Category: Corporate Governance
Executives of Public Companies Must Use Caution With Social Media – The SEC is Watching!
Are statements made by executives of publicly traded companies via social media held to the same standard as statements they make in any other limited environment when it comes to material information about the company? Absolutely, here is why … Just this past week news broke that the Securities and Exchange Commission is considering bringing a…
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Cybersecurity risk — think its material? (hint: the SEC does!)
That’s right — the Securities and Exchange Commission has determined that risks associated with cybersecurity can be material enough to require that they be included in companies’ disclosures. The SEC issued a disclosure guidance on October 13, 2011 to alert companies that these risks may fall within their existing disclosure requirements. In other words, what…
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