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Category: Risk Factors

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Are the SEC’s New Cybersecurity Rules Coming Too Late?

Butterfly chrysalis emerging like Cybersecurity rules

The phrase “fighting the last war” often comes to mind when discussing the federal government’s rulemaking process. It’s a familiar cycle: Something emerges as a problem that catches companies unprepared, and regulators begin the iterative...

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Intelligize Data: Large Filers Struggling with Internal Controls After Going Public

Dome of the U.S. Capitol building, where Sarbanes Oxley was drafted

It has been more than 20 years since Congress passed the Sarbanes-Oxley Act in response to a rash of turn-of-the-century accounting scandals. But unlike those choker necklaces and Nickelback CDs you’re holding onto from the era, SOX remains...

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New Intelligize Report Offers Insights into SEC Views on Company Risk Factors

Risk Factors: Large boulder rests precariously atop the edge of a cliff

Fortunately for investors, you don’t need inside access to C-suites to know what kinds of risks keep corporate executives on edge. Publicly traded companies frequently disclose in their Securities and Exchange Commission filings their views...

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The Activision Blizzard Case, Part II: Whistleblower Protections

Two executives whispering in an empty hallway

Earlier this week, we told you about the potential ramifications for disclosure controls stemming from the Securities and Exchange Commission’s $35 million settlement with video game maker Activision Blizzard. Prospective whistleblowers – a...

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Three Aspects of the U.S.-China Relationship for Public Companies to Watch

A microchip sits on the tip of a person's finger

Last week’s bizarre news of a Chinese surveillance balloon discovered floating above U.S. airspace offered ample material for comedians and internet memelords. The cold open of NBC’s “Saturday Night Live” even featured an “interview” with t...

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