After a boom-and-bust cycle in the early 2020s, Special Purpose Acquisition Companies are cautiously re-entering the IPO landscape. These blank-check firms, which raise money to acquire private ...
The SEC’s Division of Enforcement has increasingly put the spotlight on disclosure controls— the processes that public companies use to collect information for disclosures in their public filings. The ...
On June 15, 2021, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced settled charges against real estate settlement services company First American Financial Corporation for disclosure controls ...
As most companies know by now, “disclosure controls and procedures” involve gathering, analyzing and ultimately communicating information that must be disclosed in Exchange Act reports. The SEC has ...
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that Activision Blizzard Inc., a video game development and publishing company, agreed to pay $35 million to settle charges that it failed to ...
September 03, 2024 - Political spending by corporations has been a hot-button issue for decades, with scrutiny often intensifying in the aftermath of significant socio-political events. For example, ...
To assist investors in understanding evolving risks, the Securities and Exchange Commission has shown a steadily increasing focus on cybersecurity disclosures in recent years, and that trend is almost ...
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