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In this 2023 article in Fortune, a survey of 2,800 managers and executives conducted by management consulting firm Aon showed that business leaders “weren’t very concerned about AI….Not only is AI not the top risk that they...more
Multinational employers should be aware of key changes that just took effect and will impact your operations in China. Late last year, lawmakers in China revised and passed the Company Law of the People's Republic of China,...more
One of the stated goals of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) is to preserve external audit quality. To further this priority, the PCAOB regularly invites public company audit committee chairs to have...more
The Center for Audit Quality has released its 2024 “Audit Committee Practices Report: Common Threads Across Audit Committees.” The report highlights the top five audit committee priorities identified by committee members in...more
Get focused insights on compliance management for nonprofits - From fraud and conflict of interest to tax exemption, fundraising, and data security, nonprofit organizations are faced with significant compliance issues,...more
In this brand new report, The Conference Board looked at several of the less glitzy areas of board governance to identify some evolving best practices for attaining board excellence, such as board continuing education. From...more
The PCAOB has posted a 2023 audit committee resource that identifies a number of questions that audit committees may want “to consider amongst themselves or in discussions with their independent auditors, particularly given...more
The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) has had one of its busiest years in recent memory, including with respect to standard setting, inspections and enforcement. Below is a summary of notable developments that...more
In Short - The Situation: On June 26, 2023, the National Financial Reporting Authority of India ("NFRA") issued a circular reminding statutory auditors in India of their obligation under Indian law to report to the Indian...more
In New England Carpenters Guaranteed Annuity and Pension Funds v. DeCarlo (Aug. 2023), the Second Circuit held, among other things, that CEO/CFO certifications mandated by SOX Section 302 constitute non-actionable statements...more
The Ministerial Committee for Legislation has recently re-approved the draft amendment to the Israeli Companies Law. The aim of this amendment is to improve the corporate governance rules applicable to companies with no...more
The PCAOB recently released a new Audit Committee Resource, which sets forth an updated set of questions that audit committee members may want to consider incorporating into their ongoing engagement with auditors....more
Over the past few years, the SEC has renewed its focus on public company failures to disclose perquisites and related person transactions. As discussed under “Deeper Dive” below, most of the cases involve companies that...more
Discover today's best practices for your role in healthcare compliance oversight - The Office of Inspector General of Health and Human Services expects healthcare board members, board audit/compliance committee members,...more
In May, SEC Chief Accountant Paul Munter, quoted here, cautioned his conference audience about the potential for audit committee overload. “More demands are being put on audit committees, sometimes on topics outside their...more
On June 22, 2023, the SEC’s Investor Advisory Committee hosted a panel discussion regarding audit committee workload and transparency. The panel was led by James Andrus, with presentations of new research by Lauren...more
In this article, accounting firm Deloitte observes that boards and managements often experience “denial” when the topic of fraud risk arises—no one wants to feel that the trust they place in their own employees is actually...more
On December 13, 2022, the staff of the Division of Corporation Finance (the “staff”) of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) published seven new or revised Compliance and Disclosure Interpretations (“C&DIs”)...more
Continuing his recent efforts at clarifying the views of the Office of the Chief Accountant (“OCA”) on various topics, in an October 11, 2022 statement Acting Chief Accountant Paul Munter emphasized the SEC’s focus on auditor...more
SEC adopts final pay-versus-performance rules In August 2022, the US Securities and Exchange Commission announced its adoption of final rules requiring public companies to disclose information regarding the relationship...more
The PCAOB recently released a new Audit Committee Resource, which sets forth questions that audit committee members may want to consider incorporating into their ongoing engagement with auditors. The categories of questions...more
Materiality in the context of the federal securities laws has been a topic of repeated focus by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the courts over the years. That attention, however, has not necessarily produced...more
Since 2019, as part of its strategy of enhancing transparency and accessibility through proactive stakeholder engagement, the PCAOB has been engaging with audit committee chairs at U.S. public companies that have had audits...more
The PCAOB recently published its “Spotlight: 2021 Conversations with Audit Committee Chairs” which presents high-level observations and key takeaways from conversations between the PCAOB and 240 audit committee chairs at U.S....more
SEC Acting Chief Accountant Paul Munter released a statement last week, Assessing Materiality: Focusing on the Reasonable Investor When Evaluating Errors (the “Statement”), that is sure to become required reading for any...more