Auditor Independence Comes to Fore in 2019
One issue that has kept financial regulators sneakily busy in 2019 is auditor independence. Both the SEC and the Public Company Accounting Oversight B...
J&J Puts Off Fight Over Mandatory Arbitration. . . For Now
Like winter in Westeros, the fight over mandatory arbitration of shareholder disputes is coming. We don’t know when. We don’t know where. But than...
Big Law Alumni Take on New Roles with SEC
Within days of being sworn in as chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, Jay Clayton named a new director of the agency’s Division of Co...
Reporting Requirements Will Soften Under Clayton-Run SEC
Jay Clayton, President Trump’s pick as chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), has been called into question around myriad conflicts ...