What do these have in common? Gregg Easterbrook includes Tim Geithner, Charles Ponzi, Allen Stanford and Ron Blagojevich in his annual mock of mock football drafts. For those of you have who have not read Gregg Easterbrook’s Tuesday Morning Quarterback, he is not your normal football scribe. Gregg Easterbrook is a contributing editor for The … Read more »
Category: Compliance Bricks and Mortar
Happy Patriots’ Day!
The Redcoats are coming! The Redcoats are coming! Patriots’ Day is a Massachusetts state holiday commemorating the opening battles of the American Revolutionary War in Lexington and Concord in April, 1775. In the morning there is a battle reenactment on the Lexington Green of the early-morning engagement between the town’s militia and the British regulars. … Read more »
Quick Hits
Some quick hits on stories that interest me, but did not make it to a full post: SEC Posts XBRL Compliance Guide from The Filing Cabinet by Melissa Klein Aguilar The staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission has posted a “small entity compliance guide” on its rules that require companies to submit financial statements … Read more »
Corresponding with Cornelius
Here are some of my recent comments on some other blogs or other websites that allow comments. I am happy to have you leave comments at Compliance Building. But if not here, take a look at what other people are saying. Join me in the conversation over there. What Would You Do?? by Heather Milligan … Read more »
What Can We Learn About Compliance Programs From a Robot
We all need some help if we want to get to our destination. I was struck by Kacie Kinzer’s experiment using this “tweenbot” in New York City. “Tweenbots are human-dependent robots that navigate the city with the help of pedestrians they encounter. Rolling at a constant speed, in a straight line, Tweenbots have a destination … Read more »
Corresponding with Cornelius – a new series of blog posts
Not all of my online conversations take place here at Compliance Building. I try to make as many comments in other places as I do here. Twitter is a sporadic stream of thoughts, comments, and replies. I also try to leave as many comments on other blogs as I do posts here. I think you … Read more »
Martindale-Hubbell’s Counsel to Counsel Forum
The folks over at Martindale-Hubbell were nice enough to invite me to their latest Counsel to Counsel Forum in Washington D.C. The forum operates under the rule that “what is said in the room stays in the room” so I will not share any details, but there were a few themes that I think I … Read more »
Bits and Pieces on Compliance
Here are a few stories and items that caught my eye this week, but I have not had time to build-out to a full post: The FCPA Enforcement Report of the First Quarter of 2009 from The FCPA Blog We count seven Foreign Corrupt Practices Act enforcement actions since the start of the year, including … Read more »
Bits and Pieces on Compliance
Here are a few stories and items that caught my eye this week, but I have not had time to build-out to a full post: SEC Speaks on Compliance Issues to Investment Advisers by Joel Beck of BD Law Blog Lori Richards, the Director of the SEC’s Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (OCIE) spoke … Read more »
What Do Bernie Madoff, the Loch Ness Monster, and Alex Rodriguez Have In Common?
They are in the 2009 edition of Topps’ Allen & Ginter series of Trading Cards. The set will consist of 350 cards: 230 baseball players, 30 rookies, 25 historic figures and 15 world champions. It also will include 50 short-printed cards. Among the unusual inclusions to the basic set are Old Faithful (the Yellowstone geyser), … Read more »