In the line of fire
One of the most overused lines in the corporate world is: ‘It’s not personal, it’s just business.’ Try telling that to any one of...
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Regulatory & compliance archive
The right tool for the job
A week is a long time in business, and it can be an even longer time in corporate governance. Shareholder activism, intense public...
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Surviving the online wilderness
Corporations are starting to embrace social networks and new media technology as tools for communicating with various stakeholders...
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The rules are changing
The government’s intervention to stabilize the economy has put significant taxpayer dollars into the hands of public companies...
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Navigating the new landscape
As the global economy shows nascent signs of being on the road to recovery, many businesses are looking to adapt quickly to take...
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Labor lawsuits: the next hot thing
Starbucks. Smith & Wollensky. Rapper Jay-Z’s 40/40 Club. In New York and elsewhere across the US, these popular spots have made...
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Mutually assured destruction
The satirical English poet Alexander Pope once wrote that ‘a little learning is a dangerous thing’. The same can be said for a...
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Dealing with loss contingency
The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) is not a group often associated with controversy. In 2008, however, when FASB...
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Reining in the raters
In the economic meltdown, no investor has gone unscathed. Even a giant institution like CalPERS, the US’ biggest pension fund, has...
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Public Concerns about Regulation FD
At the end of the summer, the SEC updated its advice on how firms should comply with Regulation FD. Lawyers view the update as a...
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