Compliance into the Weeds

Compliance into the Weeds is the only weekly podcast which takes a deep dive into a compliance related topic, literally going into the weeds to more fully explore a subject. In this episode, Matt Kelly and I take a very deep dive into the recent SEC whistleblower award of $54MM to two separate individuals.    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode, Matt Kelly and I take a deep dive into a compliance related topic, literally going into the weeds to more fully explore a subject. In this episode, Matt Kelly and I take a very deep dive the implications from President Trump’s tweet on Friday, August 17th about quarterly financial reporting by public companies. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Compliance into the Weeds is the only weekly podcast which takes a deep dive into a compliance related topic, literally going into the weeds to more fully explore a subject. In this episode, Matt Kelly and I take a deep dive into the imbroglio Salesforce found itself in when it came out the company did work for ICE. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode Matt Kelly and I unpack the proposed changes to the SEC Whistleblower program.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Compliance into the Weeds is the only weekly podcast which takes a deep dive into a compliance related topic, literally going into the weeds to more fully explore a subject. In this episode, Matt Kelly and I take a deep dive back into the impact of the Trump Administration’s attack on friend and foe alike with tariffs, trade wars, embargoes and sanctions.  This is also our first live podcast from...

In this episode, Matt Kelly and I take a deep dive back into the issue of the ZTE monitorship announced recently as a part of the settlement with the Department of Commerce on the death penalty sanctions levied on the company in April.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Compliance into the Weeds is the only weekly podcast which takes a deep dive into a compliance related topic, literally going into the weeds to more fully explore a subject. In this episode, Matt Kelly and I take a deep dive back into the issue of the decline in Initial Public Offerings (IPOs). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode, Matt Kelly and I take a deep dive into the issue of two factor authentication of cloud-based solutions and the intersection with compliance. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode, Matt Kelly and I take a deep dive into the travails of Roseanne, her television network ABC and compliance over her vile and racist tweet comparing Obama advisor Valerie Jarrad to an ape. We consider the corporate response in light of corporate ethics, values and priorities. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode, Matt Kelly and I take a continued deep dive the underlying assumptions around the reasons for lack of IPOs by small and mid-cap sized firms. We focus on a speech by SEC Commissioner Robert Jackson recently gave exploring possible reasons why middle market companies aren’t going public. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode, Matt Kelly and I go meta as we go into the weeds about Weed, in the context of the recent announcement by the administration that it would not prosecute persons or producers in states where marijuana sales are legal. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Privilege and Arrogance at the EPA Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we consider the plight of soon-to-be former Facebook Chief Information Security Officer Alex Stamos who was seemingly retaliated against for his actions to try and bring the data hacking of Facebook to the attention of senior management. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode, Matt Kelly and I take a deep dive into the recent SEC enforcement action against Elizabeth Holmes, the disgraced founder of Theranos, for her massive fraud around the former unicorn. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode, Matt Kelly and I continue our exploration of the fallout from the recent Supreme Court decision in Digital Realty Trust v. Somers in light of the filing by BioRad in its appeal of the whistleblower award to its former General Counsel, Sanford Wadler.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode, Matt Kelly and I explore the recent revelations of systemic sexual harassment and abuse present in the front office of the Dallas Mavericks. The allegations were not lodged against owner Mark Cuban but against his former team CEO, Terdema Ussery, who was CEO of the Mavericks from 1997 to 2015.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode, Matt Kelly and I take a deep dive into the implications flowing from the Supreme Court’s decision last week in the Digital Realty Trust v. Somers decision. Matt initiated a ‘tweetstorm’ in articulating his thoughts on the effects of the decision, including its effect on corporations, Chief Compliance Officers, corporate compliance functions and the Securities and Exchange Commissi...

In this episode Matt Kelly and I go meta as we podcast about another podcast that Matt posted this week on his site, Radical Compliance, where he interviewed Paul Sobel, the incoming Chairman of COSO. We discuss how Sobel sees his new role at COSO, some of the initiatives that he has in mind for the organization and how companies can use the various COSO frameworks, including the Internal Controls...

In this episode, Matt Kelly and I go into the weeds on the fascinating subject relating to the intersection of compliance and technology: AI and hotlines. We explore how this phone app can assist the compliance practitioner by using technology to overcome the inherent tension in an anonymous reporting system where the reporter may desire anonymity while the CCO wants and needs as much information...

In this episode, Matt Kelly and I take a deep dive into the events which led to the resignation of Steve Wynn as the CEO and Chairman of Wynn Casinos for sexual harassment and misconduct.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode Matt Kelly and myself take a deep dive into the weeds of the recent remarks by Neomi Rao, head of the Office for Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA), the Administration’s top regulatory review office outlining ambitious plans for more deregulation in 2018 — including efforts to sweep independent federal agencies into her purview and to crack down on the “sub-regulatory” guida...

In this episode Matt Kelly and I take a deep dive into the absolutely stunning indictment of five former partners or employees of KPMG and one former employee at the Public Company Oversight Accounting Board (PCAOB). L Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode Matt Kelly and I take a deep dive into a fascinating paper from Harvard Business School. Boris Groysberg and George Serafeim, worked with a global recruitment firm to study more than 2,000 executive-level job placements from 2004 to 2011, examining a wide range of job placements and pay data since 2004. They found that the stigma of listing a discredited company on your resume, eve...

In this episode Matt Kelly and I take deep dive into the issue of non-GAAP metrics and its implications. We were inspired an article in this quarter's MIT Sloan Management Review entitled, "The Pitfalls of Non-GAAP Metrics". It is fascinating review of this topic, which "Lurking within the financial statements and communications of public companies is a troubling trend. Alternative metrics, once u...

In this episode, Matt Kelly and I take a look at some of the more intriguing issues in compliance and ethics, FCPA and greater GRC issues in the new year of 2018. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices