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The House Financial Services Committee voted to include a provision in the 2025 budget reconciliation bill that would abolish the PCAOB. The proposal would reassign PCAOB functions to the SEC....more
The latest edition of Directors Quarterly features a summary of board and committee agenda priorities for 2025, financial reporting and auditing updates, post-election observations from around the world, and more. Read the...more
The SEC has adopted amendments to the accelerated filer and large accelerated filer definitions. The amendments exclude from the accelerated and large accelerated filer definitions an issuer that is eligible to be a smaller...more
On March 2, 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission voted to adopt amendments to the financial disclosure requirements for guarantors and issuers of guaranteed securities registered or being registered in Rule 3-10 of...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
On May 9, 2019, the SEC proposed amendments to the accelerated filer and large accelerated filer definitions under the Exchange Act....more
On May 3, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) proposed amendments to its rules governing financial disclosures relating to acquisitions and dispositions of businesses....more
As part of its ongoing review of the disclosure requirements under federal securities laws, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has proposed amendments relating to business acquisitions and dispositions by...more
The SEC has issued a comment release soliciting input on many questions related to quarterly reporting. The release covers a lot of possible scenarios, any or none of which may occur. The format, as with many releases of this...more
On December 18, 2018 the Commission published a Request for Comment on Earnings Releases and Quarterly Reports (the “Request”), which solicits public comment on both earnings releases and the frequency of periodic reporting....more
In mid-August, the SEC adopted amendments to its Rule 15c2-12 (the “Rule”), following 18 months of review of comments made to its original proposed amendments. The SEC action will be published in the Federal Register shortly....more
Even before the Trump tweet, discussions regarding interim reporting requirements for U.S. public companies had been ongoing for several years. ...more
As we previously blogged, a Trump tweet called on the Securities and Exchange Commission to undertake a study regarding the costs and benefits of quarterly versus semi-annual filings. ...more
On July 24, the Securities and Exchange Commission voted to propose rule amendments to simplify and streamline the financial disclosure requirements applicable to debt offerings for guarantors and issuers of guaranteed...more
The United States House of Representatives passed the bipartisan JOBS and Investor Confidence Act of 2018, which is often referred to as JOBS Act 3.0. ...more