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Month: May 2025

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Companies Shrug at Tariffs in Latest Quarterly Reports

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Earlier this month, we told you about some of the perplexed responses in companies’ disclosures regarding the federal government’s tariff policy. Weeks later, issuers continue to express their befuddlement over the impact of U.S. trade poli...

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SEC’s AI Stance Holds Steady Under New Leadership

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Despite headlines about President Trump rescinding the Biden administration’s executive order on artificial intelligence, the SEC’s stance on AI-related disclosures hasn’t shifted much. If anything, its focus has sharpened. The Biden-era Ex...

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By Extending Compliance Deadlines, is the SEC ‘Deregulating by Delay?’

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Recently, the Securities and Exchange Commission delayed the compliance date for a handful of regulations. It’s happened often enough lately that it could appear to some that the agency is engaging in “deregulation by delay.” For example, t...

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Disclosures Reveal Companies’ Early Reactions to U.S. Tariff Policy

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The financial markets have had about a month to digest the impact of the federal government’s new tariffs on the outlook for the global economy. Meanwhile, individual companies have been sorting out what the new tariffs on goods imported fr...

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