In this blog feature, our in-house readers share tips, anecdotes, and thoughts about topics that arise in their daily practice. This particular batch of thoughts is about bringing in outside parties to make a presentation before the board:

In a perfect world, an in-house legal team would be looped in on potential acquisitions early and often. 

In this blog feature, our in-house readers share tips, anecdotes, and thoughts about topics that arise in their daily practice. This particular batch of thoughts is about enjoying your summer:

We blogged last week as soon as the SEC adopted its new cyber disclosure rules about seven quick things you needed to know.

With the SEC's new cyber disclosure rules being published in the Federal Register on Friday, we can confirm the compliance dates for the new Item 1.05 Form 8-Ks. To comply with new Item 1.05 of Form 8-K and in Form 6-K, all companies other than smaller reporting companies must begin complying on Monday, December 18, 2023 (which officially is also "Bake Cookies Day").

Recently, I blogged about what to do when you disagree with your auditor. Now I cover what to do when you break up. There are many reasons a company may find itself disengaging with its external auditor.

Following up on last month's blog regarding the PCAOB's proposal to adopt a new audit standard regarding "Noncompliance with Laws and Regulations" (NOCLAR), we have been hearing that many companies are interested in commenting on the

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

With sustainability so much "top of mind" for those in our community, it's worth knowing some high-level trends in other areas of law that intersect with disclosure.

I used to work as an auditor and I dreaded major disagreements with company management (which meant more stress, more work, and more scrutiny). Now, as a corporate attorney, I get excited. Here are the basic rules regarding disagreements between public companies and their external auditors:

Yesterday, the SEC adopted new cybersecurity risk disclosure rules – here's the 186-page adopting release and here's the fact sheet.

In a rare enforcement action of what may be a new indication of focus by the SEC, the Commission entered a settlement with a large broker-dealer in recently for Rule 13h-1 violations for large trader reporting failures.

It is increasingly difficult for companies to steer clear of contentious social or political issues on which their shareholders may have passionately conflicting opinions.

With the first proxy season behind us with the SEC's new "pay vs. performance" disclosure requirement, it's a good time to review what we saw as the primary trends – particularly with Corp Fin planning to comment upon these disclosures sometime later this year. Here are the top five trends that we saw:

Here's an excerpt from our Client Update from Chris Wilkinson, Abdul Kallon and Jeremy Wright about a recent public letter from 13 state attorneys general voicing opposition to employers' use of DEI programs: