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SEC Getting Serious About Related Party Transaction Disclosures

Shoes hanging from a wire

When Martha Stewart teamed up with Skechers to launch her own line of branded footwear last year, the partnership seemed to fit like your favorite pair of slip-on sneakers. “Martha’s style is all about blending form and function,” noted an...

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Growth of SPACs Prompts Concerns Over Audit Quality

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Special purpose acquisition companies – more commonly known as SPACs – have seemingly disappeared from the investing scene in recent years. And when they do make the news, it’s usually news of the wrong kind. After a tidal wave of SPACs was...

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Recent Court Decisions Add to Uncertainty for Businesses

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A constitutional ruling by an Alabama judicial body has the rest of the country wondering about its potentially widespread implications. Sound familiar? We’re not talking about the Alabama Supreme Court ruling that embryos created through I...

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Climate Disclosure Convergence Creeps Along

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Though the world may be coming together on unified climate disclosure standards for corporations, sparring over the Securities and Exchange Commission’s new reporting rules demonstrates that it’s happening at a glacially slow pace. After an...

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Three Lessons from Early Disclosures of Cybersecurity Incidents

Global cyberattacks

Many health care providers have gone through a rough stretch in recent weeks following a cyberattack on a unit of UnitedHealth Group. According to the New York Times, “hundreds, if not thousands,” of care providers couldn’t get insurance ap...

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