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Parting Thoughts on Compliance Week 2010

Matt Kelly May 31, 2010

Well, the Compliance Week 2010 conference is now done and fading into history. The event was excellent, and credit belongs to all the attendees, speakers and helpers who altogether made our 2010 conference the largest and most successful we’ve ever had. Anyone who didn’t make it to Washington this year...

Previewing Compliance Week 2010

Matt Kelly March 04, 2010

Every spring I write an editorial announcing the lineup of our annual Compliance Week lineup. As you might imagine, last year’s conference, in the shadow of recession and financial crisis, had a touch of gallows humor to the whole affair. I am happy, and more than a little surprised, to...

Why You Should Listen to Barney Frank

Matt Kelly January 06, 2010

Well, Compliance Week seems to have touched a nerve with news of the latest speaker for our annual conference this spring: Congressman Barney Frank.As some of you might have seen already, earlier this week we sent out a mass email announcing that Frank, chairman of the House Financial Services Committee,...

Early Returns on Section 404

Matt Kelly November 05, 2008

One bit of political flotsam flushed away in last night's blue deluge: U.S. Rep. Tom Feeney of Florida. Feeney, a three-term Republican from central Florida, has been an outspoken critic of Sarbanes-Oxley and specifically of applying its notorious Section 404 provisions to small companies. Well, he lost last night. Democrat Suzanne...

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Compliance Week LinkedIn Group

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Survey of the Week

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