Publication Date

3-1-1989

Document Type

Article

Organizational Units

Sturm College of Law

Keywords

Securities law, Securities and Exchange Commission, SEC

Abstract

In 1986 the staff of the Division of Corporate Finance of the SEC issued two letters approving the use of a summary annual report. These letters have acceded to management a great amount of discretion in connection with the annual report. The summary annual report costs less to produce than the con- ventional annual report and a decision about its use may en- courage a re-examination of the shareholder communication process. However, uncertainty exists over whether the summary annual report will implicate concerns under the securities laws.

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Originally published as Brown and Detore, Rationalizing the Disclosure Process: The Summary Annual Report, 39 Case Western Law Review 39 (March 1989).



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