Doug Cornelius on compliance for private equity real estate
I’m staring out my front door at a half foot of snow, swaying branches heavily laden with wet snow, and an un-plowed street. The latest weather report for Boston: A Blizzard Warning remains in effect until 8 PM EST this evening. * Locations… the East Coast of Massachusetts from Scituate northward. * Hazard types… snow … Read more »
New Year’s Eve is generally a time to reflect on the past and look forward to the future. For many it also involves an excessive amount of alcohol, an expensive dinner in a crowded restaurant, or a long wait for Chinese food delivery. I’m sure there is a compliance story in there somewhere. But I’m … Read more »
I’ve talked in the past about the Black Swan by Taleb and at other times about Free by Chris Anderson. I think I missed a connection between the two. Taleb points out that the Black Swan event is only a surprise to one side. The turkey thinks life is great living on the farm. Until … Read more »
Even Santa Claus may have to face bribery and corruption on journey to deliver presents. What do you do when faced with a border guard demanding something on the side? A funny video take on the issues from Transparency International: For those of you who celebrate it, Merry Christmas. Read more »
Inside the company, you can take away your employees expectations of privacy when it comes to email. It has been unclear whether the same is true when it comes to the government inspecting your email. Surprisingly, there has been little law on whether your email would be subject to same protections as your phone calls … Read more »
Don’t write emails so provocative that they wind up reproduced on the front page of the Wall Street Journal. With many fund managers having to register under the Investment Advisers Act, they will now be subject to more extensive record-keeping requirements. That means more emails will be saved for a longer period of time. Those … Read more »
A cynical look from Dilbert at corporate culture creation: Some of the comments to the comic reinforce this cynical view of corporate values (and ethics): kmulchandani: Just Brilliant! i had a boss who always preached in a code of ethics and values, but when it came to him he was always excused. Quoting him it … Read more »
It’s the holiday season. Like the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade, your community may run a similar parade. They need to pay attention to compliance issues. Particularly, they need to compare the height of the parade’s balloons to overhead power lines and traffic signals. For your entertainment, a parade that failed. Read more »
Nominations are open for the 2010 Clawbies, , honoring the best in Canadian legal blogs. My old blog, KM Space, was a past two-time winner of a Clawbie: Friend of the North 2007 and Friend of the North 2008. Compliance Building stayed on the Clawbie list for 2009. It looks like I didn’t pay much … Read more »
That means an extra long weekend for me. Down the road at Plimouth Plantation they hold onto the belief that the first Thanksgiving in the United States happened in 1621 at their location: The history of Thanksgiving goes much further back than Plymouth and 1621. In fact, people across the world from every culture have … Read more »