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SEC Charges TherapeuticsMD with Regulation FD Violations

Exchange Act Reporting and Disclosure Effectiveness / Investor Relations and Communications / Securities Act Compliance

26 Aug, 2019

SEC Charges TherapeuticsMD with Regulation FD Violations

Last week, the SEC issued a reminder that Regulation FD remains a vital element of the federal securities regulations. In the first enforcement action regarding Regulation FD since 2013, the SEC charged TherapeuticsMD Inc., a pharmaceutical company, with violations of Regulation FD based on its sharing of material, nonpublic information with sell-side research analysts without also disclosing the same information to the public. The SEC’s...

SEC Fines ADT Inc. $100k for Non-GAAP Disclosure in Earnings Releases

Audit Committees and Independent Auditors / Exchange Act Reporting and Disclosure Effectiveness / Investor Relations and Communications

9 Jan, 2019

SEC Fines ADT Inc. $100k for Non-GAAP Disclosure in Earnings Releases

On December 26, 2018, the SEC filed a cease-and-desist order and fined ADT Inc. (“ADT”) $100,000 for its use of non-GAAP financial measures without giving equal or greater prominence to the comparable GAAP financial measures. The order serves as a reminder of the importance of the SEC’s “equal or greater prominence” rule when disclosing non-GAAP financial measures, even when comparable GAAP financial measures are also...

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