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Author: Marc Butler

Intense scrutiny grips the scene

Amazon’s Virtual Meeting a Not-So-Prime Opportunity for Shareholders?

Intense scrutiny grips the scene

Amazon has only strengthened its grip on the retail market as much of the country shelters in place. While it becomes ever more central to the shopping landscape however, Amazon is also facing increased scrutiny over how it treats its workf...

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Under Armour's lease accounting issues during pandemic.

Pandemic Raises Key Lease Accounting Issues

Under Armour's lease accounting issues during pandemic.

The changes to lease accounting that took effect in 2019 for large public companies culminated a protracted process that dramatically altered their financial reporting. Just a year later, the coronavirus is putting the new accounting standa...

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Lens of Focus: Unveiling the Unseen of subsequent events

Coronavirus Disclosures, Compliance Starting to Come into Focus

Lens of Focus: Unveiling the Unseen of subsequent events

Even before U.S. health officials sounded the alarm about the coronavirus, financial markets were sufficiently spooked by the outbreak this week to prompt a sell-off. As stock prices tumbled and investors wrestled with the prospect of an ec...

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Tackling Football Players

SEC Tackles Cybersecurity for Financial Services Sector

Tackling Football Players

You’ve probably heard the news: cybersecurity is a big deal these days. And when it comes to protecting sensitive consumer information from cyberattacks, arguably no industry faces a bigger burden of responsibility than financial services....

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SEC Qualifies First Offering by U.S. Pot Grower

Whisp of smoke with black background

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 years later, it’s been a long strange trip to legitimacy for the marijuana market. That chronic...

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