The week in GRC: COSO urges co-ordinating compliance and risk, and New Yorkers reluctant to return to offices
– The Wall Street Journal reported that Apple suspended new business with key supplier Pegatron Corp, saying that the Taiwanese...
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The week in GRC: San Francisco voters back pay inequity measure, and SEC releases enforcement report
– The Wall Street Journal noted that major US companies are asking the law firms they hire to explain how many diverse lawyers...
Governance Matters: Entities are everything – get them handled
High-profile fraud can have a massive impact on public companies, so the pressure is on for transparency across multiple...
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SEC’s Peirce raises concerns over CCO liability
SEC member Hester Peirce has raised concerns about the potential regulatory liabilities facing chief compliance officers (CCOs)...
The week in GRC: SEC changes auditor independence rules, and Yale investment chief seeks money manager diversity
– Reuters reported that, according to lawyers, lobbyists and policy experts, a decade-long Republican campaign to weaken the...
States adopt different approaches to workers’ compensation-coverage issues amid Covid-19
Workers’ compensation insurance was created at the beginning of the 20th century as a ‘grand bargain’ to provide guaranteed, no...
Governance Matters: How the role of the corporate secretary has evolved
In this very first episode of the Governance Matters podcast – produced by Corporate Secretary in partnership with Computershare...
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The week in GRC: Covid-19 creates legal minefield, and DoJ eyes tech industry liability shield
– The Wall Street Journal reported that the US Department of the Treasury moved to fill a gap in the country’s anti-money...
Opinion: SEC reforms offer mixed bag for whistleblowers
The SEC on Wednesday voted 3-2 to adopt amendments to the rules governing the agency’s whistleblower program. Now about a decade...
The week in GRC: BlackRock discloses votes against climate crisis laggards, and SEC postpones Rule 14a-8 vote
– According to CNBC, the philanthropic investment group created by eBay founder Pierre Omidyar intends to convince business...
