I don't find it surprising that these companies want to keep the info secret as long as possible. Just look at how NWBO gets attacked and dragged through the ringer anytime they share even limited info.
Flipper thanks for the link to the Science magazine article revealing the non-enforcement of the one-year clinical trial reporting rule. I had looked up the CFR and caselaw but of course cases that are not brought by the enforcement agencies do not get reported. Looks like October 5 in neither more nor less likely TLD than any other day.
The solution would be for shareholders to seek an injunction from a federal court once the year has past. This could be done pro se.
At the very least the regulator would have to respond to the filing and at best they might make inquiries with NWBO and perhaps start a clock on how long NWBO can drag this out.
A lot of laws do not get enforced unless an impacted party raises the issue. This is true in both civil and criminal matters.
It is not ideal and unfortunate if it got to that level but so would be NWBO sitting on TLD after 1 year and nothing being done about it.