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Category: Rules & Regs

Boxes in various sizes for supply chain financing.

FASB Endorses New Disclosures for Supply-Chain Financing

Boxes in various sizes for supply chain financing.

Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, companies and their vendors have needed creative solutions to keep supply chains moving. One solution that has become increasingly popular involves third-party financing for companies’ purch...

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Organized shareholder proposals and paper files.

2022 Proxy Season in Review: More Shareholder Proposals, Less Support

Organized shareholder proposals and paper files.

Legendary UCLA basketball coach John Wooden had a famous saying that summed up his approach to management: “Don’t mistake activity for achievement.” Doing something doesn’t necessarily mean anything was accomplished, in other words. Followi...

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Coinbase Case Raises Questions About SEC’s Crypto Authority

The Securities and Exchange Commission is continuing to break new ground in the regulation of the cryptocurrency market. Whether the agency should be doing so may depend on who you ask. Last week, the SEC announced insider trading charges a...

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Spiral iron gate railings meeting SOX compliance.

SEC Indicates New Concerns Over Auditor Independence

Spiral iron gate railings meeting SOX compliance.

Who’s watching the watchers? It’s a question that has preoccupied conspiracy theorists and flummoxed polities for centuries. It seems to come up regularly in the world of corporate governance, too, when assessing Wall Street gatekeepers who...

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Storm Clouds Brewing in the Supreme Court

Major Questions Loom Over SEC’s Climate-Disclosure Rules

Storm Clouds Brewing in the Supreme Court

The Supreme Court’s emboldened majority has used a controversial doctrine favored by conservatives to great effect lately. First, justices relied on it in striking down the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s pandemic-related evict...

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