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Category: SEC

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When “We’ll Lock It Up” Stops Working

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The AI industry spent years assuring everyone that its most valuable assets were safely behind walls. Last month, two incidents in five days challenged that assumption. A supply chain attack on Mercor, a $10 billion AI recruiting startup, g...

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

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The Securities and Exchange Commission has spent the better part of a year scaling back its enforcement function. There are fewer cases, lower penalties, reduced staffing, and a revised enforcement manual. So when a new enforcement unit mat...

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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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Five Takeaways from the SEC’s Revised Enforcement Manual

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The SEC doesn’t update its Enforcement Manual very often. So, when it does, people notice––securities lawyers in particular. That has certainly been the case with the agency’s just-released update, its first since 2017. Even so, it’s worth...

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Regulators and Companies Lining Up Against DEI, ESG Programs

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It wasn’t long ago that “DEI” and “ESG” were standard acronyms in the corporate lexicon. Major institutional investors prodded companies to commit to sustainability initiatives. Brand names amplified messages to the public about their dedic...

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