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Category: Rules & Regs

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Justice Department to Enhance Corporate Criminal Enforcement Efforts

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As the Biden administration presses for tougher white-collar compliance enforcement, the federal government appears to be using a classic carrots-and-sticks approach in a new bid to root out corporate crime. First, the sticks. Deputy Attorn...

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Breaking Down the PCAOB’s Five-Year Strategic Plan

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Since Erica Williams became chair of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board in January, the organization has taken a proactive stance towards its mission of holding corporate auditors accountable. To that end, the PCAOB released what...

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SEC Raises the Stakes for Corporate Whistleblowers

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Get ready for more corporate whistleblowers to come out of the woodwork. At least that’s the takeaway from the Securities and Exchange Commission’s latest changes to its whistleblower program. In an effort to fortify investor protections, t...

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U.S. and China Finally Have an Audit Agreement, or Do They?

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If you’re confused about where things stand in the squabble between U.S. regulators and Chinese authorities over auditing standards, you’re probably not alone. About a year ago, Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Gary Gensler sounded...

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12 Years Later, the SEC Has Its Pay Versus Performance Rules

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When the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act was signed into law in 2010, it put publicly traded companies on notice that they would need to justify executive pay rates. It took 12 years, but the Securities and Exchang...

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