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"Expertly crafted, ingenious and absorbing." The Philadelphia Inquirer.The #1 Bestseller by the author of "Jurassic Park." As he did in "Rising Sun," Crichton focuses on a topic as close as today's newspaper headlines: sexual harassment. Tom Sanders is an up-and-coming executive at the computer firm DigiCom. When his new boss turns out to be a woman who is both his former lover and a business rival, Sanders determines to be professional. But after a closed-door meeting, the woman accuses him of sexual harassment. It's her word against his, and suddenly Sanders finds himself caught in a nightmarish web of deceit in which he is branded as the villian. As he scrambles to save his career and his reputation, Sanders uncovers an electronic trail into DigiCom's secrets . . . and the cynical scheme devised to bring him down.
Best Practices for Securities Litigation is an authoritative, insider s perspective on the key strategies for representing clients in class action lawsuits, derivative lawsuits, and investigations and proceedings by regulatory organizations. Featuring partners and chairs from some of nation s leading firms, these experts guide the reader through intricacies and evolution of securities law, detailing the effects of the Securities Act of 1933, the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Insider Trading and Securities Fraud Enforcement Act of 1988, the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, the Securities Litigation Uniform Standards Act of 1998, and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. The authors give tips on working with governmental and self-regulatory organizations, including the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Commodities Future Trading Commission, and the National Association of Securities Dealers. Additionally, these leaders reveal their strategies for understanding client s business objectives, assessing securities claims, and advising clients on reducing their exposure to securities litigation. The different niches represented and the breadth of perspectives presented enable readers to get inside some of the great legal minds of today, as these experienced lawyers offer up their thoughts around the keys to success within this increasingly-enforced area of law. Inside the Minds provides readers with proven business intelligence from C-Level executives (Chairman, CEO, CFO, CMO, Partner) from the world s most respected companies nationwide, rather than third-party accounts from unknown authors and analysts. Each chapter is comparable to an essay/thought leadership piece and is a future-oriented look at where an industry, profession, or topic is headed and the most important issues for the future. Through an exhaustive selection process, each author was hand-picked by the Inside the Minds editorial board to author a chapter for this book. Chapters
Which SUVs are most likely to rollover? What cities have the unhealthiest drinking water? Which factories are the most dangerous polluters? What cereals are the most nutritious? In recent decades, governments have sought to provide answers to such critical questions through public disclosure to force manufacturers, water authorities, and others to improve their products and practices. Corporate financial disclosure, nutritional labels, and school report cards are examples of such targeted transparency policies. At best, they create a light-handed approach to governance that improves markets, enriches public discourse, and empowers citizens. But such policies are frequently ineffective or counterproductive. Based on an analysis of eighteen U.S. and international policies, Full Disclosure shows that information is often incomplete, incomprehensible, or irrelevant to consumers, investors, workers, and community residents. To be successful, transparency policies must be accurate, keep ahead of disclosers' efforts to find loopholes, and, above all, focus on the needs of ordinary citizens.
The award-winning PostSecret project's most profound and stunning postcards to date For the past three years Frank Warren has invited people of all backgrounds and nationalities to send him creatively decorated postcards bearing secrets they have never before revealed. He has shared these PostSecrets on his award-winning blog, www.PostSecret.com, in an internationally traveling art exhibit, and in three electrifying books: the bestselling PostSecret, My Secret, and The Secret Lives of Men and Women. Now, in his most extraordinary book yet, Warren again delves into our collective confessions, presenting a never-before-seen selection of provocative and moving PostSecrets. A Lifetime of Secrets lays bare our private fears, hopes, regrets, and desires, from people as young as eight and as old as eighty. From painful admissions of infidelity to breathtaking revelations and endearing sentiments, Warren's latest collection will shock and move readers of every age, revealing secrets that have haunted their creators for a lifetime. Six PostSecrets from A Lifetime of Secrets Here are six of the PostSecrets included in A Lifetime of Secrets, and never before seen online. Click on each image to see a larger version. Frank Warren's Introduction to A Lifetime of Secrets When I told my father I was collecting secrets from strangers for an art project, he didn’t know what to think. I tried to explain how the thousands of secrets that had been mailed to me were more than mere confessions. They could be beautiful, funny, sorrowful, inspiring. "But, Frank," he asked, "why are you soliciting secrets from strangers, and why would anyone tell you a real secret?" I invited my father to fly out for a PostSecret art exhibit in Washington, D.C., where hundreds of the postcards were on display. More than 15,000 people came to see the secrets, and my father was there, day after day, to hear many of their transformative stories. Some people told me they recognized a hidden part of themselves on a stranger’s postcard. Others shared personal experiences of how talking about a painful secret had helped heal a lifelong relationship. The exhibit came to an end and I took my father back to the airport to catch a red-eye flight home. During our drive we passed through a long dark stretch of highway when my father broke the silence by asking me, "Do you want to know my secret?" He bravely recounted a traumatic childhood experience. When he finished, we had a true talk that gave me a richer understanding of my father and recast our relationship. • • • For A Lifetime of Secrets, the fourth PostSecret book, I've selected postcards that show how secrets can reveal a momentary impulse or haunt us for decades and arranged them by age to follow the common journey we all take through childhood, adolescence, adulthood, maturity. Stretched over a full lifespan, the secrets expose the meaningful ways we change over time, and the surprising ways we don't. The postcards narrate childhood stories that have never been spoken; they voice the guarded confessions of our parents and grandparents. They confirm that our rich interior lives are not defined by how old we are, and that with aging comes not only loss but also the possibility of grace and wisdom. The following two secrets arrived in my mailbox the same week. The postmarks on each card were different, but when I posted them together on the PostSecret website (www.postsecret.com) they seemed as though they could have been written by the same person at two different points in her life. I am a junior in high school. I have good friends and a loving family. I am smart. I am a good athlete and musician. But I would trade all that in if it meant I would be beautiful. I spent my high school years believing I was UGLY. I just went through a photo album that had pictures of me over the last 20 years. Turns out I was/am kind of cute. No more wasting time on thinking otherwise. • • • When I give PostSecret presentations at college campuses, my hope is that people I have never met will be inspired to change their lives through the secrets and stories being shared. Not long ago, at one of my talks, it was my life that was changed, and the secret that inspired me came from a stranger in the front row. I began my presentation by handing out blank postcards to everyone in the auditorium. I invited each person to anonymously write down a secret on a card and then pass it on. For the next hour, the postcards circulated and were read silently multiple times. At the end of my talk, I asked if anyone would like to stand and read the secret they were holding at that moment. A man in the front row stood up and haltingly read: I wish I could apologize to my younger brother for the way I treated him growing up. He sat down and exchanged a long look with the young man next to him. After more volunteers read aloud some of the other secrets that had been passed around, I collected all the cards. The man in the front row handed me the postcard he had read from, and the two men walked out together. His postcard was blank. I have witnessed many times how the courage of sharing a secret can be contagious. When I realized that the man had been pretending to read someone else’s secret and that the person he had left with was likely his brother, I was inspired. Growing up, I was not an ideal older brother. As an adult, I have wished for an opportunity to apologize for some of my actions but did not want to open old wounds. I have not shared this secret with my brother . . . until now. --Frank Warren
SEC Compliance Best Practices is an authoritative, insider's perspective on recent Securities and Exchange Commission changes to compliance and disclosure requirements. Featuring partners and chairs from some of the nation s leading law firms, these experts explore the current trends in compliance and disclosure, offer their insight on amendments to SEC regulations, and share their advice for assisting clients in adapting to these new regulations. Illustrating the legal framework for interpreting new compliance and disclosure issues, the authors walk the reader through a variety of new SEC initiatives and provisions that may impact their clients business models and provide suggestions for assisting companies in their SEC reporting obligations. Additionally, these leaders reveal their tips for tracking and monitoring new rules and trends and helping clients implement effective internal auditing to avoid potential fraud. The different niches represented and the breadth of perspectives presented enable readers to get inside some of the great legal minds of today, as these experienced lawyers offer up their thoughts around the keys to success within this ever-changing area of law. Inside the Minds provides readers with proven business intelligence from C-Level executives (Chairman, CEO, CFO, CMO, Partner) from the world's most respected companies nationwide, rather than third-party accounts from unknown authors and analysts. Each chapter is comparable to an essay/thought leadership piece and is a future-oriented look at where an industry, profession or topic is headed and the most important issues for the future. Through an exhaustive selection process, each author was hand-picked by the Inside the Minds editorial board to author a chapter for this book. Chapters Include: 1. Susan D. Resley, Partner, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP - "Should an Executive Establish a Rule 10b5-1 Insider Trading Plan and Should that Plan be Disclosed: Pros, Cons, and Guidelines" 2. Gregg Berman, Partner, Fulbright & Jaworski LLP - "Trends in Compliance and the Lawyer s Role" 3. Steven Khadavi, Partner and Co-Chair, Capital Markets Group, Dorsey & Whitney LLP - "Overcoming the Challenges of New Disclosure Regulations" 4. Brian H. Blaney, Shareholder, Greenberg Traurig LLP - "Keeping Current with SEC Disclosure Rules and Trends" 5. John J. Mahon, Partner, Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP - "Executive Compensation Disclosure: Practical Considerations in the Age of Greater Disclosure" 6. Geoffrey T. Chalmers, Esq., Attorney at Law, Law Offices of Geoffrey T. Chalmers, Esq. - "The SEC: Dealing (or Not Dealing) with Trends in the Regulatory Climate" Appendices Include: Appendix A: Form of Executive Compensation Disclosure Schedules Appendix B: SEC Staff Observations in the Review of Executive Compensation Disclosure Appendix C: NASD Written Supervisory Procedures Review Checklist Appendix D: Investment Adviser Written Compliance Procedure
Postsecret.com founder Frank Warren is back with an irresistible addition to his bestselling PostSecret series. For The Secret Lives of Men and Women, Warren has selected a never-before-seen collection of postcards bearing the explosive confessions and captivating revelations of men and women everywhere. Created using photographs, collages, illustrations, and more, the handmade cards offer a compelling dialogue on some of today's most provocative topics--from marriage and infidelity, to parenting, office politics, repressed fantasies, and even abortion--daring us to consider how well we really know our friends, family, even ourselves.
As the laws dictating how companies must disclose financial information have increased in number and complexity, the need for clear, concise answers to disclosure-related questions has become greater than ever. Even a single misstep in this area can bring numerous, negative consequences—some of which make national headlines. The new Corporate Financial Disclosure Answer Book is your complete guide to this complex, ever-changing subject. Organized in a handy question-and-answer format, this valuable reference is a ready source of information about key financial disclosure requirements, including the latest SEC, PCAOB, stock exchange, and FASB pronouncements on issues related to the financial crisis. Whether you’re an attorney, accountant, corporate executive, director, audit committee member, or investor, you’ll be able to quickly obtain and easily understand answers to key questions about: Financial statement preparation Exchange Act registration and reporting Interactive data financial reporting and electronic filing Management’s discussion and analysis Derivatives disclosure Disclosure controls and procedures Internal control over financial reporting Executive compensation disclosure CEO and CFO certification of reports Pro-forma/non-GAAP financial information Audit committee responsibilities Auditor independence Financial restatements Regulation FD fair disclosure International accounting standards Financial statement audits PCAOB registration, inspections and enforcement Stock exchange listing standards And much more! The Practical Resource That Answers Your Real-World Questions Corporate Financial Disclosure Answer Book is designed for both beginners and seasoned professionals. Each chapter covers the basics before moving into the nuanced details, meeting the needs of those who seek a general understanding of a topic as well as those grappling directly with critical issues.
In Critique and Disclosure, Nikolas Kompridis argues provocatively for a richer and more time-responsive critical theory. He calls for a shift in the normative and critical emphasis of critical theory from the narrow concern with rules and procedures of Jürgen Habermas's model to a change-enabling disclosure of possibility and the enlargement of meaning. Kompridis contrasts two visions of critical theory's role and purpose in the world: one that restricts itself to the normative clarification of the procedures by which moral and political questions should be settled and an alternative rendering that conceives of itself as a possibility-disclosing practice. At the center of this resituation of critical theory is a normatively reformulated interpretation of Martin Heidegger's idea of "disclosure" or "world disclosure." In this regard Kompridis reconnects critical theory to its normative and conceptual sources in the German philosophical tradition and sets it within a romantic tradition of philosophical critique. Drawing not only on his sustained critical engagement with the thought of Habermas and Heidegger but also on the work of other philosophers including Wittgenstein, Cavell, Gadamer, and Benjamin, Kompridis argues that critical theory must, in light of modernity's time-consciousness, understand itself as fully situated in its time—in an ever-shifting and open-ended horizon of possibilities, to which it must respond by disclosing alternative ways of thinking and acting. His innovative and original argument will serve to move the debate over the future of critical studies forward—beyond simple antinomies to a consideration of, as he puts it, "what critical theory should be if it is to have a future worthy of its past."
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