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May 29, 2009

Lawmakers Want to Monitor TARP Funds with XBRL-Tagged Financials

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 >

May 28, 2009

Getting Google Alerts on Tweets?

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 >

May 27, 2009

Mac Clone Maker Psystar Seeks Bankruptcy Protection

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 >

May 26, 2009

Survey Says SEC Rates Lower Than IRS in Public Opinion

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 >

May 22, 2009

Have You Reviewed Your Policies Lately?

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 >

May 21, 2009

U.S. Chamber of Commerce Opposes New SEC Rule Proposal

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 >

Need Money for Data Management Tech? Try Operations Budget

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 >

May 20, 2009

Proposed Rules Would Allow Shareholders to Nominate Corporate Directors

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 >

May 19, 2009

U.S. Supreme Court Will Hear PCAOB Constitutionality Case

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 >

Free Software Foundation, Cisco (Will Soon) Settle GPL Lawsuit

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 >

May 18, 2009

Now Is the Time for Formal IT Governance Frameworks

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 >

May 15, 2009

Dell Sets Standard for E-Waste Policies

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 >

May 14, 2009

FINRA's Ketchum: Investment Advisers Need Single Fiduciary Standard

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 >

May 13, 2009

Intel Will Appeal EU Antitrust Ruling

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 >

May 12, 2009

E-Mail Management Still Presents Legal, Efficiency Risks for Many

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 >

Obama to Get Tough on Antitrust Violators

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 >

May 11, 2009

Ethics Requirements for Business Managers?

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 >

May 7, 2009

FINRA Panel Says Financial Regulators Will Not Merge

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 >

Panel: IT Should Avoid 'Knee Jerk' Reactions to Oracle's Sun Acquisition

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 >

May 5, 2009

Are Business Incubators Resurging as a Result of the Recession?

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 >

May 4, 2009

FTC Grants Further Reprieve on Red Flag Rule Enforcement

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 >

May 1, 2009

State Electronic Recycling Laws Becoming Norm; Nothing Yet at Federal Level

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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