Cindy Fornelli: Conducting an audit assessment
Cindy Fornelli is the executive director for the Center for Audit Quality (CAQ), the organization dedicated to enhancing investor...
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Regulatory & compliance archive
How fair is the Marketplace Fairness Act?
The debate over the Marketplace Fairness Act (MFA) of 2013 is starting to heat up. It’s already cleared the Senate hurdle and is...
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Class-action lawsuits and the arbitration waiver
The US Supreme Court’s decision in Italian Colors vs American Express empowers companies to end class-action lawsuits against them...
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Citigroup fined $30 million for report leak
Citigroup is set to pay a $30 million fine after one of its Taiwan unit analysts improperly shared non-public information with...
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EEOC expands contexts for disability, discrimination claims, review shows
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is increasingly attempting to expand the range of pretexts for filing lawsuits based...
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Financial sector girds for tougher competition for highly skilled staff, survey says
Mounting workloads to address greater regulatory demands are forcing financial services firms to compete for specialized talent...
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Court ruling in disability case is a win for employees
Employers have won the big court cases of late, particularly at the US Supreme Court, but the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth...
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SEC proposes pay ratio rule, revealing internal ambivalence
The SEC on September 18 released its much-anticipated proposed rule that would require public companies to disclose how much their...
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Responding to retaliation lawsuits after Vance and Nassar
In June, the US Supreme Court gave employers two significant victories: Vance vs Ball State University and University of Texas...
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Canadian governance roundup
Historically, Canada has been criticized for its relatively lax enforcement of anti-corruption and anti-fraud measures when...
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