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Inside Track with Julie: Lois Yurow on Creating Plain English Disclosure (1/21)

 

Lois Yurow

Lois Yurow is the President of Investor Communications Services and is the author of "Tips for a Plain English Securities Disclosure Document"

In this podcast, Lois explains how to create securities disclosure documents in plain English, including:

  • What is plain English?
  • When does the SEC require public companies to provide disclosure in plain English?
  • Why do some companies exceed plain English requirements?
  • How much time and expense is involved in converting a document into plain English?
  • Do you have any practice pointers for how companies can easily improve the readability of their disclosure?

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