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The Voice of Corporate Governance — 228 episodes
CII’s Monthly Governance and Capital Market Regulation Update (March 3-26)
CII’s Monthly Governance and Capital Market Regulation Update (Feb. 3 - March 3)
Winning in the Face of Change with Pat Niemann
CII’s Monthly Governance and Capital Market Regulation Update (Jan. 6 - Feb. 3)
CII’s Monthly Governance and Capital Market Regulation Update (Dec. 2, 2025 - Jan. 6, 2026)
CII’s Monthly Governance and Capital Market Regulation Update (October 28 - December 2)
The Shadow SEC and Quarterly Reports with Professor James Cox
CII’s Monthly Governance and Capital Market Regulation Update (October 1-28)
Courts, Legislation and Delaware Corporate Law with Professor Kobi Kastiel
CII’s Monthly Governance and Capital Market Regulation Update (September 2 - October 1)
CII’s Monthly Governance and Capital Market Regulation Update (August 4 - September 2)
The Price of Delaware Corporate Law Reform with Roberto Tallarita
CII’s Monthly Governance and Capital Market Regulation Update (June 30 - August 4)
Texas, Delaware, and the New Controller Primacy with Christine Hurt
CII’s Monthly Governance and Capital Market Regulation Update (June 3-30)
Havens for Corporate Lawbreaking with William Moon
CII’s Monthly Governance and Capital Market Regulation Update (May 6 to June 3)
An Examination of Critical Audit Matter Disclosure Quality with Keith Czerney
CII’s Monthly Governance and Capital Market Regulation Update (April 1 to May 6)
The Shadow SEC with James Cox
CII’s Monthly Governance and Capital Market Regulation Update (March 4 to April 1)
The Corporation of the 21st Century with Sir John Kay
CII’s Monthly Governance and Capital Market Regulation Update (Feb. 5 to March 4)
Shareholder Voice and Executive Compensation with John Barry
CII’s Monthly Governance and Capital Market Regulation Update (Jan. 7 to Feb. 5)
Judge Shopping and Investors with Stephen Vladeck
CII’s Monthly Governance and Capital Market Regulation Update (Dec. 3 to Jan. 7)
A Tale of Three Perspectives: How GNFs, Annual NAFs, and Triennial NAFs Experience the PCAOB Inspection Deficiency Remediation Process with Ally Zimmerman
CII’s Monthly Governance and Capital Market Regulation Update (Nov. 5 to Dec. 3)
Insider Trading by Other Means with Cindy Schipani
CII’s Monthly Governance and Capital Market Regulation Update (Oct. 1 - Nov. 5)
CII’s Monthly Governance and Capital Market Regulation Update (Aug. 27 - Oct. 1)
Insights from Auditors’ Disclosures of How They Addressed Critical Audit Matters With Brandon Szerwo
CII’s Monthly Governance and Capital Market Regulation Update (July 29 - August 27)
Regulatory Costs of Being Public: Evidence From Bunching Estimation with Michael Ewens
CII’s Monthly Governance and Capital Market Regulation Update (June 24 - July 29)
Occupational Fraud 2024: A Report to the Nations with John Warren
CII’s Monthly Governance and Capital Market Regulation Update (May 24 - June 24)
Risk-Adjusting the Returns to Private Debt Funds with Isil Erel, Thomas Flanagan & Michael Weisbach
CII’s Monthly Governance and Capital Market Regulation Update (April 26 - May 24)
11th Hour Option Discounting with Sven Riethmueller
CII’s Monthly Governance and Capital Market Regulation Update (March 29 -April 26)
The Disability Inclusion Imperative with Ted Kennedy Jr.
CII’s Monthly Governance and Capital Market Regulation Update (Feb. 26 - March 29, 2024)
Banks’ Motivation for Designating Securities as Held to Maturity with Stephen Ryan
CII’s Monthly Governance and Capital Market Regulation Update (Jan. 29 - Feb. 23, 2024)
Why Are Key Audit Matter Disclosures Incrementally Informative Compared to Critical Audit Matter Disclosures?
CII’s Monthly Governance and Capital Market Regulation Update (Dec. 28, 2023 - Jan. 29, 2024)
Shareholder Proposals: A Conversation with John Chevedden
CII’s Monthly Governance and Capital Market Regulation Update (Dec. 4-28, 2023)
CII’s Monthly Governance and Capital Market Regulation Update (Oct. 31 - Dec. 4)
How Financial Statement Fraud Affects People’s Desire to Become Accountants with Robert Carnes
CII’s Monthly Governance and Capital Market Regulation Update (Oct. 3 - 31)
Fairness Opinions and SPAC Reform with Andrew Tuch
CII’s Monthly Governance and Capital Market Regulation Update (Sept. 5 - Oct. 3)
Old Institutions, New Report: Auditors’ Experiences Implementing Critical Audit Matter Reporting with Karla Zehms
CII’s Monthly Governance and Capital Market Regulation Update (Aug. 1 - Sept. 5)
Corporate Governance Welfarism with Ed Rock
CII’s Monthly Governance and Capital Market Regulation Update (June 28 - Aug. 1)
Chilling Climate Change Disclosure with J. Robert Brown Jr.
CII’s Monthly Governance and Capital Market Regulation Update (May 30 - June 28)
Barbarians Inside the Gates: Raiders, Activists, and the Risk of Mistargeting with Zohar Goshen
Disappearing Audit Disclosure: Changes in the Reporting of Critical Audit Matters With Kate Suslava
CII’s Monthly Governance and Capital Market Regulation Update (May 2-30)
How Pervasive Is Corporate Fraud? with Luigi Zingales
CII’s Monthly Governance and Capital Market Regulation Update (April 4 - May 2)
The Effect of Changes in Legal Liability on Credit Rating Agencies’ Reliance on Financial Statement Information and Rating Quality with Wayne Landsman
CII’s Monthly Governance and Capital Market Regulation Update (March 1 - April 4)
CII’s Monthly Governance and Capital Market Regulation Update (Feb. 2 - March 1)
McRitchie v. Zuckerberg with Frederick Alexander
CII’s Monthly Governance and Capital Market Regulation Update
Saving Climate Disclosure with Scott Hirst
CII’s Monthly Governance and Capital Market Regulation Update
Competitive Target Pay Practices for CEO Compensation with Shiva Rajgopal
CPAs and Big 4 Office Audit Quality with Albert Nagy
The Further Erosion of Investor Protection with Andrew Tuch
CII’s Monthly Governance and Capital Market Regulation Update
Audit Committee: The Kitchen Sink of the Board with Lauren Cunningham and Sarah Stein
Are Audit Committees Overloaded? with Preeti Choudhary
Human Capital and the Accounting Profession with Wes Bricker and Danna Spenceley
CII’s Monthly Governance and Capital Market Regulation Update
The Real Effects of Adopting Voluntary ESG Disclosure Standards with Khrystyna Bochkay and Jeffrey Hales
Does ESG Negative Screening Work? With Shiva Rajgopal
CII’s Monthly Governance and Capital Market Regulation Update
Investors and SCOTUS: West Virginia v. EPA and a Preview of the 2022-2023 Term with Robert K. Kry
CII’s Monthly Governance and Capital Market Regulation Update
Audit Quality with Bob Conway
Trust in U.S. Business Survey with Wes Bricker
CII’s Monthly Governance and Capital Market Regulation Update
The INDEX Act with Professor Caleb Griffin
CII’s Monthly Governance and Capital Market Regulation Update
The Financial Reporting Quality of Post-Merger SPAC Firms with Ryan Wilson
It Pays for Companies to Leave Russia with Jeffrey Sonnenfeld and Steven Tian
Holding Foreign Insiders Accountable with Professor Daniel J. Taylor
Meet the Chair of the International Ethics Standards Board for Accountants: Gabriela Figueiredo Dias
The SEC’s New Proposal on Climate Disclosure: Critiquing the Critics with Professor George S. Georgiev
CII’s Monthly Governance and Capital Market Regulation Update
The SEC’s Attempt to Write Generally Accepted Climate Principles with Shivaram Rajgopal
Legal Guardrails for a Unicorn Crackdown with Alexander Platt
SPAC Disclosure of Net Cash Per Share with Michael Klausner
The Corporate Governance Gap with Professor Yaron Nili
CII’s Monthly Governance and Capital Market Regulation Update
Hidden Agendas in Shareholder Voting with Professor Adriana Z. Robertson
The Public - Private Divide in Securities Law with Professor George S. Georgiev
SPAC Law and Myths with John Coates
CII’s Monthly Governance and Capital Market Regulation Update
Lifetime Earnings with Shivaram Rajgopal
Reporting Misstatements as Revisions with Professor Rachel Thompson
CII's Monthly Financial Regulation & Corporate Governance Update with Jeff Mahoney for November 30 - January 4
*Update* A Sober Look at SPACs with Professor Michael Klausner
SPAC Litigation with Professor Daniel J. Taylor
CII's Monthly Financial Regulation & Corporate Governance Update with Jeff Mahoney for November 1-30
The Impact-Weighted Accounts Project with Professor Ethan Rouen
Dual Class with Professors Gladriel & Jarrod Shobe
SDG-Aligned Investment in Africa with Professor Daniel Preston
The Securities Lending/Voting Tradeoff with Professor Joshua Mitts
The Impact of Impact Investing with Professor Jules H. van Binsbergen
CII's Monthly Financial Regulation & Corporate Governance Update with Jeff Mahoney for October 4 to November 1
How do directors view their duties to shareowners? An interview with Professors Steven Boivie, Michael Withers, and Scott Griffin.
SPACs and Shareholder Litigation with Fred Fox
CII's Monthly Financial Regulation & Corporate Governance Update with Jeff Mahoney for August 31 - October 4
Preview of the 2021-2022 Term of the U.S. Supreme Court with Robert K. Kry
2021 Say-On-Pay Trends with ISS' Galen Spielman
2021 Say-On-Pay Trends with Glass Lewis' Julian Hamud
CII's Monthly Financial Regulation & Corporate Governance Update with Jeff Mahoney for August 2-31
Investors and Norway’s Board Gender-Quota Law with Professor B. Espen Eckbo
Investors and Climate Change-Related Risk with Professor Madison Condon
CII's Monthly Financial Regulation & Corporate Governance Update with Jeff Mahoney for June 30 - August 2
Reflections on the 2021 Proxy Season with Heidi Welsh
Firm value and Seeking Political Influence with Professor Shiva Rajgopal
Corporate Sustainability and Materiality with Professor Andrew King
CII's Monthly Financial Regulation & Corporate Governance Update with Jeff Mahoney for June 2-30
ESG and Market Reaction with Professor Aaron Yoon
SPACs and the Need for Investor Protection with Professor Usha Rodrigues
Nasdaq's Proposal on Board Diversity and Investors with Professor Richard Painter
Dual-Class Stock Unicorns with Professor Renee Jones (Re-Release)
CII's Monthly Financial Regulation & Corporate Governance Update with Jeff Mahoney for April 30 to June 2.
The Giant Shadow of Corporate Gadflies with Professor Yaron Nili
Carbon Quotient: How to Create Accountability for Net Zero across the Investment Value Chain with C. Gregory Rogers
Executive Compensation and Stock Buybacks with Professor Nitzan Shilon
CII's Monthly Financial Regulation & Corporate Governance Update with Jeff Mahoney for March 31 - April 30
Calls for Harmonization of Sustainability Reporting with Professor Carol Adams
Insider Trading and Strategic Disclosure with Professor Joshua Mitts
What Matters for Audit Quality with Professor Preeti Choudhary
CII's Monthly Financial Regulation & Corporate Governance Update with Jeff Mahoney for March 3-31
CII's Monthly Financial Regulation & Corporate Governance Update with Jeff Mahoney for February 2 - March 3
The Truth about Public Accounting with Robert Conway
EEO-1 Diversity Proposals with Yumi Narita
Special Purpose Acquisition Companies (SPACs) with Professor Michael Klausner
Rule 10b5-1 Trading Plans with Professor Daniel Taylor
CII's Monthly Financial Regulation & Corporate Governance Update with Jeff Mahoney for January 6 - February 2
CII's Monthly Financial Regulation & Corporate Governance Update with Jeff Mahoney for December 3 - January 6
CII's Monthly Financial Regulation & Corporate Governance Update with Jeff Mahoney for October 30 - December 2
Stakeholder Capitalism and ESG with Professor Shiva Rajgopol
Why Corporate Management Waivers of Misstatements Identified by Their Auditors Are a Cost to Investors with Professor Preeti Choudhary
CII's Monthly Financial Regulation & Corporate Governance Update with Jeff Mahoney for October 3-30
CII's Monthly Financial Regulation & Corporate Governance Update with Jeff Mahoney for September 3 - October 2
The 2020-2021 SCOTUS Term with Robert K. Kry
CII's Monthly Financial Regulation & Corporate Governance Update with Jeff Mahoney for August 3 - September 3
Empirical Research on ESG and Firm Value with Julie Gorte
CII's Monthly Financial Regulation & Corporate Governance Update with Jeff Mahoney for July 1 - August 3
How Critical Audit Matters Benefit Investors By Constraining Earnings Management with Professor Jaime Schmidt
CII's Monthly Financial Regulation & Corporate Governance Update with Jeff Mahoney for June 2-30
The New and Redesigned PCAOB Inspection Reports: New Insights for Investors about Audits with Jay Brown
CII's Monthly Financial Regulation & Corporate Governance Update with Jeff Mahoney for May 6 - June 2
Stock Option Repricing and Exchange Programs with Aon
The Case for Individual Audit Partner Accountability with Colleen Honigsberg
CII's Monthly Financial Regulation & Corporate Governance Update with Jeff Mahoney for April 2 - May 5
Reviewing Workforce Disclosure Initiative's 2019 Survey with Aine Clarke
ISS Recommendations and Compensation Pactices with Professor Susanna Gallani
ISO's Human Capital Reporting Standard with Jeff Higgins
“Fewer, Richer, and Greener” with author Laurence B. Siegel
CII's Monthly Financial Regulation & Corporate Governance Update with Jeff Mahoney for March 2 - April 1
Defective Corporate Acts & Delaware Corporation Law with Andrew Franklin
Core Earnings Research with Professor Charles Wang
CII's Monthly Financial Regulation & Corporate Governance Update with Jeff Mahoney for Feb 6-28
CII's Monthly Financial Regulation & Corporate Governance Update with Jeff Mahoney for Jan 4 - Feb 5
Preview of the 2019-2020 Term of the U.S. Supreme Court with Robert K. Kry
CII's Monthly Financial Regulation & Corporate Governance Update with Jeff Mahoney for Nov. 28 - Jan 3.
Dual-Class Stock Unicorns with Professor Renee Jones
CII's Monthly Financial Regulation & Corporate Governance Update with Jeff Mahoney for Nov. 1-27
The Ethical Shareholder Initiative with Tamara Belinfanti and Arthur Kohn
CII's Monthly Financial Regulation & Corporate Governance Update with Jeff Mahoney for Oct. 1 - Nov. 1
Sustainability Reporting Frameworks with Rhonda Brauer
CII's Monthly Financial Regulation & Corporate Governance Update with Jeff Mahoney for Sept. 1 - Oct. 1
Enforcement of Federal Securities Laws with Professor Urska Velikonja
CII's Monthly Financial Regulation & Corporate Governance Update with Jeff Mahoney for July 30 - August 30
Materiality and Financial Reporting Reliability with Professor Preeti Choudhary
CII's Monthly Financial Regulation & Corporate Governance Update with Jeff Mahoney for July 1-30
SSGA's R-Factor and Sustainability Reporting with Rakhi Kumar
CII's Monthly Financial Regulation & Corporate Governance Update with Jeff Mahoney for June 1-28
Executive Sourcing and Portfolio Value with Carrie Green and Greg Nagel
Preventing the Destruction of Shareholder Value in M&A Transactions with Stephen Weiss
CII's Monthly Financial Regulation & Corporate Governance Update with Jeff Mahoney for April 26 - May 1
Insider Trading Research with Professors Salman Arif, Joseph Schroeder, and Daniel Taylor
CII's Monthly Financial Regulation & Corporate Governance Update with Jeff Mahoney for March 26 - April 26
Executive Compensation and Non-GAAP Financials with Robert Pozen
Engaging on Cyber with Confidence with Ryan Dodd
Financial Exposure - Carl Levin's Senate Investigations Into Finance and Tax Abuse with Elise Bean
Glass Lewis' Report Feedback Statement Service with Courteney Keatinge
CII's Monthly Financial Regulation & Corporate Governance Update with Jeff Mahoney for Feb. 27 - March 26
CII's Monthly Financial Regulation & Corporate Governance Update with Jeff Mahoney for Jan. 31 - Feb. 26
2019 Proxy Season Outlook with Pat McGurn
CII's Monthly Financial Regulation & Corporate Governance Update with Jeff Mahoney for Dec. 21 - Jan. 30
Disrupting Financial Infrastructure with Alex Lebow
CII's Monthly Financial Regulation & Corporate Governance Update with Jeff Mahoney for Nov. 20 - Dec. 20
International Investor Litigation Cases with Peter Hansen
CII's Monthly Financial Regulation & Corporate Governance Update with Jeff Mahoney for Oct. 19 - Nov. 27
Cybersecurity Disclosure Benchmarking with Kellie Huennekens
A U.K. Critique of Quarterly Financial Reporting with Andrew Ninian
Market Structure Issues—Why Should Investors Care? with Ty Gellasch
CII's Monthly Financial Regulation & Corporate Governance Update with Jeff Mahoney for Sept. 18 - Oct. 18
Drivers & Demand for Investing in Gold with JC Artigas
The Revolving Door Between the PCAOB and Audit Firms with Professor Wayne Landsman
A New SEC Rulemaking Petition on ESG Disclosure with Rachel Curley
Corporate Governance Legislation with John Coates
CII's Monthly Financial Regulation & Corporate Governance Update with Jeff Mahoney (Aug. 15 - Sept. 17)
The Benefits of Quarterly Reporting with Salman Arif
Private Equity Fund Governance with Chris Hayes
CII's Monthly Financial Regulation & Corporate Governance Update with Jeff Mahoney (July 11 - Aug. 15)
What Investors Need to Know About CFIUS with Clay Lowery
Proxy Advisor Diligence in Contested Elections with Cristiano Guerra
No-Vote Shares & the Business Judgment Rule with Charles Elson
CII's 2017 Majority Voting for Directors Letter Campaign
Introducing CII's Study on Multi-Class Stock and Firm Value
CII's Concerns About The Financial CHOICE Act
Virtual-Only Shareholder Meetings
Why Indexes Should Say “No” to Non-Voting Shares