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Companies Responding to SEC’s Inflation Comments

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We told you last year about the Securities and Exchange Commission’s inflation-curious attitude as corporations and consumers alike have been forced to deal with rising prices. And just as inflation doesn’t appear to be going away anytime s...

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It’s All About the Money (Laundering)

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The Securities and Exchange Commission is sounding the alarm about money laundering. The SEC Division of Examinations sent out a risk alert last month warning that broker-dealers are underfunding and understaffing their anti-money-launderin...

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DOJ, FTC Propose New Guidelines for Evaluating Mergers

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Recently, we told you about the steep decline in mergers and acquisitions as documented in an Intelligize report on dealmaking in 2022. The research showed that companies aren’t announcing as many deals as they have in the past. Moreover, m...

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PCAOB: Audits Getting Sloppier

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The overall quality of audit work has been poor for years and is only getting worse, according to a recent report from the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board. The report detailed the preliminary findings of the PCAOB’s annual inspect...

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Cybersecurity Disclosure Rule Poses “Material” Challenge

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To hear Shakespeare tell it, labels are irrelevant. “A rose by any other name would smell as sweet,” Juliet tells Romeo, assuring him that she loves him despite his family name. This may not come as a surprise, but the SEC does not adopt th...

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