SEC Releases Proposed Climate Risk Disclosures- The long wait is over. The SEC on March 21 proposed a new set of rules that would standardize…

Private Funds May Face New Rules: The $18 trillion private equity market may soon face new requirements relating to how funds are audited, how books…

Discriminate-or-explain rule- 17 States Join in Challenge to Nasdaq Board Diversity Rule - Seventeen attorneys general have joined an earlier lawsuit challenging the SEC’s approval…

New Guidance for “Spring-loaded” Stock Awards - Companies that issue stock compensation to executives right before a material event that has the potential to increase…

New SEC Rule Could De-list Chinese Companies In what is expected to be a tense showdown with the Chinese government, the SEC has just approved…

Missing a “4” May Trigger SEC Attention- Public companies whose quarterly reports show a distinct absence of the number “4” in their financial statements may…

Stock Buybacks Target of Proposed Excise Tax US Senators Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and Ron Wyden (D-OR) have proposed the Stock Buyback Accountability Act which, if…

Moody’s All-in on Nasdaq Board Diversity Mandate- Moody’s Investor Service has issued a report saying that a just-approved Nasdaq rule, requiring its listed companies to…

SEC Moves Forward on Proposed Rules Agenda- In June the SEC disclosed a list of 49 proposed rule changes that were on the Commission’s agenda…