Blank-check firms are using forecasts to inform investors about their targets' prospects, a luxury the same companies undergoing traditional IPOs mostly wouldn't have. An SEC technicality that makes this possible for SPACs could come under scrutiny, says Lauren Silva Laughlin.

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