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Corporate Bankruptcies Continue Soaring to Near-Record Highs

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A surge in corporate bankruptcies through the first half of the year shows no signs of abating, putting 2023 on track for the highest number of bankruptcy filings in over a decade. With 54 new corporate bankruptcies recorded by S&P Glob...

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Three Areas of Consideration for China-based Companies: Disclosure Rules Raise the Stakes in U.S.-China Conflict

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According to recent reporting, the Chinese government is asking companies to abide by the age-old advice: “If you don’t have something nice to say, don’t say anything at all.” Reuters disclosed on July 24 that Beijing is threatening to pull...

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Auditors Swept Up in SPAC Regulation

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Like other trendy investment vehicles that skyrocketed in popularity and then faced a sharp decline, special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) are seeing yet another indication that they are subject to the laws of financial gravity. New...

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Smaller Banks Start Feeling the Heat From the SEC

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First Republic Bank, Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank may have crashed months ago, but the fallout from their implosions continues to reverberate across the financial sector. Regulators are now examining potential links between the co...

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SEC Shows “Burying” Bad News Isn’t Just the Domain of Corporate Interests

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Recently, we broke down some of the public relations games that companies have been known to play when they have bad news to report. For example, they might issue a press release on benign developments the same day they disclose damaging in...

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