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The Securities and Exchange Commission has already mandated that the nation's 500 largest public companies file their financials using eXtensible Business Reporting Languge beginning this year. Rem... More >
I just got a Google Alert for one of my own Twitter posts. A week ago, I "retweeted" about a book giveaway on a blog I read , and today, Google alerted me of that fact. Yes, the alert is rath... More >
PCWorld.com reported Tuesday that infamous Mac clone maker, Psystar , has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. The pleadings indicate that the Florida-based company has less than $50,000 in ... More >
An interesting tidbit from Compliance Week blogger and former senior counsel in the SEC's Division of Enforcement, Bruce Carton : In terms of public opinion, the Securities and Exchange Commission... More >
We've heard it so much in the corporate world, it almost goes without saying: The first step in protecting company information and reputation is thorough communications, e-mail and Web use policies. ... More >
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is not happy about the new rules the Securities and Exchange Commission proposed earlier this week. You remember -- the ones that would allow institutional investors or s... More >
Last week I talked to Craig Carpenter, marketing VP and general counsel at information management technology vendor Recommind . The company's recent survey found that employees at many large compani... More >
The Securities and Exchange Commission proposed new rules Wednesday that would enable large investors (institutions, individual shareholder alliances and the like) to nominate as many as one-fourth o... More >
Wow. I did not see this one coming. WebCPA reported Monday that the U.S. Supreme Court has decided to hear the Free Enterprise Fund's lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the Public Comp... More >
UPDATE: Apparently, Neuburger and Proskauer Rose were mistaken. In a blog comment , Software Freedom Law Center attorney Daniel Ravicher clarifies: The matter has NOT been settled. On April 21st, ... More >
IT governance is a hot topic these days, but how many businesses actually put action behind the lip service? According to a CIO.com piece compiled by CIOs in the UK and analysts from MWD Advisers... More >
Just last week I wrote about the lack of federal regulations addressing e-waste exportation from the U.S. to developing countries. Along with groups like the Basel Action Network and Electronics Ta... More >
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority chief Richard Ketchum has called for a single fiduciary standard to apply to investment advisers. InvestmentNews quotes Ketchum as follows: A single standa... More >
Wednesday, the European Commission fined chip-maker Intel $1.44 billion for antitrust violations. The commission found the company had offered computer makers rebates and direct payments for using ... More >
New research from AIIM reveals "a third of organizations have no policy to deal with legal discovery and 40 percent might need to search backup tapes [for] e-mails that might be relevant to litigat... More >
President Obama is working to reverse antitrust rules put in place by his predecessor, according to Reuters . Where George W. Bush's rules tended to favor defendants in antitrust litigation, the new... More >
Should business managers take an oath akin to the Hippocratic Oath taken by physicians? One where the central premise is "Do no harm"? Last month, Jim Kim at FierceSarbox pointed to a post in the ... More >
Despite speculation earlier this year that the Obama Administration would combine the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission in an effort to streamline fina... More >
It's been a few weeks now since database giant Oracle announced it is acquiring Sun Microsystems. In those weeks, several questions have arisen regarding how the new company will look and operate. ... More >
Monday was a big day at the University of Missouri. The Columbia Times Tribune reports university officials " cut the ribbon " at the MU Life Science Business Incubator at Monsanto Place. The incub... More >
Compliance Week reported Monday that the U.S. Federal Trade Commission has extended the compliance deadline for its Identity Theft Red Flags Rule. Most recently scheduled to become effective May 1... More >
Earlier this week, I spoke with Matt Decareau , director of business development for recycler M&K Recovery Group . The computer-recycling specialist reports that it "recycled and reclaimed 600,... More >
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