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The Voice of Corporate Governance — 236 episodes

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CII’s Monthly Governance and Capital Market Regulation Update (April 30 - May 28)

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Controllers Unbound with Lucian Bebchuk and Kobi Kastiel

3

The New Political Economy of Delaware Corporate Lawmaking with Professor Ed Rock

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The New Political Economy of Delaware Corporate Lawmaking with Professor Ed Rock

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CII’s Monthly Governance and Capital Market Regulation Update (March 26 – April 30)

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Delaware's Agency Problem with Professor Charles Whitehead

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CII’s Monthly Governance and Capital Market Regulation Update (March 3-26)

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CII’s Monthly Governance and Capital Market Regulation Update (Feb. 3 - March 3)

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Winning in the Face of Change with Pat Niemann

10

CII’s Monthly Governance and Capital Market Regulation Update (Jan. 6 - Feb. 3)

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CII’s Monthly Governance and Capital Market Regulation Update (Dec. 2, 2025 - Jan. 6, 2026)

12

CII’s Monthly Governance and Capital Market Regulation Update (October 28 - December 2)

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The Shadow SEC and Quarterly Reports with Professor James Cox

14

CII’s Monthly Governance and Capital Market Regulation Update (October 1-28)

15

Courts, Legislation and Delaware Corporate Law with Professor Kobi Kastiel

16

CII’s Monthly Governance and Capital Market Regulation Update (September 2 - October 1)

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CII’s Monthly Governance and Capital Market Regulation Update (August 4 - September 2)

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The Price of Delaware Corporate Law Reform with Roberto Tallarita

19

CII’s Monthly Governance and Capital Market Regulation Update (June 30 - August 4)

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Texas, Delaware, and the New Controller Primacy with Christine Hurt

21

CII’s Monthly Governance and Capital Market Regulation Update (June 3-30)

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Havens for Corporate Lawbreaking with William Moon

23

CII’s Monthly Governance and Capital Market Regulation Update (May 6 to June 3)

24

An Examination of Critical Audit Matter Disclosure Quality with Keith Czerney

25

CII’s Monthly Governance and Capital Market Regulation Update (April 1 to May 6)

26

The Shadow SEC with James Cox

27

CII’s Monthly Governance and Capital Market Regulation Update (March 4 to April 1)

28

The Corporation of the 21st Century with Sir John Kay

29

CII’s Monthly Governance and Capital Market Regulation Update (Feb. 5 to March 4)

30

Shareholder Voice and Executive Compensation with John Barry

31

CII’s Monthly Governance and Capital Market Regulation Update (Jan. 7 to Feb. 5)

32

Judge Shopping and Investors with Stephen Vladeck

33

CII’s Monthly Governance and Capital Market Regulation Update (Dec. 3 to Jan. 7)

34

A Tale of Three Perspectives: How GNFs, Annual NAFs, and Triennial NAFs Experience the PCAOB Inspection Deficiency Remediation Process with Ally Zimmerman

35

CII’s Monthly Governance and Capital Market Regulation Update (Nov. 5 to Dec. 3)

36

Insider Trading by Other Means with Cindy Schipani

37

CII’s Monthly Governance and Capital Market Regulation Update (Oct. 1 - Nov. 5)

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CII’s Monthly Governance and Capital Market Regulation Update (Aug. 27 - Oct. 1)

39

Insights from Auditors’ Disclosures of How They Addressed Critical Audit Matters With Brandon Szerwo

40

CII’s Monthly Governance and Capital Market Regulation Update (July 29 - August 27)

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Regulatory Costs of Being Public: Evidence From Bunching Estimation with Michael Ewens

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CII’s Monthly Governance and Capital Market Regulation Update (June 24 - July 29)

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Occupational Fraud 2024: A Report to the Nations with John Warren

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CII’s Monthly Governance and Capital Market Regulation Update (May 24 - June 24)

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Risk-Adjusting the Returns to Private Debt Funds with Isil Erel, Thomas Flanagan & Michael Weisbach

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CII’s Monthly Governance and Capital Market Regulation Update (April 26 - May 24)

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11th Hour Option Discounting with Sven Riethmueller

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CII’s Monthly Governance and Capital Market Regulation Update (March 29 -April 26)

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The Disability Inclusion Imperative with Ted Kennedy Jr.

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CII’s Monthly Governance and Capital Market Regulation Update (Feb. 26 - March 29, 2024)

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Banks’ Motivation for Designating Securities as Held to Maturity with Stephen Ryan

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CII’s Monthly Governance and Capital Market Regulation Update (Jan. 29 - Feb. 23, 2024)

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Why Are Key Audit Matter Disclosures Incrementally Informative Compared to Critical Audit Matter Disclosures?

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CII’s Monthly Governance and Capital Market Regulation Update (Dec. 28, 2023 - Jan. 29, 2024)

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Shareholder Proposals: A Conversation with John Chevedden

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CII’s Monthly Governance and Capital Market Regulation Update (Dec. 4-28, 2023)

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CII’s Monthly Governance and Capital Market Regulation Update (Oct. 31 - Dec. 4)

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How Financial Statement Fraud Affects People’s Desire to Become Accountants with Robert Carnes

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CII’s Monthly Governance and Capital Market Regulation Update (Oct. 3 - 31)

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Fairness Opinions and SPAC Reform with Andrew Tuch

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CII’s Monthly Governance and Capital Market Regulation Update (Sept. 5 - Oct. 3)

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Old Institutions, New Report: Auditors’ Experiences Implementing Critical Audit Matter Reporting with Karla Zehms

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CII’s Monthly Governance and Capital Market Regulation Update (Aug. 1 - Sept. 5)

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Corporate Governance Welfarism with Ed Rock

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CII’s Monthly Governance and Capital Market Regulation Update (June 28 - Aug. 1)

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Chilling Climate Change Disclosure with J. Robert Brown Jr.

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CII’s Monthly Governance and Capital Market Regulation Update (May 30 - June 28)

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Barbarians Inside the Gates: Raiders, Activists, and the Risk of Mistargeting with Zohar Goshen

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Disappearing Audit Disclosure: Changes in the Reporting of Critical Audit Matters With Kate Suslava

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CII’s Monthly Governance and Capital Market Regulation Update (May 2-30)

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How Pervasive Is Corporate Fraud? with Luigi Zingales

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CII’s Monthly Governance and Capital Market Regulation Update (April 4 - May 2)

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The Effect of Changes in Legal Liability on Credit Rating Agencies’ Reliance on Financial Statement Information and Rating Quality with Wayne Landsman

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CII’s Monthly Governance and Capital Market Regulation Update (March 1 - April 4)

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CII’s Monthly Governance and Capital Market Regulation Update (Feb. 2 - March 1)

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McRitchie v. Zuckerberg with Frederick Alexander

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CII’s Monthly Governance and Capital Market Regulation Update

78

Saving Climate Disclosure with Scott Hirst

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CII’s Monthly Governance and Capital Market Regulation Update

80

Competitive Target Pay Practices for CEO Compensation with Shiva Rajgopal

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CPAs and Big 4 Office Audit Quality with Albert Nagy

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The Further Erosion of Investor Protection with Andrew Tuch

83

CII’s Monthly Governance and Capital Market Regulation Update

84

Audit Committee: The Kitchen Sink of the Board with Lauren Cunningham and Sarah Stein

85

Are Audit Committees Overloaded? with Preeti Choudhary

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Human Capital and the Accounting Profession with Wes Bricker and Danna Spenceley

87

CII’s Monthly Governance and Capital Market Regulation Update

88

The Real Effects of Adopting Voluntary ESG Disclosure Standards with Khrystyna Bochkay and Jeffrey Hales

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Does ESG Negative Screening Work? With Shiva Rajgopal

90

CII’s Monthly Governance and Capital Market Regulation Update

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Investors and SCOTUS: West Virginia v. EPA and a Preview of the 2022-2023 Term with Robert K. Kry

92

CII’s Monthly Governance and Capital Market Regulation Update

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Audit Quality with Bob Conway

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Trust in U.S. Business Survey with Wes Bricker

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CII’s Monthly Governance and Capital Market Regulation Update

96

The INDEX Act with Professor Caleb Griffin

97

CII’s Monthly Governance and Capital Market Regulation Update

98

The Financial Reporting Quality of Post-Merger SPAC Firms with Ryan Wilson

99

It Pays for Companies to Leave Russia with Jeffrey Sonnenfeld and Steven Tian

100

Holding Foreign Insiders Accountable with Professor Daniel J. Taylor

101

CII’s Monthly Governance and Capital Market Regulation Update

102

Meet the Chair of the International Ethics Standards Board for Accountants: Gabriela Figueiredo Dias

103

The SEC’s New Proposal on Climate Disclosure: Critiquing the Critics with Professor George S. Georgiev

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CII’s Monthly Governance and Capital Market Regulation Update

105

The SEC’s Attempt to Write Generally Accepted Climate Principles with Shivaram Rajgopal

106

Legal Guardrails for a Unicorn Crackdown with Alexander Platt

107

CII’s Monthly Governance and Capital Market Regulation Update

108

SPAC Disclosure of Net Cash Per Share with Michael Klausner

109

The Corporate Governance Gap with Professor Yaron Nili

110

CII’s Monthly Governance and Capital Market Regulation Update

111

Hidden Agendas in Shareholder Voting with Professor Adriana Z. Robertson

112

The Public - Private Divide in Securities Law with Professor George S. Georgiev

113

SPAC Law and Myths with John Coates

114

CII’s Monthly Governance and Capital Market Regulation Update

115

Lifetime Earnings with Shivaram Rajgopal

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Reporting Misstatements as Revisions with Professor Rachel Thompson

117

CII's Monthly Financial Regulation & Corporate Governance Update with Jeff Mahoney for November 30 - January 4

118

*Update* A Sober Look at SPACs with Professor Michael Klausner

119

SPAC Litigation with Professor Daniel J. Taylor

120

CII's Monthly Financial Regulation & Corporate Governance Update with Jeff Mahoney for November 1-30

121

The Impact-Weighted Accounts Project with Professor Ethan Rouen

122

Dual Class with Professors Gladriel & Jarrod Shobe

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SDG-Aligned Investment in Africa with Professor Daniel Preston

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The Securities Lending/Voting Tradeoff with Professor Joshua Mitts

125

The Impact of Impact Investing with Professor Jules H. van Binsbergen

126

CII's Monthly Financial Regulation & Corporate Governance Update with Jeff Mahoney for October 4 to November 1

127

How do directors view their duties to shareowners? An interview with Professors Steven Boivie, Michael Withers, and Scott Griffin.

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SPACs and Shareholder Litigation with Fred Fox

129

CII's Monthly Financial Regulation & Corporate Governance Update with Jeff Mahoney for August 31 - October 4

130

Preview of the 2021-2022 Term of the U.S. Supreme Court with Robert K. Kry

131

2021 Say-On-Pay Trends with ISS' Galen Spielman

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2021 Say-On-Pay Trends with Glass Lewis' Julian Hamud

133

CII's Monthly Financial Regulation & Corporate Governance Update with Jeff Mahoney for August 2-31

134

Investors and Norway’s Board Gender-Quota Law with Professor B. Espen Eckbo

135

Investors and Climate Change-Related Risk with Professor Madison Condon

136

CII's Monthly Financial Regulation & Corporate Governance Update with Jeff Mahoney for June 30 - August 2

137

Reflections on the 2021 Proxy Season with Heidi Welsh

138

Firm value and Seeking Political Influence with Professor Shiva Rajgopal

139

Corporate Sustainability and Materiality with Professor Andrew King

140

CII's Monthly Financial Regulation & Corporate Governance Update with Jeff Mahoney for June 2-30

141

ESG and Market Reaction with Professor Aaron Yoon

142

SPACs and the Need for Investor Protection with Professor Usha Rodrigues

143

Nasdaq's Proposal on Board Diversity and Investors with Professor Richard Painter

144

Dual-Class Stock Unicorns with Professor Renee Jones (Re-Release)

145

CII's Monthly Financial Regulation & Corporate Governance Update with Jeff Mahoney for April 30 to June 2.

146

The Giant Shadow of Corporate Gadflies with Professor Yaron Nili

147

Carbon Quotient: How to Create Accountability for Net Zero across the Investment Value Chain with C. Gregory Rogers

148

Executive Compensation and Stock Buybacks with Professor Nitzan Shilon

149

CII's Monthly Financial Regulation & Corporate Governance Update with Jeff Mahoney for March 31 - April 30

150

Calls for Harmonization of Sustainability Reporting with Professor Carol Adams

151

Insider Trading and Strategic Disclosure with Professor Joshua Mitts

152

What Matters for Audit Quality with Professor Preeti Choudhary

153

CII's Monthly Financial Regulation & Corporate Governance Update with Jeff Mahoney for March 3-31

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CII's Monthly Financial Regulation & Corporate Governance Update with Jeff Mahoney for February 2 - March 3

155

The Truth about Public Accounting with Robert Conway

156

EEO-1 Diversity Proposals with Yumi Narita

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Special Purpose Acquisition Companies (SPACs) with Professor Michael Klausner

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Rule 10b5-1 Trading Plans with Professor Daniel Taylor

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CII's Monthly Financial Regulation & Corporate Governance Update with Jeff Mahoney for January 6 - February 2

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CII's Monthly Financial Regulation & Corporate Governance Update with Jeff Mahoney for December 3 - January 6

161

CII's Monthly Financial Regulation & Corporate Governance Update with Jeff Mahoney for October 30 - December 2

162

Stakeholder Capitalism and ESG with Professor Shiva Rajgopol

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Why Corporate Management Waivers of Misstatements Identified by Their Auditors Are a Cost to Investors with Professor Preeti Choudhary

164

CII's Monthly Financial Regulation & Corporate Governance Update with Jeff Mahoney for October 3-30

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CII's Monthly Financial Regulation & Corporate Governance Update with Jeff Mahoney for September 3 - October 2

166

The 2020-2021 SCOTUS Term with Robert K. Kry

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CII's Monthly Financial Regulation & Corporate Governance Update with Jeff Mahoney for August 3 - September 3

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Empirical Research on ESG and Firm Value with Julie Gorte

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CII's Monthly Financial Regulation & Corporate Governance Update with Jeff Mahoney for July 1 - August 3

170

How Critical Audit Matters Benefit Investors By Constraining Earnings Management with Professor Jaime Schmidt

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CII's Monthly Financial Regulation & Corporate Governance Update with Jeff Mahoney for June 2-30

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The New and Redesigned PCAOB Inspection Reports: New Insights for Investors about Audits with Jay Brown

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CII's Monthly Financial Regulation & Corporate Governance Update with Jeff Mahoney for May 6 - June 2

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Stock Option Repricing and Exchange Programs with Aon

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The Case for Individual Audit Partner Accountability with Colleen Honigsberg

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CII's Monthly Financial Regulation & Corporate Governance Update with Jeff Mahoney for April 2 - May 5

177

Reviewing Workforce Disclosure Initiative's 2019 Survey with Aine Clarke

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ISS Recommendations and Compensation Pactices with Professor Susanna Gallani

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ISO's Human Capital Reporting Standard with Jeff Higgins

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“Fewer, Richer, and Greener” with author Laurence B. Siegel

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CII's Monthly Financial Regulation & Corporate Governance Update with Jeff Mahoney for March 2 - April 1

182

Defective Corporate Acts & Delaware Corporation Law with Andrew Franklin

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Core Earnings Research with Professor Charles Wang

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CII's Monthly Financial Regulation & Corporate Governance Update with Jeff Mahoney for Feb 6-28

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CII's Monthly Financial Regulation & Corporate Governance Update with Jeff Mahoney for Jan 4 - Feb 5

186

Preview of the 2019-2020 Term of the U.S. Supreme Court with Robert K. Kry

187

CII's Monthly Financial Regulation & Corporate Governance Update with Jeff Mahoney for Nov. 28 - Jan 3.

188

Dual-Class Stock Unicorns with Professor Renee Jones

189

CII's Monthly Financial Regulation & Corporate Governance Update with Jeff Mahoney for Nov. 1-27

190

The Ethical Shareholder Initiative with Tamara Belinfanti and Arthur Kohn

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CII's Monthly Financial Regulation & Corporate Governance Update with Jeff Mahoney for Oct. 1 - Nov. 1

192

Sustainability Reporting Frameworks with Rhonda Brauer

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CII's Monthly Financial Regulation & Corporate Governance Update with Jeff Mahoney for Sept. 1 - Oct. 1

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Enforcement of Federal Securities Laws with Professor Urska Velikonja

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CII's Monthly Financial Regulation & Corporate Governance Update with Jeff Mahoney for July 30 - August 30

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Materiality and Financial Reporting Reliability with Professor Preeti Choudhary

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CII's Monthly Financial Regulation & Corporate Governance Update with Jeff Mahoney for July 1-30

198

SSGA's R-Factor and Sustainability Reporting with Rakhi Kumar

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CII's Monthly Financial Regulation & Corporate Governance Update with Jeff Mahoney for June 1-28

200

Executive Sourcing and Portfolio Value with Carrie Green and Greg Nagel

201

Preventing the Destruction of Shareholder Value in M&A Transactions with Stephen Weiss

202

CII's Monthly Financial Regulation & Corporate Governance Update with Jeff Mahoney for April 26 - May 1

203

Insider Trading Research with Professors Salman Arif, Joseph Schroeder, and Daniel Taylor

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CII's Monthly Financial Regulation & Corporate Governance Update with Jeff Mahoney for March 26 - April 26

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Executive Compensation and Non-GAAP Financials with Robert Pozen

206

Engaging on Cyber with Confidence with Ryan Dodd

207

Financial Exposure - Carl Levin's Senate Investigations Into Finance and Tax Abuse with Elise Bean

208

Glass Lewis' Report Feedback Statement Service with Courteney Keatinge

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CII's Monthly Financial Regulation & Corporate Governance Update with Jeff Mahoney for Feb. 27 - March 26

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CII's Monthly Financial Regulation & Corporate Governance Update with Jeff Mahoney for Jan. 31 - Feb. 26

211

2019 Proxy Season Outlook with Pat McGurn

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CII's Monthly Financial Regulation & Corporate Governance Update with Jeff Mahoney for Dec. 21 - Jan. 30

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Disrupting Financial Infrastructure with Alex Lebow

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CII's Monthly Financial Regulation & Corporate Governance Update with Jeff Mahoney for Nov. 20 - Dec. 20

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International Investor Litigation Cases with Peter Hansen

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CII's Monthly Financial Regulation & Corporate Governance Update with Jeff Mahoney for Oct. 19 - Nov. 27

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Cybersecurity Disclosure Benchmarking with Kellie Huennekens

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A U.K. Critique of Quarterly Financial Reporting with Andrew Ninian

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Market Structure Issues—Why Should Investors Care? with Ty Gellasch

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CII's Monthly Financial Regulation & Corporate Governance Update with Jeff Mahoney for Sept. 18 - Oct. 18

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Drivers & Demand for Investing in Gold with JC Artigas

222

The Revolving Door Between the PCAOB and Audit Firms with Professor Wayne Landsman

223

A New SEC Rulemaking Petition on ESG Disclosure with Rachel Curley

224

Corporate Governance Legislation with John Coates

225

CII's Monthly Financial Regulation & Corporate Governance Update with Jeff Mahoney (Aug. 15 - Sept. 17)

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The Benefits of Quarterly Reporting with Salman Arif

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Private Equity Fund Governance with Chris Hayes

228

CII's Monthly Financial Regulation & Corporate Governance Update with Jeff Mahoney (July 11 - Aug. 15)

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What Investors Need to Know About CFIUS with Clay Lowery

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Proxy Advisor Diligence in Contested Elections with Cristiano Guerra

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No-Vote Shares & the Business Judgment Rule with Charles Elson

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CII's 2017 Majority Voting for Directors Letter Campaign

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Introducing CII's Study on Multi-Class Stock and Firm Value

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CII's Concerns About The Financial CHOICE Act

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Virtual-Only Shareholder Meetings

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Why Indexes Should Say “No” to Non-Voting Shares