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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
In this issue of our monthly Securities Enforcement Roundup, we highlight top securities enforcement developments from June 2025. In June 2025: Overall, we continue to see the SEC and other regulators focus on interactions...more
Last month, I blogged that the PCAOB may be absorbed by the SEC under the budget reconciliation bill that is making its way towards the finish line. In that blog, I indicated that the only thing that might stop the merger of...more
Welcome to the Daily Compliance News. Each day, Tom Fox, the Voice of Compliance, brings you compliance-related stories to start your day. Sit back, enjoy a cup of morning coffee, and listen in to the Daily Compliance News....more
The Supreme Court is currently deciding whether to hear a case that could have significant implications for auditors, law firms, and other professional services companies that assist public companies. Amicus briefs filed on...more
Recently, the PCAOB released its annual recap of its conversations with audit committee chairs. This past year, the PCAOB staff interviewed 272 audit committee chairs to come up with its findings, 78% of whom chaired a...more
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
Welcome to this Edition of Everything Compliance, Shout Outs and Rants. In this episode, we have the quintet of Matt Kelly, Jonathan Armstrong, Karen Woody, Tom Fox and Karen Moore. 1. Karen Moore rants at the Department of...more
The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) continued to expand its enforcement in the final year of the Biden administration, reaching the highest level of enforcement actions since 2017, according to a new report...more
January 2, 2025- Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Gary Gensler issued a statement on new standards approved by the Commission for firms that wish to maintain their registration with the Public Company Accounting...more
SEC charges four companies with misleading cyber disclosures - Resulting from an investigation involving public companies potentially impacted by the compromise of SolarWinds’ Orion software and other related activity, the...more
The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) delayed the adoption of a final rule with respect to its June 2023 proposal (Proposal) to increase auditors’ responsibility to evaluate and disclose a public company’s...more
Welcome to the latest edition of Fenwick’s Securities Law Update....more
In a statement, the SEC has announced that Chair Gary Gensler will step down from his position at noon on January 20, 2025. That’s of course the time when the new president is sworn in, so it’s not exactly a surprise....more
The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) has delayed final action on its controversial June 2023 Noncompliance with Laws and Regulations (NOCLAR) standards proposal. The PCAOB website now indicates that the next...more
The PCAOB’s recent information release, SPOTLIGHT Auditor Responsibilities for Detecting, Evaluating, and Making Communications About Illegal Acts, is a critical guide for compliance professionals. The SPOTLIGHT sets out the...more
Regarding compliance, one area that requires heightened attention is the role of auditors in detecting, evaluating, and communicating illegal acts. Recently, the PCAOB issued a document entitled SPOTLIGHT Auditor...more
Of course, it’s not just the SEC that will feel the impact of a new administration. Even quasi-regulators like the PCAOB are impacted. Hence, the PCAOB’s recent decision to put its pending rulemaking that would broaden the...more
At the PLI Securities Regulation Institute last week, the accounting and auditing update panel provided some useful insights—especially for non-accountants. The panel covered the new requirements for segment reporting, the...more
The SPAC market is chugging along with several IPOs and multiple deals being announced and closed. Although it's great to see this kind of activity again, the SPAC market is never without its challenges....more
In the context of a global economic slowdown, heightened market volatility, geopolitical changes, and adjustments in monetary policy, the global initial public offering (IPO) market in Q3 2024 warrants a sense of cautious...more
This edition includes a financial reporting and auditing update for audit committees, highlights from the KPMG 2024 US CEO Outlook, view on the post-election geoeconomic forecast, CEO succession planning, and the latest in...more
Auditor independence has long been a foundational element of audit quality, and recent findings from the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) underscore the importance of auditor independence and the need to be...more
The members of Maynard Nexsen’s Public Company Advisory Practice counsel public companies and companies aiming to become public on the full range of matters shaping their governance and operation in the public markets. As a...more
The PCAOB has released a new Spotlight on auditor independence, which provides observations from PCAOB inspections regarding independence issues and identifies considerations for both auditors and audit committees. Auditor...more