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Public Chatter provides practical guidance—and the latest developments—to those grappling with public company securities law and corporate governance issues, through content developed from an in-house perspective.   

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August 21, 2024

SEC’s August 20 Open Meeting: Commissioners Approve Updated Audit Rules

Yesterday, the SEC held its third open meeting of the 2024 calendar year, at which the commissioners considered several proposals regarding auditors and the audits of public companies. View blog post
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August 9, 2024

The SEC’s Climate Rules: Item 1502(e)’s Transition Plan Disclosure (Including Annual Progress)

This is another in a series of blogs we will be posting breaking down the SEC’s new climate disclosure rules (here’s the last blog we posted).

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August 7, 2024

Midyear Update on the Corporate Transparency Act

While public companies generally have an exemption from filing beneficial ownership information reports with the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) under the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA), it can be a complicated analysis to figure out what is required for joint ventures, partnerships, and certain other corporate structures. 

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August 1, 2024 Quick Alerts

6 Things to Know Right Now

Here’s our latest edition of our monthly feature – a quick snapshot of recent developments:

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July 31, 2024 Quick Alerts

SEC Announced Two Large Whistleblower Awards in July

While poking around the SEC's updated website, I was struck that the SEC announced two separate $37 million whistleblower awards little more than a

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July 30, 2024 Quick Alerts

SCOTUS Poised to Address Fraudulent Inducement Theory of Mail and Wire Fraud

Here's the intro from this "White Collar Briefly" blog by Spencer Gottlieb: "White-collar criminal prosecutions frequently involve charges under the federal mail and wire fraud statutes.

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July 29, 2024

The Corporate Secretary: Being a Shrink

Here's the sixth of the 21 hats that the corporate secretary wears (here's the blog about the fifth hat): "Related to being persuasive is knowing the varying traits—the distinct hot buttons—for each of the directors that you work with.

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July 25, 2024

In-House Corner: Non-CEO Employees Serving as Directors

This feature of our blog is where our in-house readers share tips, anecdotes and thoughts about things This feature of our blog is where our in-house readers share tips, anecdotes, and thoughts about things that come up in their daily practice.

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July 24, 2024

In-House Corner: Annual Shareholder Meetings

This feature of our blog is where our in-house readers share tips, anecdotes and thoughts about things that come up in their daily practice. This particular batch of thoughts is about how preparation of annual shareholder meetings has evolved since the pandemic:

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July 23, 2024 Programs

Video Archive: "Navigating the DOJ’s New Whistleblower and Self-Disclosure Programs"

This "White Collar Briefly" blog highlights a webcast that took place last week for which the archived video is already posted: "T

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July 22, 2024 Guides

A New Guide: "In-House Perspectives - Random Bits of Fun"

In this "In-House Perspectives: Random Bits of Fun" Guide, I have compiled the various "In-House Corners" in which our in-house readers have shared tips, anecdotes, and thoughts about topics that arise in their daily practice. The topics include:

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July 18, 2024 Quick Alerts

The SEC’s Climate Rules: Item 1502(d)’s Climate Risk Impact on Financial Matters

This is the latest in our series of blogs breaking down the SEC's new climate risk disclosure rules.

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July 17, 2024

The Corporate Secretary: Being Persuasive

Here's the fifth of the 21 hats that the corporate secretary wears (here's the blog about the fourth hat): Being knowledgeable gives you the confidence to use persuasion when you feel that directors may be straying off course on key governance issues.

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July 16, 2024 Quick Alerts

Supreme Court Overrules Chevron; Courts Must Determine “Best” Meaning of Statutes Without Deference

Here's a teaser from this Client Update: "The Supreme Court of the United States has overruled Chevron U.S.A. Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc.

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July 15, 2024 Quick Alerts

A Post-Chevron World: Business As Usual?

Given the potential implications of the overturning of the Chevron doctrine by the US Supreme Court a few weeks ago – see our Client Update on the

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