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Sustainability Info Will Be Required in SEC Filings

November 27, 2013

An organization called the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board, or SASB (pronounced saz-bee), has been accredited to set standards for how […]

Monitoring Regulatory Agreements

November 27, 2013

Companies in a wide range of regulated industries, from food production and energy to insurance and health care, may enter […]

The SEC’s 2013 Whistleblower Report

November 26, 2013

The numbers are in and they are impressive: In fiscal 2013, the second year of the Dodd-Frank whistleblower program, there […]

Dodd-Frank Whistleblowers Not Entitled To Jury Trial

November 22, 2013

A federal district judge in Atlanta has ruled that whistleblowers under the Dodd-Frank Act looking to sue for retaliation do […]

FTC Finds Office Depot, OfficeMax Merger Not An Anti-Trust Concern

November 20, 2013

Office Depot and OfficeMax can continue on a merger path after the Federal Trade Commission closed its seven-month investigation. The […]

FCC Pressures Wireless Industry To Voluntarily Unlock Phones

November 20, 2013

The new Federal Communications Commission Chairman, Tom Wheeler, wants the wireless phone industry to act before the holiday season, voluntarily […]

Obama: Health Care Website Woes Show Need For IT Procurement Reform

November 18, 2013

The disastrous HealthCare.gov rollout may lead to a shift in how the government procures IT, a process President Obama called […]

Mixed Reception To Obama’s Pick for CFTC Chief

November 14, 2013

President Obama’s nomination of Timothy Massad to head the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) was welcomed by business groups, but […]

Nanomaterial Controls Recommended By NIOSH

November 14, 2013

The National Institute on Occupational Safety and Health has released new recommendations for controlling nanomaterials in the workplace. Strategies include […]

SEC Reaches First Deferred Prosecution Agreement With An Individual

November 14, 2013

The SEC has reached a deferred prosecution agreement with an individual in exchange for his help in bringing down a […]

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