One of the surprises of Compliance Week 2010 is the attendance of Second City. I only thought of them as the comedy improv troupe working in Chicago and Toronto. Second City has a long history of great comedians learning their craft and performing for them. Gilda Radner, John Belushi, Tina Fey and Chris Farley are … Read more »
The SEC’s Agenda: Enforcement and Regulatory Priorities
Compliance week starts off with a Keynote speech from U.S. SEC Commissioner Luis A. Aguilar, dubbed “The Enforcement Commissioner” by Compliance Week in March 2009, will provide an update on SEC’s enforcement developments and priorities, including topics such as penalty guidelines and the SEC’s streamlining of the formal order process. Commissioner Aguilar will also explore … Read more »
Compliance Week 2010
I’m attending Compliance Week’s Fifth Annual Conference. It’s a great agenda. (Although it will hard to top last night’s Lost series finale. Although hopefully it will be less confusing and have more answers.) I will try to publish my notes from the sessions I attend just as I did from the 2009 Compliance Week conference. … Read more »
Full Text of the Dodd Bill
The Restoring American Financial Stability Act of 2010 has been published in the form passed by the Senate last night. Full Text of S.3217 in PDF (its a big file, 1566 pages) Read more »
Enterprise 2.0 Conference in Boston
Next month, I’m attending the Enterprise 2.0 Conference happening June 14-17 at the Westin Boston Waterfront. This will be fifth Enterprise 2.0 conference: 2007, 2008, 2009, 2009 San Francisco. I’ll be talking about social media policies with these folks: Mike Gotta, Principal Analyst, Burton Group Bruce Galinsky, IT Director, Global Insurance Company Abha Kumar, Principal, … Read more »
Financial Reform Passes the Senate
House Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank (D-MA) issued the following statement on the passage of the Financial Stability Bill: “I congratulate Senator Dodd on an impressive act of legislative leadership, and I also congratulate Majority Leader Reid for pushing this through. The two bills are very similar, and the House is ready to go … Read more »
Compliance Bits and Pieces for May 21
Here are some compliance related stories that caught my eye recently: The annotated MBA oath by Alex Beam in the Boston Globe How does a pledge of honor fit into today’s business world? Just read between the lines. FCPA Red Flags, Hewlett-Packard and Big Papi by Tom Fox Recently, commentator and former big league manager, … Read more »
Martindale-Hubbell Connected Redesign
Lexis-Nexis gave a sneak peak of some upcoming changes to their Martindale- Hubbell Connected social network site for lawyers. They cleaned up the user interface, with new colors, improved navigation and improved searching. The current Connected site has been a disappointment. I have a lot of hope for the site because it has the financial … Read more »
Compliance Week 2010. Will you be there?
Next week I will in Washington, D.C. attending Compliance Week’s Fifth Annual Conference. Let me know if you are attending. [email protected] Read more »
Update on the Social Media Policies Database
My social media policies database is now up to 162 policies. I troll the internet periodically to add new policies as they become public. If you are looking to draft your own social media policy, the policies in the database are a good place to start. Currently they are organized into these industries Education (5) … Read more »