Regulators Getting Bad Vibes From Goodwill
The balance sheets of public companies currently hold $5.5 trillion in assets lumped under the heading of goodwill. The term, which connotes feelings ...
SEC Proxy Guidance in Limbo
Score one for free speech?
If you’ve been following the back-and-forth, you’ll recall that influential shareholder adviser Institutional Shareh...
Airbnb Opens its Doors to Stakeholders
Poke around on the website and it becomes clear that Airbnb fancies itself a different kind of company. The room-sharing and travel service touts itse...
CEO Dismissals Reflect Diverging Approaches to Transparency
What does it mean for a CEO to exercise “conduct inconsistent with a non-financial company policy”? If your eyes glazed over at that euphemistic l...
Reg BI Headlines Four Securities Enforcement Priorities for 2020
It’s January, and around Washington, D.C., that means it’s time for government agencies to declare their priorities for the coming year. They’re...
SEC Qualifies First Offering by U.S. Pot Grower
From the release of Cheech & Chong’s Up in Smoke in 1978 to former House Speaker John Boehner joining the board of a cannabis company forty year...