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The authors of this blog are members of the Corporate/Securities practice of Olshan Frome Wolosky LLP. Since our founding, this firm has been distinguished by responsive, independent and client-focused legal services provided by lawyers with a profound commitment to the companies they serve. This blog is an outgrowth of this representation of our clients in a wide range of capital market transactions.
New staff interpretative guidance clarifies for publicly traded companies and their auditors and legal and tax advisors the applicability of reporting the impact of a change in tax rates on deferred tax assets under Item 2.06 of Form 8-K.
Public companies need to be proactive and forward-thinking on their disclosure obligations when confronted with internal investigative findings that a director, executive officer or key employee engaged in sexual misconduct.
On November 30, 2017, the SEC announced that it awarded more than $16 million to a pair of whistleblowers reporting securities law violations by a public company, ranking it among the ten largest awards since the inception of the whistleblower program. With this case, SEC enforcement actions triggered by whistleblowers have now resulted in more than $1 billion in financial remedies ordered against wrongdoers.