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Amplifying voices: Microphone confronting racial inequality

Issuers Pushed to Stand Up on Social Issues

Amplifying voices: Microphone confronting racial inequality

If you streamed Hamilton last weekend, you saw opposing sides of a question facing today’s public companies personified by two 18th-century politicians. The question is whether to stake out a position on hot-button issues. Aaron Burr cautio...

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The State of COVID-19 Disclosure, Part II: Going Concern

Ocean Lighthouse Wide Shot with Cloudy Background

Two weeks ago, the SEC urged public companies to speak frankly to investors about how the pandemic is impacting their financial health. The SEC even included a helpful guide, listing topics that issuers’ disclosures should cover. Those topi...

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Stocks of fruits and vegetables under CARES Act.

Federal Reserve Forces Banks to Stock Up on Capital

Stocks of fruits and vegetables under CARES Act.

Just when it felt like we were getting past the coronavirus, the resurgent disease is forcing government officials to tighten their controls. It’s happening in the Sunbelt, where governors are reversing course and shuttering bars, gyms and...

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Debt covenant obstacle course

The State of COVID-19 Disclosure, Part I: Debt Covenants

Debt covenant obstacle course

It’s coming from celebrities. It’s coming from aunt Sally’s Facebook feed. It’s even coming from heads of state. Misinformation is one of the biggest obstacles in the fight against COVID-19, and it seems to be coming from everywhere. But if...

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Kids playing in the backseat

LIBOR Transition Gets Real at SEC, OCIE

Kids playing in the backseat

Remember when you were eight years old and your parents warned you to knock it off in the back of the car, and then warned you again, and then warned you a third time that no really, don’t test us, you better stop? Well, in related news, fe...

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