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Is SEC Targeting Political Spenders In Disclosure Reviews?

By Carmen Germaine ( August 2, 2017, 9:12 PM EDT) -- A recently published academic paper found the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's Division of Corporation Finance is more likely to issue comment letters and give extra scrutiny to the filings of public companies that spend money on lobbying and political contributions, but experts cautioned it's unlikely the agency is consciously coming down harder on political spenders....

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