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Observers Say ESG Disclosure Principles Need Refreshing

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Influential management consultant Peter Drucker famously said that if you can’t measure something, you can’t manage it. In other words, you can never tell how something is performing if you lack a way to quantify its performance. That’s all...

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Nasdaq, NYSE Propose Aligning Deadlines for SPAC Mergers, Delistings

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The quest for uniformity between the major U.S. stock exchanges when it comes to mergers of special purpose acquisition companies took an interesting turn this week. First, a primer on recent events for the uninitiated. SPACs are shell comp...

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Supreme Court Decision Raises Big Questions About SEC’s Authority

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Have you heard about the big Supreme Court decision that came down a couple weeks ago? No, not the one about Presidential immunity. We’re talking about the one with the power to upend the regulatory system and the balance of power between t...

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SEC Breaks New Ground with Cybersecurity Enforcement Case

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R.R. Donnelly & Sons Co. doesn’t seem like the type of company that’s likely to make waves. Once the world’s largest commercial printer, Chicago-based RRD boasts that it has “the industry’s most trusted portfolio of marketing, packaging...

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A Flurry of Audit Activity at PCAOB, FASB

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There is no indication of the typical “summer slowdown” at the Public Company Accounting and Oversight Board or the Financial Accounting Standards Board. In fact, the PCAOB and FASB have been quite active in June, approving a slew of rule c...

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