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SEC Exercises Patience in Enforcing New Lease Accounting Standard

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Parents have an instinctive sense of which household rules to enforce ruthlessly (“don’t lie” comes to mind), and which to be more lenient with (curfews, maybe). As it turns out, the same can be said of the Securities and Exchange Commissio...

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Momentum Newton's Cradle

SEC Rule May Generate Public Perception Concerns Around Stakeholder Proposals

Momentum Newton's Cradle

Sometimes great ideas take a while to catch on. The legendary sitcom Seinfeld took five seasons just to crack the top 20 shows in the Neilson ratings. Shareholder proposals are far less funny, but they too can take years to gain momentum. T...

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Peirce Accuses SEC of Stifling Crypto Innovation

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If you’ve ever watched a soap opera, you know two things. First, dramatic events will happen every day. Second, if you skip a year, the characters will all be in the same place. We were reminded of this phenomenon as we checked out the late...

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Vanguard Says No on Pay at Alphabet, Uber

Close up of Camera Lens and Aperture Focused on Alphabet

“Over the past year, the pandemic, economic uncertainty, and a historic social justice movement have brought environmental, social, and governance risks into sharp focus.” This comment from Vanguard CEO Tim Buckley is simultaneously one of...

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The Alarm Clock is Ticking on Public companies

Corporate Boards Get Wake-Up Call on Climate Change

The Alarm Clock is Ticking on Public companies

The National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD) just issued a report stating that only 13% of public company directors place climate change among their top-five risks for 2020. If you’re looking out the window in California, you migh...

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