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In a move aimed at reassuring investors that fairness is being restored to the financial marketplace, President Obama last week announced that he is requesting a 12 percent increase in the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) FY2011 budget. If enacted, the president’s request would infuse more than 100 new enforcement staffers into the SEC as it continues to take on ... READ MORE

It’s funny because it’s true. While this cliché has been so overused that it’s nearly lost its meaning, there’s no better way to describe a media evolution that is fundamentally changing the way that Americans get their news. Today, a comedic “fake news” program, Comedy Central’s The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, is rivaling the mainstays of television journalism in terms ... READ MORE

As companies begin to successfully navigate the myriad of reputational challenges inherent in the increasingly global regulatory infrastructure, Bulletproof Blog™ presents the next in a series of video interviews with leading regulatory and compliance strategists. In today’s installment, Sulaksh Shah, a Director in Forensic Services practice, specializing in FCPA matters, outlines the wide range of anti-corruption challenges that companies face in ... READ MORE

Bulletproof’s Weekly Web Wrap-Up offers a compilation of key discussions regarding social media’s increasing relevance to business. One of social media’s greatest potential pitfalls also represents an unprecedented opportunity for companies: employee activity in the online space. We’ve all heard the stories of how a distasteful Facebook update or Twitter post from an employee can have detrimental impacts on the brands ... READ MORE

In years past, the World Economic Forum meetings in Davos, Switzerland was a chance for CEOs to hit the slopes and hobnob with movie stars, musicians, and supermodels. Last year, in the midst of the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression, that changed. With Congress, investors, and the public at large up in arms over the luxuries that defined ... READ MORE

President John F. Kennedy once said that “the time to repair the roof is when the sun is shining.” While this is indeed sage advice, it is unfortunately seldom followed by legislators and regulators who are often too preoccupied with investigating the problems of the past to focus their attention on the dangers that lurk ahead. At the Securities and Exchange Commission ... READ MORE