- Chief Compliance Officer and VP of Legal Affairs, Arrow Electronics
By Adrianne Appel2023-09-29T17:18:00
Consumer products company Newell Brands agreed to pay $12.5 million as part of a settlement with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) addressing allegations the company misled investors about its core sales growth.
The company’s former chief executive, Michael Polk, settled with the SEC over similar charges. He was fined $110,000, the agency announced in a press release Friday.
The charges date back to 2016 and 2017, when Newell allegedly used a non-GAAP (generally accepted accounting principles) measure to explain sales trends to investors.
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2023-10-24T22:21:00Z By Kyle Brasseur
BlackRock Advisors agreed to pay $2.5 million as part of a settlement with the Securities and Exchange Commission addressing allegations the firm inaccurately described investments a fund it advised made in a now-defunct film production company.
2023-09-27T18:15:00Z By Kyle Brasseur
Hyzon Motors, a global supplier of hydrogen fuel cell-powered heavy vehicles, was assessed a $25 million penalty by the Securities and Exchange Commission in agreeing to settle charges it and its former executives misled investors regarding the sales of its vehicles.
2023-09-25T17:50:00Z By Jeff Dale
GTT Communications, a provider of telecommunications and internet services, avoided a civil penalty in reaching a settlement with the Securities and Exchange Commission addressing alleged disclosure failures over more than a two-year period.
2025-03-27T13:11:00Z By Jeff Dale
The U.K. Financial Reporting Council issued penalties against PwC and a former auditor over deficiencies on work related to the 2019 financial statements of now shuttered Wyelands Bank.
2025-03-27T12:49:00Z By Aaron Nicodemus
Yet another government contractor has been slapped with a fine by the Department of Justice for applying lax cybersecurity defenses on sensitive government data.
2025-03-26T18:48:00Z By Oscar Gonzalez
The European Commission released its preliminary findings last week regarding Apple and Google not complying with the Digital Markets Act. It issued orders to both companies regarding their business practice and plans to release all of its findings next week.
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