Month: May 2021

Is There a Resurgence in the Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures?

In 2016 and early 2017, the SEC made a big push “”through a series of staff oral admonitions and written guidance, as well as an enforcement action “”to require issuers to be more transparent and more consistent in the use of non-GAAP financial measures and to avoid altogether non-GAAP measures […]

Past Event: Behind the Scenes of the 2021 IPO & SPAC Boom

Cooley, DFIN, PwC, Nasdaq and The Blueshirt Group hosted a two-part webinar series Behind the Scenes of the 2021 IPO & SPAC Boom on May 4 & 11, 2021. We heard the latest insights from leaders who have successfully completed recent IPOs or SPAC mergers and learned about the current […]

SEC to Scrutinize Company Accounting for Impact of Climate

In February, then-Acting SEC Chair Allison Lee directed the staff of Corp Fin, in connection with the disclosure review process, to “œenhance its focus on climate-related disclosure in public company filings, ” starting with the extent to which public companies address the topics identified in the interpretive guidance the staff issued regarding […]