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Month: September 2020

Silicon Valley

SEC Presses Pause on NYSE’s Direct Listing Plan

Silicon Valley

Plenty of wonderful fads come out of Silicon Valley. But lots of strange and even dangerous ones do too: soylent diets, dopamine fasting, doomsday prep and an overreliance on black turtlenecks. Which category do direct listings fall into? T...

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SEC Wants Quality, Not Quantity, in Risk Factor Disclosure

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Here’s all you really need to know about this blog post: In a new rule change, the SEC will require public companies to disclose only those risk factors that qualify as “material,” and also make the presentation of risk factors in disclosur...

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SEC Rule on Human Capital Disclosure Leaves Specifics to Issuers

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In a year dominated by conversation of furloughs, payroll protection and corporate diversity, it’s no shock that investors are hungry for information about issuers’ workforce. The SEC’s recent amendments to Regulation S-K have brought this...

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