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On March 6,2024, in a 3-2 vote, the US Securities and Exchange Commission adopted final rules requiring registrants to disclose certain climate-related information in registration statements and annual reports....more
On June 3, the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) proposed sweeping new auditing standards (PCAOB Release No. 2023-003) that would require auditors to consider a company’s noncompliance with laws and...more
In early June, the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (“PCAOB” or “the Board”) proposed comprehensive amendments that impact how auditors consider noncompliance with laws and regulations, creating the possibility of a...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
As year-end fast approaches, there has been no shortage of regulatory developments relevant to the upcoming financial reporting season. Several of these developments are summarized below....more
The Financial Market Integrity Strengthening Act includes a large number of innovations aimed at strengthening confidence in the German financial market by placing more comprehensive obligations on auditors when auditing...more
On December 2, 2020, the U.S. House of Representatives approved the Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act (Act). The Act is identical to the bill the U.S. Senate passed in May 2020. Most significantly, the Act requires...more
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued a Statement of the Chief Accountant of the SEC, Sagar Teotia, outlining activities and concerns of the Office of the Chief Accountant (OCA) in responding to the impacts of...more
Recent court decisions - Germany - Cum/Ex-trades spark litigation - So called Cum/Ex-trades have become one of the hottest legal topics in Germany. A flood of claims dealing with those trades has reached German...more
COVID-19 presents novel issues for underwriters, who are grappling with the need to support their clients accessing funding and also maintain disclosure standards and manage their risk when the typical tools that they use to...more
More than two years since the PCAOB adopted the new critical audit matters (CAMs) disclosure requirement, the first batch of CAMs disclosures is finally rolling out with respect to audits of large accelerated filers with...more
A question some ponder is whether all audit reports will include a discussion of critical audit matters, or CAMs. The answer is “yes” if you consider the 11 audit reports issued by the Big 4 on and after August 1 for large...more
To my knowledge this 10-K includes the first critical audit matter, or CAM, issued by a Big 4 firm. The CAM is straightforward and does not reflect negatively on the company or its audit committee or cast doubt on its...more
On July 11, 2019, the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) issued two companion pieces providing “insights” into the PCAOB’s requirements for the presentation of critical audit matters (CAMs) in the auditor’s...more
In a review of a PCAOB disciplinary proceeding the SEC took the rare step of cancelling the PCAOB’s finding that an audit partner of a Big Four firm engaged in repeated instances of negligent conduct during the audit of a...more
The PCAOB posted to its website a staff guidance document, A Deeper Dive on the Communication of CAMs, developed to support implementation of the new critical audit matter requirements....more
In May, the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (“PCAOB”) posted a preview of its staff’s observations made in relation to audits conducted in 2018....more
A company listed on a stock exchange market is subject to various specific requirements which go beyond information obligations. Compliance with such stock exchange matters is a complex and demanding task, entailing a series...more
Yesterday, the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board hosted the first of three opportunities for auditors to attend a webinar on the implementation of the upcoming critical audit matters (CAMs) disclosure requirement. The...more
In remarks made in December 2018, the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) Chief Accountant Wesley Bricker reaffirmed that auditor independence remains one of the SEC’s areas of focus. Consultations with the SEC about...more
On March 20, 2019, the SEC voted to adopt amendments to modernize and simplify disclosure requirements for public companies, investment advisers, and investment companies. The amended rules, which are based on amendments...more
The PCAOB recently published Staff guidance that sets out the Staff’s views relating to implementing the critical audit matters (CAMs) requirement. In its piece, “Implementation of Critical Audit Matters: the Basics,” the...more
The PCAOB recently released its 2019 Staff Inspections Outlook for Audit Committees. During its 2019 inspections, the PCAOB has said that its inspections will focus on among other things...more
The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) recently noted that it will provide an opportunity for audit committee chairs of certain companies whose audits are subject to inspection to “engage in a dialogue with the...more
The PCAOB recently noted that during 2019 it will provide an opportunity for audit committee chairs of certain companies whose audits are subject to inspection to “engage in a dialogue with the inspections staff.” ...more