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Public Company Advisory: Q4 2023 SEC Snapshots

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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

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More Hot Topics for 2024 Reporting Season

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As companies prepare for the upcoming proxy and annual report season, the following supplements the list of key items to consider contained in our October 2, 2023 post...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

Governance and Disclosure Considerations from the SEC’s Climate Change Comment Letters

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The SEC’s Division of Corporation Finance has issued a sample comment letter, and sent actual comment letters to a series of public companies, asking for additional Form 10-K disclosure on topics addressed in the SEC’s 2010...more

Opportune LLP

Q&A: Effective Ways Of Getting Your ESG Message Out

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Managing Director Amy Stutzman and Director Reid Brooks discuss what it takes for energy companies to craft an effective ESG message and strategy that resonates with investors, stakeholders, and the public....more

Mayer Brown Free Writings + Perspectives

High Quality Financial Reporting in an Unusual Year

The Association of International Certified Professional Accountants (AICPA) hosted the 2020 AICPA Conference on Current SEC and PCAOB Developments this past week at which a number of SEC accountants participated, either...more

White & Case LLP

SEC Adopts Amendments to Auditor Independence Requirements

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On October 16, 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") adopted amendments to certain auditor independence requirements in Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X. The amendments modernize the rules and "more effectively...more

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Practical Tips to Prepare for Upcoming Quarterly Disclosures

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As companies close their books on the second quarter and prepare their second quarter disclosures, it is important to assess the continuing impact of COVID-19 on businesses, employees and financial results and provide...more

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SEC Emphasizes Continued Importance of Financial Disclosures in Light of COVID-19

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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s Office of the Chief Accountant (OCA) and Division of Corporation Finance (Division) have separately issued statements emphasizing the continued importance of high-quality...more

Mayer Brown Free Writings + Perspectives

SEC Chief Accountant Addresses COVID-19

In recent remarks, the Chief Accountant noted that the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Office of the Chief Accountant (OCA) and other divisions within the SEC are monitoring the issues raised by COVID-19....more

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SEC Proposes Changes to MD&A Disclosure

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The recent proposal by the SEC would eliminate overlapping or unnecessary disclosures and promote a principles-based approach to MD&A.  Background - On January 30, 2020, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (the...more

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New SEC Chief Accountant Shares Updates on Recent and Ongoing Priorities at Annual AICPA Conference

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Among the insights shared at last week’s 2019 AICPA Conference on SEC and PCAOB Developments, held December 9–11, Sagar Teotia, recently appointed Chief Accountant of the Securities and Exchange Commission, delivered a...more

Vedder Price

CECL Implementation Delayed for Qualifying Entities

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On October 16, 2019, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) extended the implementation deadline for the current expected credit loss standard (“CECL”) for qualifying entities. The new implementation deadlines are...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

Regulatory guidance on the transition away from LIBOR

Earlier this month, staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) published guidance that encourages market participants to move away from LIBOR (the Staff Statement). The interest benchmark rate is expected to...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

SEC Staff Encourages Proactive Approach to Libor Transition Issues

On July 12, 2019, the staff of the Division of Corporation Finance, Division of Investment Management, Division of Trading and Markets, and Office of the Chief Accountant (Staff) of the Securities and Exchange Commission...more

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Regulators Address the 2019 Baruch College Financial Reporting Conference

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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

Womble Bond Dickinson

SEC Adopts Final Rules to Update and Simplify Disclosure Requirements

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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has adopted final rules to eliminate redundant, duplicative, overlapping, outdated, or superseded disclosure requirements. These rules, adopted more than two years after the...more

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Another Early Adopter Receives SEC Revenue Recognition Comments

Cboe Global Markets, Inc. (f/k/a CBOE Holdings, Inc.) recently received comments on its Form 10-Q related to FASB’s new revenue recognition standard. ...more

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

Accounting Standard Transition Disclosures under Scrutiny by the SEC

Several significant new accounting standards have refocused the SEC staff’s attention on public company “transition disclosures.” In remarks earlier this year, Wesley R. Bricker, then Deputy Chief Accountant of the SEC,...more

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