In an article for Law Journal Newsletters' Business Crimes Bulletin, Manatt Investigations, Compliance and White Collar Defense Partners Jacqueline Wolff and Karin Bell consider whether and when public companies should disclose internal and government investigations. Citing recent SEC enforcement actions, Wolff and Bell suggest that even if the law doesn’t require disclosure, there are often economic and practical reasons to do so or, at the very least, to have appropriate disclosure policies and practices in place, before it is too late.
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