Corporate Governance, Internal Controls, Disclosure

Reporting to the C-suite: A Practical Guide for GRC Leaders

Mitratech Holdings, Inc on 7/11/2025

Risk and compliance leaders face increasing demands to elevate board conversations beyond compliance checkboxes. Boards expect clear insight into how risks affect strategic execution, financial performance, and enterprise...more

New York Federal Court Refuses to Extend Accounting Controls Requirements to Cybersecurity Controls

Steptoe & Johnson PLLC on 8/8/2024

Section 13(b)(2)(B) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 requires public companies to “devise and maintain a system of internal accounting controls.” In a recent opinion, a New York federal court rejected the Securities...more

Takeaways From the Dismissal of SEC Claims Against SolarWinds and Its CISO

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 8/8/2024

The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York has dismissed many of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC’s) claims against software development company SolarWinds and its chief information security...more

Don’t be afraid

Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics... on 4/26/2024

A recent issue of SCCE’s Corporate Compliance Weekly News contained a link to a startling report I was not previously familiar with. An investigation by the U.S. Coast Guard found numerous instances of sexual assault spanning...more

Delaware Chancery Court Orders Recission of Elon Musk Moonshot Grant in Important Case on Transactions with Potential Corporate...

Fenwick & West LLP on 2/9/2024

Background on Moonshot Award Practices - In the years leading up to the slowdown in the IPO markets in late 2021, it had become increasingly common for high-growth technology companies to grant large equity incentive...more

New standards require planning, policies, and procedures

Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics... on 11/6/2023

On July 31, the European Commission adopted the first set of rules under the European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS). The ESRS is an important follow-up to the adoption of the Corporate Sustainability Reporting...more

Glossary of Important Securities Regulation Terms and Definitions

Adler Pollock & Sheehan P.C. on 8/20/2015

This Glossary is designed to provide law students taking Securities Regulation with a tool that will assist them in learning the basic language of securities law and achieve a working knowledge of the fundamental principles...more

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