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Back to the Ledger: The SEC Stands Up a Dedicated Accounting Fraud Unit

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The SEC has created dedicated accounting-fraud teams before. It did so in 2013 with a Financial Reporting and Audit Task Force, and again this past spring with a “SOX group” that arrived with little more fanfare than a pair of job listings....

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SEC Outlines the ABCs of Climate Change Disclosure

SEC Outlines the ABCs of Climate Change Disclosure

SEC Outlines the ABCs of Climate Change Disclosure

As the Securities and Exchange Commission edges closer to requiring corporations to disclose information related to climate change, the agency has provided companies with a sample letter to give them a better idea of what their future inter...

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Huge Hack Highlights Disclosure Dilemma for Public Companies

Huge Hack Highlights Disclosure Dilemma

Huge Hack Highlights Disclosure Dilemma for Public Companies

For government agencies and private companies, the enormous hack making news this month revealed a fundamental flaw in their cyber defenses. It may have also revealed a fundamental flaw in the disclosure requirements for cyberattacks. The h...

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Rocket launch in Black and White Funded in Part by Public Companies

Intelligize Launches Company Insights

Rocket launch in Black and White Funded in Part by Public Companies

Readers of this blog know we use this space to talk substance, not promote our product. But occasionally our developers cook up something that is just too valuable to stay quiet about. Such is the case with Company Insights. This new Intell...

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The Alarm Clock is Ticking on Public companies

Corporate Boards Get Wake-Up Call on Climate Change

The Alarm Clock is Ticking on Public companies

The National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD) just issued a report stating that only 13% of public company directors place climate change among their top-five risks for 2020. If you’re looking out the window in California, you migh...

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