The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced in recent weeks multiple efforts to highlight climate change in corporate disclosures and to increase scrutiny and, potentially, enforcement focus on company disclosure...more
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The Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis sent letters to the White House and the Department of Health and Human Services summarizing initial results of the panel’s investigation into the previous administration’s...more
Congress has been focused this past week on the aftermath of the January 6 attack on the Capitol, and the 232-197 vote to impeach President Trump for a second time, on a charge of “incitement of insurrection.” Meanwhile,...more
On December 16, 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) voted to approve a Final Rule requiring companies to annually disclose information about payments they made to the U.S. government or any foreign government...more
The Congressional Oversight Commission will hold a hearing today to examine the funds authorized by the CARES Act that provide up to $17 billion for loans and loan guarantees to businesses critical to maintaining national...more
The Congressional Oversight Commission released its fifth report, which focuses on the Federal Reserve’s Municipal Liquidity Facility (MLF). The MLF was established to help state and local governments better manage cash flow...more
The chairs of the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis, Financial Services Committee, and Oversight and Reform Committee sent letters to the outside directors of Eastman Kodak seeking documents tied to the...more