Materiality is a term used in accounting and the law, in relation to information disclosed in financial statements that affects decisions made by the people who read them. Deciding whether something ...

In this edition of their Corporate Governance column, discuss a bedrock feature of American securities law and regulation—materiality. They write that the working definition of materiality in the ...

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit recently reiterated the long-standing principles that a defendant's alleged misrepresentations may be rendered immaterial by a defendant's sufficient ...