Regulatory & compliance Ten tips to ease the transition to IFRS Nov 25, 2013 By Wayne Bossov 3 min read A common challenge for multinational corporations is achieving consistency across operations in different countries with different... Read More
Regulatory & compliance Delaware Law conference explores new impacts on governance Nov 20, 2013 By David Bogoslaw 4 min read More than 150 corporate secretaries, general counsel, other corporate lawyers, judges and academics met at the first Delaware Law... Read More
Regulatory & compliance Awards, legal protection incentivizing more whistleblowers, SEC reports Nov 18, 2013 By Sheryl Nance-Nash 4 min read The chance to report misconduct among corporate chieftains and fellow employees, and profit personally too, is proving too good an... Read More
Regulatory & compliance Deciding whistleblower law's limits Nov 17, 2013 By Abigail Caplovitz Field 5 min read The hundreds of thousands of privately held U.S. companies need to watch the Supreme Court case, Lawson v. FMR LLC, very closely... Read More
Regulatory & compliance Cindy Fornelli: Conducting an audit assessment Nov 04, 2013 By Matthew Scott 7 min read Cindy Fornelli is the executive director for the Center for Audit Quality (CAQ), the organization dedicated to enhancing investor... Read More
Regulatory & compliance How fair is the Marketplace Fairness Act? Nov 04, 2013 By Sheryl Nance-Nash 9 min read The debate over the Marketplace Fairness Act (MFA) of 2013 is starting to heat up. It’s already cleared the Senate hurdle and is... Read More
Regulatory & compliance Class-action lawsuits and the arbitration waiver Oct 22, 2013 By Abigail Caplovitz Field 7 min read The US Supreme Court’s decision in Italian Colors vs American Express empowers companies to end class-action lawsuits against them... Read More
Regulatory & compliance Citigroup fined $30 million for report leak Oct 10, 2013 By Garnet Roach 2 min read Citigroup is set to pay a $30 million fine after one of its Taiwan unit analysts improperly shared non-public information with... Read More
Regulatory & compliance EEOC expands contexts for disability, discrimination claims, review shows Oct 07, 2013 By Abigail Caplovitz Field 4 min read The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is increasingly attempting to expand the range of pretexts for filing lawsuits based... Read More
Regulatory & compliance Financial sector girds for tougher competition for highly skilled staff, survey says Oct 02, 2013 By Sheryl Nance-Nash 4 min read Mounting workloads to address greater regulatory demands are forcing financial services firms to compete for specialized talent... Read More