1, 2020 (alternate capture of SEC-12-GM-041): "we have decided to reimagine all of our events through the end of the year in new and virtual ways, including Dreamforce" (Ex. SEC-12-GM-114)
Amazon Web Services, Amazon Web Services, re:Invent site as captured Sept. 6, 2020: "re:Invent 2020 is going virtual and free"; "A FREE, 3-WEEK VIRTUAL CONFERENCE" (Ex. SEC-12-GM-113)
Oracle, Oracle, "Oracle OpenWorld Reimagined" (oracle.com/openworld as captured Sept. 17, 2020): "Oracle OpenWorld will not take place in Las Vegas this fall. The in-person conference will be replaced with a series of free virtual events" (Ex. SEC-12-GM-104)
International Exposition Company for ASHRAE and AHRI; ASHRAE, ACHR News, "AHR Expo Postpones 2021 Event" (Sept. 23, 2020), quoting show management on the "barriers for allowances within the state of Illinois and the city of Chicago"; as captured Dec. 13, 2024 (Ex. SEC-12-GM-020)
Gartner, Gartner, IT Symposium/Xpo 2020 Americas page as captured Sept. 23, 2020: "Gartner IT Symposium/Xpo 2020, Americas | Virtual"; "October 19 - 22, 2020 | Americas | Virtual" (Ex. SEC-12-GM-129)
ALM, LawSites, "Legalweek Makes It Official: It's Going Virtual - Not to Mention Free and Extended" (Oct. 1, 2020), quoting the Legalweek(year) site (Ex. SEC-12-GM-009)
Salesforce, Salesforce, Dreamforce site as captured Oct. 12, 2020: "we have decided to reimagine all of our events through the end of the year in new and virtual ways, including Dreamforce" (Ex. SEC-12-GM-041)
International Exposition Company for ASHRAE and AHRI; ASHRAE, ASHRAE, press release, "ASHRAE Announces 2021 AHR Expo Has Been Cancelled; ASHRAE Winter Virtual Conference to be held February 9-11" (Oct. 15, 2020) (Ex. SEC-12-GM-017)
American Bar Association, Law Practice Division, LawSites, "Call for Entries: ABA TECHSHOW Startup Alley 2021 - The First Virtual Edition" (Nov. 16, 2020): TECHSHOW "to be held virtually on March 8-12, 2021" (Ex. SEC-12-GM-004)
International Exposition Company for ASHRAE and AHRI; ASHRAE, ASHRAE, press release, "2021 ASHRAE Virtual Winter Conference Registration Is Open" (Dec. 1, 2020) (Ex. SEC-12-GM-019)
RSA Conference, RSA Conference, USA page as captured Dec. 4, 2020 (alternate capture of SEC-12-GM-044): "RSAC 2021 pivots to 100% virtual" (Ex. SEC-12-GM-115)
New York State Bar Association, New York State Bar Association, Annual Meeting page (live URL still serving the 2021 notice, retrieved Sept. 28, 2026): "NYSBA Invites You to Join Us for our 2021 Event... excited to present its upcoming Virtual Convention for January, 2021" (Dec. 15, 2020) (Ex. SEC-12-GM-062)
RSA Conference, RSA Conference, USA site as captured Jan. 14, 2021: "RSAC 2021 pivots to 100% virtual... the week of May 17" (Ex. SEC-12-GM-044)
SXSW, LLC, SXSW home page as captured Mar. 2, 2021: "SXSW Online: March 16-20, 2021"; "Introducing SXSW Online, a digital experience from March 16-20, 2021 including keynotes, Conference sessions, Music Festival showcases, Film Festival screenings" (Ex. SEC-12-GM-102)
Internal Revenue Service and the Treasury Department (deadline orders); State revenue departments, Internal Revenue Service, IR-2021-59, "Tax Day for individuals extended to May 17: Treasury, IRS extend filing and payment deadline" (Mar. 17, 2021) (text of the page rendered to PDF) (Ex. SEC-12-GM-076)
American Institute of Architects, AIA, Conference on Architecture site as captured Apr. 1, 2021: A'21 "a series of four unique online events" (June 17, July 8, July 29, Aug. 19, 2021), "all-digital experiences... that will address firms' business needs due to the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic" (Ex. SEC-12-GM-110)
San Diego Comic Convention (Comic-Con International), Comic-Con International, comic-con.org/cci as captured Apr. 1, 2021: "Comic-Con Special Edition" statement ("As conventions and events have had to cancel their in-person shows or have converted to virtual formats during the pandemic...") (Ex. SEC-12-GM-128)
State Bar of Texas, Texas Bar Blog (State Bar of Texas), "Register Now for 2021 State Bar of Texas Virtual Annual Meeting!" (May 12, 2021), as captured by the Internet Archive May 12, 2021 (Ex. SEC-12-GM-006)
Internal Revenue Service with its association partners, Internal Revenue Service, IR-2021-118, "2021 IRS Virtual Nationwide Tax Forum begins in July" (May 24, 2021) (Ex. SEC-12-GM-014)
Internal Revenue Service with its association partners, Internal Revenue Service, IR-2021-149, "IRS Nationwide Tax Forum kicks off July 20" (July 9, 2021): "the 2021 IRS Virtual Nationwide Tax Forum," July 20-Aug. 19, 2021 (Ex. SEC-12-GM-120)
Informa Tech (Black Hat), Black Hat (Informa Tech), USA 2021 site as captured July 15, 2021: "hybrid event... a Virtual (online) Event and a Live, In-Person Event in Las Vegas," July 31-Aug. 5, 2021 (Ex. SEC-12-GM-046)
Informa Tech (Black Hat), Black Hat (Informa Tech), USA 2021 page as captured July 15, 2021 (alternate capture of SEC-12-GM-046): "Mandalay Bay / Las Vegas + Virtual"; "a unique hybrid event experience"; Virtual Trainings July 31-Aug. 3, 2021 (Ex. SEC-12-GM-127)
American Bar Association, ABA Journal (American Bar Association), "ABA Hybrid Annual Meeting convenes members online and in Chicago" (Aug. 4, 2021) (Ex. SEC-12-GM-003)
International Legal Technology Association, LawSites, "Litera Issues Statement on Withdrawal from Attending ILTACON" (Aug. 18, 2021), quoting Litera's statement (Ex. SEC-12-GM-012)
International Legal Technology Association, LawSites, "Updated: ILTA Reveals Final Attendance Numbers for Its Hybrid ILTACON" (Aug. 24, 2021): 831 in person, 1,306 digital (Ex. SEC-12-GM-011)
Society for Human Resource Management, SHRM, Annual Conference site as captured Aug. 28, 2021: SHRM21, Las Vegas Convention Center West Hall, "VEGAS OR VIRTUAL, REGISTER NOW" (Ex. SEC-12-GM-112)
National Association of Broadcasters, TVNewsCheck, "NAB Cancels In-Person Show" (Sept. 15, 2021), quoting NAB's statement on the Delta variant (Ex. SEC-12-GM-030)
North Carolina Bar Association, North Carolina Bar Association, NC Lawyer, "We're Back! See You In June At The 2022 NCBA Annual Meeting" (May 17, 2022): the 2020 Charlotte meeting replaced by a virtual Annual Meeting; 2021 held "virtually again" (text of the page rendered to PDF) (Ex. SEC-12-GM-077)
American Institute of Architects, Organizer notice (Ex. SEC-12-GM-035)
