Shout Outs and Rants: Episode 153, The CW 25 Edition
Compliance into the Weeds - SOX Compliance, PCAOB Inspections and Audits
FCPA Compliance Report-Episode 449, Francine McKenna with an update on the KPMG-PCAOB Scandal
Compliance into the Weeds: Episode 144-Changes at the PCAOB
Episode 25 -- Unraveling the KPMG Audit Scandal
Compliance into the Weeds-Episode 51, the PCAOB and Compliance
The House Financial Services Committee voted to include a provision in the 2025 budget reconciliation bill that would abolish the PCAOB. The proposal would reassign PCAOB functions to the SEC....more
We are surrounded by bias in a variety of contexts – news, politics, books and Internet information. Given the overwhelming amount of information, some find comfort in information supplied by sources with a bias. We have...more
Recent measures from U.S. lawmakers and Nasdaq to impose additional requirements on U.S.-listed China-based companies could have wider implications. On May 20, 2020, the U.S. Senate unanimously passed the Holding Foreign...more
On May 20, 2020, the U.S. Senate passed S.945, the Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act (“Bill”), which requires certain public companies to disclose whether they are owned or controlled by a foreign government,...more
In remarks last week, Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Clayton discussed the SEC’s proposed amendments to streamline and modernize the requirements for Management’s Discussion and Analysis (MD&A) disclosures. The...more
On December 30, 2019, Chairman Jay Clayton, Sagar Teotia, the Chief Accountant, and William Hinman, the Director of the Division of Corporation Finance of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), issued a Statement...more
On December 30, 2019, the Chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission, the SEC’s Chief Accountant, and the Director of the SEC’s Division of Corporation Finance issued a joint statement regarding the role of audit...more
SEC Chairman Jay Clayton, Sagar Teotia, Chief Accountant and William Hinman, Director, Division of Corporation Finance issued a Statement on Role of Audit Committees in Financial Reporting and Key Reminders Regarding...more
This past week, the House Financial Services Committee considered and passed a few bills that would, if passed by the House, result in changes to the securities laws. ...more