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Question about Dell’s settlement timeline …

Friday, July 23rd, 2010

Now that Dell (company and founder alike) has settled with the Securities and Exchange Commission, no doubt investors and management will forge ahead. But we want to take one moment to look back — not to the sordid accounting gimmicks and misleading disclosure laid out in the SEC’s case, but rather to Dell’s disclosures about [...]

The cost of doing business for Goldman Sachs …

Thursday, July 15th, 2010

Robert Khuzami made a splash, as intended, today when he announced the biggest Wall Street penalty in the SEC’s history, a $550 million deal with Goldman Sachs (GS). We’re just not sure the long-term view will be as kind. The blogosphere has been quick to blast the deal as too little, too soon. Goldman shares [...]

The SEC turns its attention to the proxy …

Wednesday, July 14th, 2010

Over the last 30 years, the mimeograph has given way to PDF, and rotary dial phones have been replaced by voice dialing and Bluetooth headsets. Stock ownership has exploded into the middle class from the ranks of the elite. Meantime, the U.S. proxy process hasn’t changed much. Now the SEC is thinking about doing something [...]

Wall Street reform bill expands disclosure rules …

Friday, May 21st, 2010

Earlier this week, we looked at an unusual disclosure provision that was added to the Senate financial-regulation reform bill. But now that the Senate has passed the nearly 1,600-page legislation, with a 59-39 vote last night, it’s worth looking at some of its other, farther-reaching measures with the potential to reshape disclosure and corporate filings [...]

Freaky Friday…

Friday, April 2nd, 2010

Today is one of those rare days when the markets are closed, but the SEC is open. And judging by our inbox so far, companies are certainly using this rare occurrence to happily file away undistracted by Mr. Market. We’ve already counted over 100 new alerts and it’s just 10:30 now. Since today is a [...]