Throughout the week over at Securities Docket, I highlight the most interesting columns and blog posts from around the web on the subjects of SEC enforcement and securities litigation. Here is a digest of my picks for the week ending April 16:

Google moves to web disclosure for Reg. FD (Dominic Jones, IR Web Report)IR Web Report | April 16, 2010Google will begin making announcements about its financial performance solely through its investor relations website, making it the most prominent company to take advantage of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC's) guidance on using company websites for disclosure under Regulation FD.

Chief Compliance Officers, SEC-style (Matt Kelly, The Big Picture)The Big Picture | April 14, 2010on May 22, 2009, SEC Chairman Mary Schapiro signed an order consolidating oversight of employee securities transactions and financial disclosure within the SEC's Office of Ethics Counsel, and authorized the hiring of a new chief compliance officer. Enter Kathleen Griffin, 305 days later.

The problem? She doesn't answer to Schapiro.

The Madoff Hunter: Q&A with Markopolos (Bess Levin, The New York Observer)NY Observer | April 14, 2010When Bernie Madoff pleaded guilty to running a Ponzi scheme in December 2008, it wasn't the scope of the fraud that shocked Harry Markopolos. It was the fact that so many people were so clueless for so long. Though the Securities and Exchange Commission, The Wall Street Journal and almost everyone else who could've done something about it chose to ignore the Madoff scam, Mr. Markopolos, a financial fraud investigator, did not. He sniffed it out early-in 2005, he prepared a 21-page memo about Madoff for the S.E.C. titled "The World's Largest Hedge Fund Is a Fraud"-he stayed on it and is now basking in what little limelight there is. His book on the case, No One Would Listen: A True Financial Thriller, was published last month. While Mr. Markopolos refuses to think of himself as a hero (as he's been described by hedge fund manager David Einhorn), and doesn't much care for the fame that's come with being right, he will accept an invitation to the Playboy Mansion, which unfortunately has not been extended-yet.

Mike Koehler Takes on FCPA Inc. (Corporate Crime Reporter)In a January 2010 interview, Mark Mendelsohn defended the Department's handling of the Siemens matter. Mike Koehler blogged a contrary view contesting what Mendelsohn was saying - the Siemens case sends a strong enforcement message. Koehler was saying - no it doesn't. "It does not send a strong deterrent message," Koehler told Corporate Crime Reporter. "The fine and penalty amounts are rather eye-popping. The U.S. resolution was over $800 million." "But when you add up the amount of bribe payments, and then when you add up the amount of business Siemens allegedly obtained or retained through those payments, that number far exceeds the fines and penalties.