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Latham & Watkins LLP

Recent Developments for UK PLCs - June Edition

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This edition covers proposed major reforms to the listing and prospectus regimes, corporate governance reforms largely relating to audit and internal controls, and proposed changes to the Takeover Code affecting the...more

Mayer Brown Free Writings + Perspectives

President Trump Signs the HFCAA into Law Prompting SEC to Change Course

On December 18, 2020, President Trump signed the Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act (HFCAA) into law. Later that day, US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman Jay Clayton published a statement providing an...more

Mayer Brown Free Writings + Perspectives

Legal Update: Ring in the New Year with SEC Year-End Guidance

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

NAVEX

What to Know About Three Major Changes in the Finance Function

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So there I was, attending a conference of our friends in the corporate audit and finance functions. I attended a session on the new accounting standard for operating leases, which goes into effect in December....more

Ballard Spahr LLP

OIG finds incomplete CFPB response to unaccounted-for-laptops

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The CFPB’s Office of Inspector General has issued a report indicating that, in performing an audit of the CFPB’s encryption of data on mobile devices issued to staff members, the OIG found the CFPB had not yet completed all...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

The Origins of the FCPA: Lessons For Effective Compliance and Enforcement - Part Five

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The Congressional debates - The revelations from the Watergate hearings and the Commission’s investigations and enforcement actions sparked two years of Congressional hearings. Those revelations also spawned a...more

Morgan Lewis

PCAOB’s Standard-Setting Agenda: No New Adoptions of Substantive Audit Standards

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The PCAOB’s Chief Auditor issued a new standard-setting agenda on September 30 (the Updated Agenda), which notes the following future requests for comments, but no substantive adoptions, between October 2014 and March 2015....more

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PCAOB Urges Audit Committee Scrutiny of Revenue Recognition

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The PCAOB recently issued Staff Audit Practice Alert No. 12, which outlines significant audit deficiencies relating to revenue that PCAOB inspections have identified. ...more

Dechert LLP

SEC Adopts New Financial Responsibility and Reporting Requirements for U.S.-Registered Broker-Dealers

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The Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC” or “Commission”) recently approved amendments to its net capital, customer protection, books and records, notification and reporting requirements for broker-dealers, in an effort...more

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