The Voice of Corporate Governance

In this episode, CII General Counsel Jeff Mahoney interviews Joshua Mitts, Associate Professor of Law and Milton Handler Fellow at Columbia Law School, on his new research paper titled Insider Trading and Strategic Disclosure .

In this episode, CII general counsel Jeff Mahoney interviews professor Preeti Choudhary, Eller College of Management, University of Arizona , co-author of  The Economics of Audit Production: What Matters for Audit Quality? An Empirical Analysis of the Role of Mid-level Managers within the Audit Firm. .

In this episode, CII General Counsel Jeff Mahoney discusses developments in corporate governance and related CII advocacy activities in connection with the Administration’s initiative to reform the U.S. financial regulatory system for the period of March 3-31.

In this episode, CII General Counsel Jeff Mahoney discusses developments in corporate governance and related CII advocacy activities in connection with the Administration’s initiative to reform the U.S. financial regulatory system for the period of February 2 - March 3.

In this episode, CII General Counsel Jeff Mahoney interviews Robert Conway, author of " The Truth About Public Accounting. " 

Yumi Narita, Executive Director of Corporate Governance at the Office of New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer, discusses shareholder proposals urging public access to same diversity data that companies provide confidentially to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. 

In this episode, CII general counsel Jeff Mahoney interviews Michael Klausner, the Nancy and Charles Munger Professor of Business and Professor of Law, Sanford Law School.  Professor Klausner discusses Special Purpose Acquisition Companies (SPACs), including: What is a SPAC?; why are they so popular?; and what regulatory reforms of SPAC’s may be appropriate? Professor Klausner is the co-author of...

In this episode, CII general counsel Jeff Mahoney interviews Daniel Taylor, Associate Professor of Accounting at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. Professor Taylor discusses Rule 10b5-1 trading plans: What are they; how they may be abused by corporate executives; and what reforms should investors be advocating for. Professor Taylor is a co-author of a recent paper: Gaming the System:...

In this episode, CII General Counsel Jeff Mahoney discusses developments in corporate governance and related CII advocacy activities in connection with the Administration’s initiative to reform the U.S. financial regulatory system for the period of January 6 - February 2.

In this episode, CII General Counsel Jeff Mahoney discusses developments in corporate governance and related CII advocacy activities in connection with the Administration’s initiative to reform the U.S. financial regulatory system for the period of December 3 - January 6

In this episode, CII General Counsel Jeff Mahoney discusses developments in corporate governance and related CII advocacy activities in connection with the Administration’s initiative to reform the U.S. financial regulatory system for the period of October 30 to December 2.

In this episode, CII General Counsel Jeff Mahoney interviews Shiva Rajgopol, the Kester and Byrnes Professor of Accounting and Auditing at Columbia Business School. Professor Rajgopol is the co-author of a recent research paper with Aneesh Raghunandan of the London School of Economics  entitled “Do the Socially Responsible Walk the Talk?” The paper examines data relating to signatory companies to...

In this episode, CII General Counsel Jeff Mahoney discusses developments in corporate governance and related CII advocacy activities in connection with the Administration’s initiative to reform the U.S. financial regulatory system for the period of October 3 - 30.

In this episode, CII general counsel Jeff Mahoney interviews Preeti Choudhary, Associate Professor of Accounting at the Eller College of Management, University of Arizona. Professor Choudhary addresses the question of why corporate management waivers of financial statement errors identified by their external auditors are a cost to investors.

In this episode, CII General Counsel Jeff Mahoney discusses developments in corporate governance and related CII advocacy activities in connection with the Administration’s initiative to reform the U.S. financial regulatory system for the period of September 3 - October 2.

In this episode, CII General Counsel Jeff Mahoney interviews Robert K. Kry, a Founding Partner of the law firm of MoloLamken. Kry provides a preview  of investor related issues that are expected to be addressed during the 2020-2021 term of the Supreme Court of the United States which began on October 5.

In this episode, CII General Counsel Jeff Mahoney discusses developments in corporate governance and related CII advocacy activities in connection with the Administration’s initiative to reform the U.S. financial regulatory system for the period of August 3 - September 3.

In this podcast, CII Senior Research Analyst Lucy Nussbaum discusses CII’s new bibliography and the importance of empirical research on ESG factors and firm value with Julie Gorte, the Senior Vice President of Sustainable Investing at Impax Asset Management.

In this episode, CII General Counsel Jeff Mahoney discusses developments in corporate governance and related CII advocacy activities in connection with the Administration’s initiative to reform the U.S. financial regulatory system for the period of July 1 - August 3.

In this episode, CII General Counsel Jeff Mahoney interviews Jaime J. Schmidt, Associate Professor at The University of Texas at Austin McCombs School of Business on her recent research paper, " Have Critical Audit Matter Disclosures Indirectly Benefitted Investors by Constraining Earnings Management? Evidence from Tax Accounts ."

In this episode, CII General Counsel Jeff Mahoney discusses some of CII's advocacy efforts and regulatory/legislative activities for the period of June 2-30 relevant to the Administration’s efforts to reform the U.S. financial regulatory system.

In this episode, CII General Counsel Jeff Mahoney interviews Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) Board Member Jay Brown on streamlining inspection reports for auditors and increasing disclosures on serious audit deficiencies.

In this episode, CII General Counsel Jeff Mahoney discusses some of CII's advocacy efforts and regulatory/legislative activities for the period of May 6 - June 2 relevant to the Administration’s efforts to reform the U.S. financial regulatory system.

On this episode, Dan Kapinos and Pam Greene of Aon discuss stock option repricing and exchange programs and their expectations given the Covid-19 pandemic.

In this episode, CII General Counsel Jeff Mahoney interviews Colleen Honigsberg, Associate Professor of Law at Stanford. Professor Honigsberg is the author of a recent article published in the Vanderbilt Law Review entitled “The Case for Individual Audit Partner Accountability.” Professor Honigsberg’s article argues that the persistence of accounting failures around the world indicates the need fo...