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Making the Connection - What Do Recent SEC Enforcement Actions Mean for Cyber Controls?

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On July 18, 2024, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York dismissed most of the claims brought by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) against SolarWinds Corp. and its Chief...more

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FHA Changes its Defect Taxonomy for Originators and Services

Over the past month, the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) has enacted and proposed several changes to its Defect Taxonomy. The Defect Taxonomy is contained in Appendix 8 to FHA Handbook 4000.1. The Defect Taxonomy was...more

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Segments, Taxes, SAB 74 and More

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The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) was quite active at the end of 2023 and published two notable Accounting Standards Updates (ASUs) that are expected to meaningfully affect public company disclosures regarding...more

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FASB issues final ASU requiring enhanced disclosure of segment expenses

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The FASB has announced a final Accounting Standards Update designed to improve disclosures about public companies’ reportable segments, particularly disclosures about significant segment expenses—information that the FASB...more

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FASB Adopts Changes to Accounting and Disclosure Standards for Digital Assets

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The new standard aims to improve accounting treatment of certain digital assets under GAAP and may pave the way for increased institutional adoption. On September 6, 2023, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB)...more

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FASB wants more disclosure about expenses

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FASB is moving ahead with new requirements for more information about public company expenses, approaching the issue from two perspectives: disaggregation of income statement expenses and segment reporting. More specifically,...more

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Proposed FAR Rule Creates Climate-Related Inventory and Disclosure Requirements for Federal Contractors

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On November 14, 2022, the Federal Acquisition Regulation ("FAR") Council issued a proposed rule that may require certain federal contractors to disclose their greenhouse gas ("GHG") emissions and associated financial risk....more

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FASB issues proposed ASU on segment reporting

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Last month, the FASB issued a proposed ASU on segment reporting. In its announcement, the FASB explained that investors find segment information to be critically important to understanding a company’s different business...more

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Changes to ASC 280 (Segment Reporting) Appear Likely

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Segment reporting - a frequent topic of SEC comments and the subject of long-running debate at the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) - continues to appear on the FASB’s Technical Agenda, with some likely changes on...more

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More financial information about human capital? FASB looks to require disaggregation of expenses on the income statement

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In June, the Working Group on Human Capital Accounting Disclosure, a group of ten academics that includes former SEC Commissioners Joe Grundfest and Robert Jackson, Jr. and former SEC general counsel, John Coates, submitted a...more

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China to Introduce Its First ESG Disclosure Standard

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The move follows a number of similar standards that regulators and governments across the globe have proposed. With effect from 1 June 2022, the Guidance for Enterprise ESG Disclosure (the Guidance), published by...more

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SEC Staff Issues Digital Asset Accounting Guidance

On March 31, 2022, the Division of Corporation Finance and the Office of the Chief Accountant (Staff) of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) published Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 121 (SAB 121), which provides...more

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FASB Rule Proposal regarding Disclosure Requirements for Trade Payables Programs

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As we discussed in a previous post, last October the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) added the development of guidance on disclosure requirements with respect to trade payables programs to their agenda.  At the...more

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Blog: SEC to scrutinize company accounting for impact of climate

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In February, then-Acting SEC Chair Allison Lee directed the staff of Corp Fin, in connection with the disclosure review process, to “enhance its focus on climate-related disclosure in public company filings,” starting with...more

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Blog: FASB to look at requiring disclosure of supply chain financing

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For over a year, the SEC, credit rating agencies, investors, the Big Four accounting firms and other interested parties have been sounding the alarm about a popular financing technique called “supply chain financing”—not that...more

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SEC Simplifies Accounting Disclosures for "Significant" M&A Transactions

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The SEC has adopted amendments to the financial disclosure requirements in Regulation S-X for acquisitions and dispositions of businesses. When a registrant acquires a significant business, other than a real estate operation,...more

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How the SEC’s Amendments to Financial Disclosures for Acquisitions Affect High-Yield Bond Offerings

On May 21, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted amendments to its rules governing financial disclosures relating to acquisitions and dispositions of businesses. ...more

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SEC Simplifies Accounting Disclosures for “Significant” M&A Transactions

The SEC has adopted amendments to the financial disclosure requirements in Regulation S-X for acquisitions and dispositions of businesses. When a registrant acquires a significant business, other than a real estate operation,...more

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SEC Staff Comments on Boeing’s 737 MAX Contingency Disclosure

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Given the high profile nature of Boeing’s ongoing saga with the grounding of its 737 MAX aircraft, perhaps it should come as no surprise that the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) Staff was particularly focused on the...more

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SEC-Mylan Settlement: The SEC Filed Suit Regarding Investigation Disclosure

On Sept. 27, 2019, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced that Mylan N.V., a global pharma company that manufactures and sells EpiPen, which is used to treat serious allergic reactions, agreed to pay $30...more

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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

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Beany & CECL – Episode 2

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Just a few short months ago we took on the breathtakingly ill-conceived Current Expected Credit Loss (CECL) standard that the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) proposed to implement starting in 2020. CECL will...more

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Hong Kong Regulatory Update - July 2019

This edition provides an overview of key regulatory developments in the past three months relevant to companies listed, or planning to list, on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (HKEx), and their advisers. In...more

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Beany & CECL

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Beany & Cecil was a cartoon. The Current Expected Credit Loss accounting rules, better known as CECL, which the FASB is insisting will go into effect at the beginning of next year for publicly traded banks and lenders and a...more

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Hong Kong Regulatory Update - April 2019

This Hong Kong regulatory update provides an overview of key regulatory developments in the past three months relevant to companies listed (or planning to list) on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (HKEx) and their...more

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