Donald Meiers Explains Advanced SEC Reporting and Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance

Donald Meiers will be speaking at three upcoming EEI/PLI-sponsored seminars on how to enhance the quality and transparency of an SEC-reporting company's MD&A (management's discussion and analysis)—the core of every company's periodic reports.

His presentation, entitled "Shall We Md&A?" will cover the basic "steps" of MD&A preparation and tips to become an MD&A artist.  

In this EEI/PLI seminar, Donald Meiers will address the following:

• recent developments and "hot button" issues at the SEC, such as the securities offering reforms
• the latest developments at the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB), including changes to Internal Control Auditing Standard No. 2
• lessons learned in creating a sustainable Section 404 internal controls process
• CEO and CFO certification requirements (including the interplay between disclosure controls and internal control over financial reporting)
• adopting corporate governance principles and creating tools to help directors implement policies
• FAS 123(R) "Share Based Payments"
• recent FASB standards
• MD&A issues
• variable interest entities and guarantees
• new issues in the SEC's revenue recognition cases