Compliance
Corporate compliance focuses on an organization’s policies, procedures, processes, and actions in an effort to avoid and/or identify violations of government laws and industry. Our compliance blog posts and news articles are written for compliance officers and legal professionals. They include compliance insights, training, events, whitepapers, podcasts, and webinars.
It's the most detailed statement to-date of OFAC’s views on the best practices that companies should follow to ensure compliance with U.S. sanctions laws and regulations, and some would call it a total "game changer." It's meant to be a...
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Jay Rosen discusses how to assess ethics and compliance in the context of a merger or acquisition, what to look for in an assessment and why you should consider engaging an independent third party. Many issues in the M&A context...
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Fred Geldon discusses how establishing a credible compliance program can help contractors and compliance professionals to manage risks specific to government contracting. Read Part 1 here. Special compliance requirements apply when doing business with the government. Many practices or activities...
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Regulating social media may prove to be a tricky proposition. To what organization should the responsibility fall, if any? Access Partnership’s Greg Francis unpacks the complexities involved in regulating content on social media platforms. President Trump’s social media summit at...
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Panorays’ Director of Risk & Compliance, Dov Goldman, provides background on several of this year’s most noteworthy data breaches and offers lessons learned on each. We’re nearing the end of 2019, which is shaping up to be a year of...
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Kryon’s CTO Shay Antebi makes the cause for robotic process automation. With the right tools, companies can not only minimize risk, but also introduce much-needed efficiencies, freeing compliance practitioners and other staff to tackle more specialized tasks. As automation concepts...
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Companies leave a trail of breadcrumbs when they design and implement practices that lead to an ethical culture. Jay Rosen explains how following that trail can be part of the monitoring process. In this final part of my series on...
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Federal contracting can be lucrative and rewarding – when done correctly. Steptoe & Johnson’s Fred Geldon outlines the various requirements contractors face in the government marketplace. Doing business with the government is different. The federal government makes rules to protect...
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Clifford Chance’s Wendy Wysong and Nick Turner discuss the sanctions risks looming in Hong Kong and what companies operating there can do to protect themselves. with co-author Nick Turner The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) issued its much-anticipated Mutual Evaluation...
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Compliance officers’ responsibilities are growing, and keeping pace with a fast-changing landscape is becoming increasingly difficult. Smarsh’s Shaun Hurst points to a need for CCOs to adopt a new mindset. Chief Compliance Officers (CCOs) have earned their rightful seat at...
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The deadline recently came and went for the DOJ to finally offer clarity on the issue of ADA website compliance. Fortis Law Partners Liz Hartsel discusses how the DOJ’s nonresponse could lead to an increase in litigation. On August 30, the U.S....
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How to avoid fraud and corporate crime (while improving compliance programs) from Rafael Aguilera Gordillo, professor of Corporate Compliance and International Security. Increasingly complex economic crime is jeopardizing justice in general and criminal law in particular. On many occasions, there...
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- John Special, Defendant, and Michael Murphy, Relief Defendant, John Kenneth Davidson December 12, 2019SEC Obtains $3 Million Settlement in Insider Trading Action
- Palm Beach Atlantic Financial Group, LLC and William A. Smith December 11, 2019SEC Charges Florida Resident and His Corporate Entity for Fraudulent Securities Offerings
- Nanotech Engineering, Inc., Michael James Sweaney (also known as Michael Hatton), David Sweaney, and Jeffery Gange December 11, 2019SEC Obtains Asset Freeze to Halt Alleged Offering Fraud
