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Supreme Court Decision Raises Big Questions About SEC’s Authority

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Have you heard about the big Supreme Court decision that came down a couple weeks ago? No, not the one about Presidential immunity. We’re talking about the one with the power to upend the regulatory system and the balance of power between t...

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SEC Breaks New Ground with Cybersecurity Enforcement Case

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R.R. Donnelly & Sons Co. doesn’t seem like the type of company that’s likely to make waves. Once the world’s largest commercial printer, Chicago-based RRD boasts that it has “the industry’s most trusted portfolio of marketing, packaging...

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A Flurry of Audit Activity at PCAOB, FASB

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There is no indication of the typical “summer slowdown” at the Public Company Accounting and Oversight Board or the Financial Accounting Standards Board. In fact, the PCAOB and FASB have been quite active in June, approving a slew of rule c...

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New Rules Have SPACs Down, But Not Dead

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Soon after the Securities and Exchange Commission announced the final version of new rules to protect investors in special purpose acquisition companies, industry analysts and news outlets all but declared the so-called “blank-check” compan...

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SEC Chimes in on Early Cybersecurity Disclosures

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Earlier this year, we offered readers three lessons from the initial wave of disclosures made under new cybersecurity rules issued by the Securities and Exchange Commission in 2023. For example, we saw companies attempting to frame what cou...

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