Atkins' Plan for Overhauling Corporate Disclosure Draws Outpouring of Divergent Views

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Paul Atkins has recently been brandishing an energy company’s annual report to illustrate why he wants to cut back on corporate disclosure requirements. Pointing to a stack of nearly 1,000 pages during recent congressional testimony, he wondered how many investors would bother to read through a filing that “rivals ‘War and Peace.’”

The answer, it turns o…