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6 May 2004

Solving the World’s Problems In SEC Reports

Once upon a time, the federal securities laws had the parochial goal of ensuring that companies provided investors with information material to investment decisions. These days those laws are spreading their wings to accommodate all sorts of goals. Earlier this...

12 March 2004

SEC Adopts “Real-Time” 8-K Disclosures

Yesterday the SEC announced that it adopted new 8-K reporting rules previously proposed in June 2002. Although initially proposed before the Sarbanes-Oxley Act passed, the new rules are intended to respond to Section 409 of the Act, which requires public...

26 February 2004

House Finl Svcs Comm Assists SEC, Slams Top 250 Companies

Yesterday the House Committee on Financial Services announced that it had approved the Securities Fraud Deterrence and Investor Restitution Act (H.R. 2179). The committee print of H.R. 2179 and the various amendments offered at yesterday's hearing can be viewed here....