Instead of substantive information, today’s post focuses on me and this website. Compliance Building went public on February 12, 2009. Since then, I have managed to publish a blog post every business day. Sometimes, more than one. I hope at least some of those 1250 posts were useful to you, whether you are a subscriber … Read more »
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Martin Luther King, Jr.
Snow and Compliance
I’m staring out my front door at a half foot of snow, swaying branches heavily laden with wet snow, and an un-plowed street. The latest weather report for Boston: A Blizzard Warning remains in effect until 8 PM EST this evening. * Locations… the East Coast of Massachusetts from Scituate northward. * Hazard types… snow … Read more »
Happy New Year
New Year’s Eve is generally a time to reflect on the past and look forward to the future. For many it also involves an excessive amount of alcohol, an expensive dinner in a crowded restaurant, or a long wait for Chinese food delivery. I’m sure there is a compliance story in there somewhere. But I’m … Read more »
Holiday Compliance – Don’t Impale Rudolph
It’s the holiday season. Like the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade, your community may run a similar parade. They need to pay attention to compliance issues. Particularly, they need to compare the height of the parade’s balloons to overhead power lines and traffic signals. For your entertainment, a parade that failed. Read more »
Nominations Open for the 2010 Clawbies
Nominations are open for the 2010 Clawbies, , honoring the best in Canadian legal blogs. My old blog, KM Space, was a past two-time winner of a Clawbie: Friend of the North 2007 and Friend of the North 2008. Compliance Building stayed on the Clawbie list for 2009. It looks like I didn’t pay much … Read more »
Happy Thanksgiving
That means an extra long weekend for me. Down the road at Plimouth Plantation they hold onto the belief that the first Thanksgiving in the United States happened in 1621 at their location: The history of Thanksgiving goes much further back than Plymouth and 1621. In fact, people across the world from every culture have … Read more »
Salute a Veteran
U.S. President Woodrow Wilson first proclaimed an Armistice Day for November 11, 1919. “To us in America, the reflections of Armistice Day will be filled with solemn pride in the heroism of those who died in the country’s service and with gratitude for the victory, both because of the thing from which it has freed … Read more »
Jim Cramer’s Sound Board
From CNBC’s Mad Money: We’ve Recreated Cramer’s Official Soundboard! Fun for any Mad Money fan, you can enjoy all the great sounds on Cramer’s board. Boo-Yah! Yes, the buttons make sounds. Read more »
Enjoy Columbus Day
I’m enjoying Columbus Day. School is closed and the office is closed. The Chicago World’s Fair in 1893 celebrated the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus’s arrival in the New World in 1492. The Nina, the Pinta, and the Santa Maria Come to the World’s Columbian Exposition During the fair, replicas of the Nina, the Pinta, … Read more »