With the Thanksgiving holiday this weekend, I’m turning the blog over to public service.
Some conversations are easier than others.
Last Thanksgiving weekend, many bloggers participated in the first documented “blog rally” to promote Engage With Grace – a movement aimed at having all of us understand and communicate our end-of-life wishes.
It was a great success last… » Read More
sorry to bother… » Read More
The tale of 650 Fifth Avenue is one that should be closely watched by compliance professionals dealing with real estate. Last year, the Department of Justice filed a forfeiture proceeding against a 40% interest in the property held by the Assa Corporation. They recently filed… » Read More
When thinking about risk, I break things into four quadrants. There are things we know and there are things we don’t know as individuals. I then slice slice that further… » Read More
Join me for a 60-minute Webinar at 11:00 am Eastern time on Wednesday, December 9. It’s free, sponsored by Martindale-Hubbell Connected.
The webinar will give you ‘real world’ examples of social… » Read More
Here are some interesting stories from the past week:
How Presenters Can Deal With A.D.D. Audiences by Charles H. Green for Trust Matters
In other words—the heads-down twittering was definitely multi-tasking, but… » Read More
To continue the Madoff dogpile on the SEC, the SEC’s Office of Inspector General released a report criticizing the SEC’s process for selecting investment advisers and investment companies for examination.
Review… » Read More
OpenCongress allows you to create custom widgets for the status of bills in Congress. I decided to play around and create one for the House version of the Private Fund… » Read More
Starting November 21, 2009, you need a new workplace poster: EEO is the Law.
There are two new federal workplace laws the Genetic Information Non-Discrimination Act and the ADA Amendments Act…. » Read More
Eight federal regulatory agencies today released the final model privacy notice form. It’s supposed to make it easier for consumers to understand how financial institutions collect and share information about… » Read More
The Congressional Budge Office released a cost estimate of H.R. 3818, the Private Fund Investment Advisers Registration Act of 2009. Obviously, there will be an additional cost to fund managers… » Read More
Trace International has launched an online, fully-searchable database containing summaries and analyses of international anti-bribery enforcement actions and investigations in the U.S. and throughout the world. The Trace Compendium summaries… » Read More
