What’s in Your Operating Agreement? Legal Tips for Healthcare Providers
Nonprofit Quick Tips: State Filings in Alabama and Arkansas
Avoiding a Bored Board
Compliance Tip of the Day: Rethinking Corporate AI Governance Through Design Intelligence
Daily Compliance News: July 21, 2025, The More Reasons Not to Go to China Edition
10 For 10: Top Compliance Stories For the Week Ending July 19, 2025
Compliance Tip of the Day: COSO Governance Framework - Part 5, People
Compliance Tip of the Day: COSO Governance Framework: Part 4, Culture
Daily Compliance News: July 17, 2025, The COSO Yanked Edition
Compliance Tip of the Day: COSO Governance Framework: Part 2, Oversight
Compliance Tip of the Day: COSO Governance Framework: Part 1, Introduction
Daily Compliance News: July 14, 2025, The Secret Business Sauce-Reading Edition
Episode 377 -- Refocusing Due Diligence on Cartels and TCOs
10 For 10: Top Compliance Stories For the Week Ending, July 12, 2025
Daily Compliance News: July 11, 2025, The What is a COI Edition
Treating Compliance Like an Asset
Five Tips for a New Public Company Director
Compliance Tip of the Day: Assessing Internal Controls
Compliance Tip of the Day: COSO Objective 5 – Monitoring Activities
Compliance Tip of the Day: COSO Objective 4 - Control Information and Communication
Despite the future of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board coming under threat, the PCAOB continues to release guidance, implement rules, conduct inspections and pursue enforcement actions....more
Global events over the past quarter have had and continue to have a variety of disparate impacts on public companies. Below are some selected disclosure reminders to keep in mind for the upcoming quarterly reporting season,...more
Drawing on insights from our interactions with audit committees and business leaders, the KPMG Board Leadership Center highlights nine issues for the audit committee to consider for the year ahead....more
Welcome to the latest edition of Fenwick’s Securities Law Update....more
The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) has had one of its busiest years in recent memory, including with respect to standard setting, inspections and enforcement. Below is a summary of notable developments that...more
Over the past few years, the SEC has renewed its focus on public company failures to disclose perquisites and related person transactions. As discussed under “Deeper Dive” below, most of the cases involve companies that...more
The PCAOB recently published its “Spotlight: 2021 Conversations with Audit Committee Chairs” which presents high-level observations and key takeaways from conversations between the PCAOB and 240 audit committee chairs at U.S....more
On August 26, 2021, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) approved an amendment to Rule 314 of the NYSE Listed Company Manual in connection with the review and approval of related party transactions. As we...more
Reverses Position on $120,000 Threshold - On August 19, 2021, the New York Stock Exchange further revised its definition of a “related party transaction” to include the $120,000 quantitative threshold under Item 404 of...more
On August 19, 2021, the New York Stock Exchange amended its rules that require approval of related party transactions for NYSE-listed companies. This amendment, which is effective immediately, modifies an earlier amendment to...more
The PCAOB has released a publication captioned “Audit Committee Resource: 2021 Inspections Outlook.” The purpose of the three-page publication is to assist audit committees in engaging in informed dialogue with their...more
With 2021 now upon us, companies, auditors and audit committees are gearing up for another annual reporting season, coming off of one of the more turbulent years in recent history, which included a significant number of...more
Last week, the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board shared additional insights regarding its latest conversations with audit committee chairs – Conversations with Audit Committee Chairs: COVID-19 and the Audit (the...more
During the past year, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted a number of amendments to its rules and regulations and issued additional guidance that will impact the Form 10-Ks and proxy statements that public...more
Given evolving Delaware law, understanding the difference between “risk oversight” and “risk management” is an increasingly important board task. In the Marchand and Clovis decisions, the Delaware courts sent an important...more
During the last two weeks of 2019, the US Securities and Exchange Commission offered guidance and reminders relating to the role of audit committees, international intellectual property and technology risks, and confidential...more
The Securities and Exchange Commission recently released a Statement highlighting eight areas that audit committees should focus on this reporting season. Penned by SEC Chairman Jay Clayton, Division of Corporation Finance...more
On December 30, 2019, the Chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission, the SEC’s Chief Accountant, and the Director of the SEC’s Division of Corporation Finance issued a joint statement regarding the role of audit...more
In support of its commitment to increased transparency, the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board recently released Conversations with Audit Committee Chairs: What We Heard & FAQs (the “Summary”), a summary of...more
Earlier this month, the Center for Audit Quality (CAQ) and Audit Analytics released their sixth-annual Audit Committee Transparency Barometer report. Similar to prior years, the groups acknowledge “progress on the...more
Recently, Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) and Glass Lewis released revisions to their respective proxy voting guidelines for 2020. The ISS and Glass Lewis updates applicable to U.S. companies are discussed separately...more
Earlier this month, the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board released additional resources regarding its new Critical Audit Matters (CAMs) disclosure requirement, with the latest resources targeted to audit committees...more
Always a fertile source of regulatory perspective, this year’s Baruch College Financial Reporting Conference featured a future-oriented theme in remarks by Chief Accountant of the Securities and Exchange Commission Wesley...more
A company listed on a stock exchange market is subject to various specific requirements which go beyond information obligations. Compliance with such stock exchange matters is a complex and demanding task, entailing a series...more
As part of its transparency and outreach initiative to its stakeholders, the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (“PCAOB” or “Board”) continues to issue staff briefs to better inform the public about how the Board is...more