PLI recently updated Public Company Deskbook: Complying with Federal Governance & Disclosure Requirements, which provides expert counsel on how to deal effectively with the overlapping legislative, regulatory and private initiatives to reform public company governance and disclosure practices over the past decade.

Highlights of Release #7 include:
• New Chapter 5G1 addressing the latest SEC guidance on
cybersecurity disclosure and related issues, including in respect of
disclosure controls and procedures and insider trading risks.
• Updates to Chapter 2K to reflect the proposed Nasdaq rule change
relating to shareholder approval of issuances over 20%.
• Updates to Chapter 3A to reflect adoption of the new audit standard
requiring discussion of “critical audit matters” in the auditor’s
report.
• Updates to Chapter 4B to reflect the 2017 tax reform legislation
amendments to section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code.
• Updates to Chapter 4F to address the latest SEC guidance on pay
ratio calculation and disclosure.
• Updates to Chapter 5F to reflect the revised NYSE requirements
relating to timely disclosure at the end of the trading day.
• Updates to Chapter 6B to reflect the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent
decision limiting Dodd-Frank Act whistleblower protections to
persons who actually communicated their tips to the SEC.

The updated treatise is available on PLI PLUS, our online research database.  If you’d like to order a print copy, please email libraryrelations@pli.edu or call 877.900.5291.