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Category: Rules & Regs

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The SEC’s New SOX Squad: Five Takeaways for Auditors and Public Companies

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In a shrinking enforcement area, the SOX group is growing.The SEC initiated only 10 accounting and auditing actions in 2025, the lowest number in nine years. The monetary figures are even more striking than those case counts. The SEC collec...

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How Will Public Companies Respond to Semi-Annual Reporting?

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Under Chairman Paul Atkins’ SEC, deregulation is starting to feel like the dessert menu offered after a satisfying meal. Public companies must be tempted by the offerings; at the same time, they may be thinking to themselves: “I couldn’t po...

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Crypto ETFs Go Mainstream

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What does the “E” in “ETF” actually stand for? Financial professionals and armchair investors likely know the answer. However, on a recent episode of the popular quiz show Jeopardy!, none of the contestants could give the proper response. P...

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SEC Committee Push for AI Disclosures Sparks Regulatory Deja Vu

Federal regulators are once again confronting a familiar question: who should regulate transformative technology when it affects the capital markets? We most recently saw it unfold with crypto. Now it’s AI’s turn. Last week, the SEC’s Inves...

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SEC Steps Back on Shareholder Proposals

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For decades, companies have relied on Rule 14a-8 as a stabilizing force in an otherwise unpredictable part of the proxy season, allowing companies to seek informal guidance on excluding shareholder proposals. The Securities and Exchange Com...

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