Sodali and Morrow join forces to form new global IR firm
Consultancy Sodali has acquired Morrow & Co to create Morrow Sodali Global, a global firm with more than 600 clients across 30...
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Hong Kong-listed firms may have to return excess cash to shareholders
A group of investors, including BlackRock and publisher and activist David Webb, are campaigning for Hong Kong’s Securities and...
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VW preliminary settlement raises larger compliance issues
Volkswagen’s preliminary settlement with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today leaves unanswered questions about efforts...
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SEC considers ways to improve financial reporting
Last week, the SEC approved the concept release for Regulation S-K, which sets guidelines and requirements for companies’...
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Justice Department reinforces carrot-and-stick approach to FCPA
This week’s news that prosecutors globally – including the US Department of Justice (DOJ) – have initiated probes into the Panama...
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New Treasury rules scuttle Pfizer-Allergan merger
The latest round of guidance from the US Treasury Department intended to put the kibosh on tax inversions has done just that. On...
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Big whistleblower award for Olympus' first compliance officer
Yet another former corporate governance officer has collected a hefty whistleblower award from the US government. On March 1, a...
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Gatekeepers in SEC’s crosshairs, Latham & Watkins alert reports
As US public companies continue to wrestle with the need to pursue dual-track internal investigations to comply with the SEC’s...
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Big jump in US senior managers’ culpability in internal crimes, new PwC survey finds
More than one in three US organizations report having been the victim of economic crime and cybercrime has risen to become the...
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Revised ‘joint-employer’ standard exposes firms to more labor demands
The National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB) ruling last summer to refine the standard for determining joint-employer status could...
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