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The Supreme Court Considers Item 303 Violations as Basis for Securities Fraud Claims

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Corporate executives know they must disclose in their companies’ financial statements trends or uncertainties affecting their business. Such disclosure is a requirement of Item 303 of SEC Regulation S-K....more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Snapshot: Earnings Date Announcements and Earnings Release Form 8-K Practices

We reviewed four quarters of press releases announcing upcoming earning release dates, as well as the subsequent earnings release Form 8-Ks, for 30 public companies in the Lonergan Silicon Valley 150 to determine how long in...more

Stinson - Corporate & Securities Law Blog

SEC Whistleblower Publicizes Anonymous Tip with Press Campaign

C-Suite executives may now have to be accustomed to a new form of adverse publicity to deal with in their crisis management planning – someone making publically available an SEC whistleblower submission and publicizing the...more

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Blog: AS 18 Creates A New Buzz About Related-Party Transactions For The Audit Of 2015

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As discussed in this PubCo post, last year the PCAOB adopted Auditing Standard No. 18, Related Parties, addressing related-party transactions, significant unusual transactions and transactions with executive officers. (See...more

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New Study Released on the 8-K Trading Gap

On September 7, 2015, a new study on the “8-K trading gap” conducted by researchers at Harvard and Columbia law schools was released. The “8-K trading gap” refers to the four business day period before SEC reporting...more

Allen Matkins

CalPERS And Pay For Performance

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A few weeks ago, CalPERS’ Director of Corporate Governance, Anne Simpson, sent a letter to the Securities and Exchange Commission in support of the SEC’s proposed pay for performance disclosure rule. Her letter notes CalPERS’...more

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The SEC Doesn’t Love Secret Perks for Executives

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If you find yourself as the CEO of a public company, you’ll probably find pluses and minuses. You’ll have to work really hard, but it can be lucrative, too. You can get paid a lot of money. And your company can pay you...more

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Earnings Call Practices: How Does Your Company Compare to Others?

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Results from the 2014 Earnings Call Practices Survey conducted by the National Investor Relations Institute (NIRI), a professional association of corporate officers and investor relations consultants, confirm that an...more

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Blog: How Many Hours Does It Take To Create Pay-Ratio Rules?

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The WSJ is reporting that the SEC staff has spent an aggregate of 7,196 hours since 2011 working on the development of the still-in-the-proposal-stage pay-ratio disclosure rules required under Dodd-Frank....more

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