EnforcementLessons from a recent cyber-security breach Oct 06, 2021Tim HumanA recently settled case brought by the US financial regulator serves as a timely reminder that companies must have robust disclosure...Read more
ComplianceSEC gives insight on climate change disclosure expectations Oct 05, 2021Folake Ayoola, Sean Donahue and John NewellThe SEC’s division of corporation finance last month published a sample letter outlining comments the division may make to companies...Read more
ComplianceThe week in GRC: SEC proposes increased proxy voting disclosure and private equity firms target ESG reporting Oct 01, 2021Ben Maiden– Bloomberg spoke to activist investor Engine No 1’s CEO Jennifer Grancio about her firm’s strategy, its ExxonMobil boardroom victory...Read more
EnforcementAd group WPP settles FCPA enforcement Sep 29, 2021Ben MaidenLondon-based advertising company WPP has agreed to pay more than $19 mn to settle SEC charges that it violated the anti-bribery, books...Read more
ShareholdersThe week in GRC: ISO releases its first governance framework and companies issue statement opposing Texas abortion law Sep 24, 2021Ben Maiden– The Wall Street Journal reported that Twitter said it agreed to pay more than $800 mn to settle a consolidated class action...Read more
ComplianceCII seeks better ESG disclosures under accounting rules Sep 22, 2021Ben MaidenThe Council of Institutional Investors (CII) has urged FASB to make ESG-related disclosures one of its top priorities amid growing...Read more
ComplianceThe week in GRC: Companies face vaccine mandate questions and SEC’s Gensler outlines agenda Sep 17, 2021Ben Maiden– CNN reported that Senator Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, called for the Federal Reserve to break up Wells Fargo following years...Read more
ComplianceThe week in GRC: ‘Mission-driven’ companies plan for IPOs and Amazon to pay workers’ college fees Sep 10, 2021Ben Maiden– Reuters reported that ExxonMobil said it will begin measuring methane emissions from production of natural gas at a New Mexico...Read more
EnforcementOpinion: Taking a new look at US securities law Sep 08, 2021Marc Steinberg In my recently published book Rethinking Securities Law , I examine deficiencies in the existing framework and changes that should be...Read more
ComplianceThe week in GRC: Delta to raise health costs for unvaccinated staff and CFA’s Barbara Roper joins SEC Aug 27, 2021Ben Maiden– Reuters reported that ISS backed cloud storage vendor Box in its fight with activist investor Starboard Value by recommending that...Read more