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Month: January 2023

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SEC Gears Up for New Cybersecurity Regulations

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Earlier this month, we touched on the highlights of the latest SEC regulatory agenda. SEC Chair Gary Gensler touted the document as a reflection of the agency’s drive to “modernize… in light of ever-changing technologies and business models...

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Fast-Food Fiasco: Indiscretions of McDonald’s CEO Trigger SEC Action

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If you polled consumers today about which fast food chain deserves to be charged with a crime, Burger King might win in a landslide. Its “You Rule” television commercials, which seem to air incessantly during popular programming blocks, fea...

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ESG Politics Diverge on Federal, State Levels

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In a classic episode of the sitcom “Parks and Recreation,” city council member Jeremy Jamm uses bureaucratic subterfuge to threaten heroine Leslie Knope’s hopes for a new park in the town of Pawnee, Indiana. Angling to secure the project si...

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SEC Readies Changes to 10b5-1 Plans

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Regardless of whether you agree with Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Gary Gensler’s views on policy, you can’t argue against his ability to get things done. Since he took over at the agency, the SEC has acted on hot-button issues l...

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PCAOB Sees Audit Quality Slipping

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The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board has a message for auditors: Shape up. According to the PCAOB’s latest report on audit inspections, firms are producing audits with deficiencies at an increasing rate. The board is projecting tha...

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