To help filers avoid missing deadlines and reduce online traffic around crucial filing dates, the SEC releases a filing schedule detailing when it expects to receive the highest volume of EDGAR filings. The 2021 schedule is now available from the SEC. Continue reading "SEC Releases 2021 Peak Filing Volume Dates for..." »

On November 17, 2020, the SEC and the US Departments of Justice, Commerce, and State announced that the Working Group on Bribery of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD Working Group) published its Phase 4 Report of the United States. The Phase 4 Report is part of the OECD Working Group’s peer monitoring process which: 1) was issued after a year-long evaluation comprised of a series of interviews with private sector, government, academic, and civil society experts; and 2) places emphasis primarily on the United States’ enforcement of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), its foreign bribery statute. Continue reading "OECD Working Group on Bribery Praises United..." »