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:

During last week's webcast, Proxy Analytics's Steve Pantina shared some stats about how shareholder proposals fared this proxy season.

We have posted the video archive for last week's webcast - "Proxy Season Deep Dive - 20 Things" - during which Perkins Coie's Allison Handy, Kelly Reinholdtsen and Broc Romanek and Proxy Analytics' Steve Pantina covered what happened during thi

As someone who tried for years to get him to speak on a podcast, I was tickled to see John Chevedden in-person at the recent Annual Conference for the Society for Corporate Governance.

Last month, the PCAOB issued a proposal for public comment (Release No. 2023-003) to replace current AS 2405 ("Illegal Acts by Clients"), in its entirety with a new AS 2405 ("A Company's Noncompliance with Laws and Regulations").

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

Join us this Thursday, July 13th for a webcast – "Proxy Season Deep Dive – 20 Things" – to hear Perkins Coie's Allison Handy, Kelly Reinholdtsen and Broc Romanek and Proxy Analytics' Steve Pantina as they cover what happened during this wild proxy season, from shareholder engagement, universal p