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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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Companies Take Three Approaches to Tariff-Refund Disclosures

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The Supreme Court decision nixing tariffs imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) created an immediate question: who gets the money back? The Court stayed away from that thorny issue, and later rulings from the...

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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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Shareholder Activism Takes the Stage in Key Entertainment Deal

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The latest real-life drama dominating the Hollywood headlines has seen more plot twists than anything available on your favorite streaming service. The saga kicked off in December when Netflix announced an $82.7 billion deal to acquire Warn...

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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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